A Tale of Ebony's Tail

Our little kid Ebony is one of Ginger's triplets from late this spring. He is a spirited little creature with interesting fleece. Like all of the goats he is allowed to roam around the grounds and comes into the barnyard whenever he wishes during the day, but always has to come in at night to protect him from predators. Our buck, Blanco Billy, has become very ornery lately. He growls and barks sounding remarkably like a dog whenever we feed the goats grain. He has definitely taken over Alpha position from Ginger and the kids are definitely at the bottom of the pecking order. I noticed one morning as the goats went out of the barnyard to browse that Ebony's tail looked shorter than it usually appeared. Upon closer observation it looked just like a puppy's tail that had been recently docked (a totally awful thing that people do to dogs, by the way). I immediately accused Blanco of chewing it off. Ebony didn't seem to be in any pain, and the tail was not bleeding so there wasn't anything I could do about it. I mentioned the situation to Evelyne and she also thought it was a strange thing to happen. We discussed if it was time to send Blanco someplace else to live. We MAY have unjustly accused Blanco. Evelyne found the rest of the tail under the table they sleep on in the barn. We still don't know how it came off, but we are pretty sure it hurt a lot when it did! I have been watching him closely and it doesn't seem to be bothering him at all and appears to be healing nicely. I guess it is just another of the strange happenings at Prairie House.