True to his promise our good friend Manny Ramaya is taking very good care of the little billies we sold him. He sent pictures so we could see every one of the boys and the pasture where they were living. He even made sure that they get hugged every day just like I asked him to. The family who live near their pasture have several little girls who bring the boys little treats every day and pet them. Manny himself pets them when he is there. He says that the minute the boys hear a motor or someone talking they come racing at full speed to the corner of their pasture so they can receive all that attention and feed.   We truly appreciate his kindness to our very favorite little goats. And we also appreciate his sending pictures so we can see that they are doing very well.

Our little billy kids had a big surprise in store for them this fall. Manny Ramaya of Maui, Hawaii, called us and said he wanted all of them to serve as future herd sires for Paradise Boer Goats. Manny has bought a big number of goats from us over the years beginning the very first year we raised Boers, but now those first 7A+ billies are growing old. He has numerous herds of goats scattered throughout the islands and needs a herd sire for each bunch, so he came to Seven A Plus again because he likes the meat on the kind of Boers we raise.
 

We were delighted to put the future of our sweet little billies in Manny's hands because we know how well he takes care of his goats and how happy they are in that land of lush vegetation and mild weather. According to Manny these boys will be living in a big pasture with plenty to eat. He said they will stand under the mango trees just waiting to pounce on the first ripe fruit that falls. And they'll be watching for macadamia nuts, too. (Any of you want to go live with them in that pasture? I've already made my reservation to camp under the macadamia nut trees.)

But the boy goats forgot all about Hawaii when some of the girl goats pushed open a gate and got into the Zipper, just through the fence from the West Pocket where the boys were living. The boys came to investigate why those bothersome, silly girls were trying to get into their pasture. Then they realized that something very mysterious had happened. These boys had been housed with all the girl goats that were born in the spring and had grown up with them always fighting over who got the most feed until one day John and Cathie put the girls in another pasture.

Now after months apart the girls had come back to speak to them from the other side of the fence, but all of a sudden they weren't such a nuisance after all. They looked real pretty, and they smelled nice. The boys were so interested they stood out in the rain and got soaking wet instead of running for their snug little house like they usually do when the first raindrop falls.