Neenia, named after a character from J. R.R. Tolkein's "Silmarillion" came to us from Zederkamm Farm. For some reason I don't have many photos of Neenia that first year. She arrived at 5 months of age and became Nemo's companion while he weaned himself of mom's milk. It was quite upsetting for her (and me vicariously) because she was met with goat intimidation tactics immediately as Vanda and Pepper tried to tell her in no uncertain terms that she was NOT WANTED. This consisted of staring her down with scary and angry looks, butting at her gate again and again so much that Vanda's head was bleeding from this tactic. This is the side of goats I'm not yet comfortable with, but I'm sure it's a survival tactic for goat herds in the wild. As a result she cried a lot and was generally miserable, in my attempt to comfort her we became bonded. Eventually they got used to her presence, she and Nemo became buddies and she settled in.
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