Mel and Donald Allen were still in the process of moving to their farm in Frankston, Texas, when we had our sale in Tyler. Donald sent Mel to the sale to buy goats while he went ahead with the moving. Mel's true love is birds, but she managed to buy a combination of nannies and a billy that should make for effective line-breeding. Since Donald's work with designing industrial plants takes him away from the farm often, Mel is learning to take care of goats. Her extensive experience with big birds hasn't done her much good with goat care, but she worked for a time as a veterinarian's assistant, so she can give shots with assurance.

Speaking of those birds, you might want to get an escort before you enter their farm because as best I can tell from Mel's descriptions those feathered friends of hers have extensive vocabularies and can take a man's finger off in a single snap. At least, they can bite a good-sized stick in two like a loggerhead turtle. In spite of their vocabularies I'm not sure they would listen to explanations if they didn't like you. I don't think she has trained any of them to be attack birds, but I intend to be safe and call ahead.

Email:  mel@worldwideboiler.com

7A+ Llano likes his dome-shaped toy
		Two of their nannies, 7A+ Myrna and 7A+ Perky,  are bottle goats, so they like to keep company with Mel and Donald. They are enjoying their snug shed in this chilly weather.  Donald has put the goats into a fairly small area while he gets goat-proof fence put around the big pasture.