Relaxed Farming - our farm in your classroom

Today has been incredibly hot and most of the animals have spent the day in the shade. Even the kids have just been lying around. It was a little cooler by evening feeding time thank goodness which was just as well as we had some important photographs to take!! Out of our six female pygmy goats, two (Onion and Garlic) are 'registered'. Registered goats are recognised as being a part of the national pygmy goat herd and will have registered parents and conform to what is known as the 'breed standard' (be a certain height, have a certain body shape, etc). If a registered female mates with a registered male then the offspring can also be registered and this is the case for both Chestnut and Silver Birch, as Onion is their mum and their dad is a registered goat called McTavish. In order to make their registration official, photos have to be taken and sent to the Pygmy Goat Club for approval!!
It was huge fun (NOT!!!) trying to get Chestnut and Silver Birch to stand still and behave. Silver Birch kept trying to run away and Chestnut kept trying to nibble us. We had to take two photos of each, one of each side of their bodies. It didn't help that Pepper kept coming over wanting to play (or rather wanting to get his two siblings out of the way...). We got there eventually but we cannot say that either of the kids looked that relaxed. What do you think?
We should add that our other four girls: Sage, Parsley, Thyme and Nutmeg are still recognised as pygmy goats but they can never be a part of the Pygmy Goat Club herd because they don't have registered parents. The club exists to try to preserve the pygmy goat breed and keep it pure and that is why the rules are strict.
And so to our latest chicks born on the 8th and now two weeks old: there are seven in total, one set of four and one of three but because their 'mums' hatched them out at the same time, in the same stall, they are now a group of nine and the chicks seem to happily swap between one mum and the other. In the photo the Silkie chicken is in front and the Indian Game behind. The Silkie is the bossiest and the most talkative. We hope having two mums will keep these chicks nice and safe and it will be interesting to see how long each mum stays with the chicks and if one leaves them before the other!!