From Farm Frenzy to TikTok Fame: My Goat-tastically Terrible Day
There are farm days that go smoothly—you get chores done, the animals behave, and you even find a quiet moment to sip your coffee while it’s still hot. Then there are goat days. And if you’ve ever lived with goats, you know exactly what I mean: chaos, destruction, and the kind of slapstick comedy you couldn’t script if you tried. My most recent goat day was so catastrophically bad, it somehow catapulted me from farm frenzy to TikTok fame.
It all began when I went to feed the goats their breakfast. Innocent enough task, right? Wrong. The moment they saw me carrying the feed bucket, the herd transformed into a stampede. One goat rammed my knee, another leapt on my back, and the smallest one somehow launched himself straight into the bucket. Feed flew everywhere like confetti, and the goats went wild, treating it like a breakfast buffet.
I thought I could regain control by luring them back into their pen. But goats, as it turns out, have no respect for authority. Instead of following me, they scattered across the yard like toddlers hopped up on sugar. One climbed onto the chicken coop roof. Another decided my truck hood was the perfect stage for his victory dance. The rest teamed up to knock over the hay bale I had just stacked, turning it into their personal trampoline.
That’s when Henry the donkey decided to join in. Instead of helping (which he never does), he stood at the fence braying his head off, like he was narrating the disaster for the entire county to hear. The pigs began squealing in solidarity, the chickens squawked in panic, and I stood in the middle of it all, arms out, yelling, “STOP!” as if goats have ever listened to reason.
Somewhere in the chaos, I dropped my phone. By the time I retrieved it, a goat had stepped squarely on the record button. And wouldn’t you know it—my entire meltdown had been caught on camera. Me slipping in goat poop? Recorded. Me chasing a goat off my truck while yelling “YOU DON’T PAY INSURANCE!”? Perfectly captured. The grand finale of me face-planting into the hay bale while a goat stood triumphantly on my back? Cinematic gold.
I considered deleting it immediately. But then I thought, why not? So I posted it on TikTok with the caption: “Goats: 1, Me: 0.” By the next morning, the video had gone viral. Millions of people were laughing at my expense. The comments section was full of “I can’t stop replaying the goat on the truck!” and “Henry’s bray deserves an Oscar.” Even worse, everyone seemed to think the goats were the stars. Me? I was just the flailing extra in their comedy show.
So yes, it was a goat-tastically terrible day. My hay was ruined, my truck hood was dented, my pride was shattered, and I smelled like barnyard chaos for two straight showers. But TikTok? Oh, it loved every second.
And maybe that’s the lesson of farm life: even on the worst days, there’s comedy hiding in the chaos. Especially when goats are involved.
