Our dairy goats are not only foundational to Goat Milk Stuff, but they are a big part of our family as well.  Each of them has a personality and during this series we’re hoping you’ll get to know more about them.

Several years ago, we went to Idaho to get a few more goats to add to our growing herd. We got Hummingbird on that trip, and she’s an absolute sweetheart. She’s the oldest of our goats, gives us a lot of milk, and passes on the “milky” gene to her kids. Because of this, we’ve kept several of them – Hera (held by Fletcher), Happenstance (held by Emery), and Hazelnut (held by Greyden).

Happenstance, also known as “Happy”, is on the cover of our new catalog, The Goat Milk Stuff Banner. Isn’t she adorable?

Brett: So, what can you tell me about Hummingbird?

Hewitt: Hummer is one of our sweetest goats, and she’s easy to milk.

Emery: No way!

Hewitt: She is.

Emery: I meant to the milking part, not the sweet part. She’s not easy to milk at all.

Hewitt: She’s AWESOME.

Emery: But she’s not easy to milk. She gives a LOT of milk, but she’s not easy to milk.

Colter: She can get really skinny because she puts all of her energy into making milk. We’re always trying to fatten her up, because otherwise she gets too skinny.

Greyden: Her daughter is spoiled.

Emery: Yeah, Hazelnut is definitely spoiled.

Colter: Why are you talking about Hazelnut when we’re supposed to be talking about Hummingbird?

Emery: You should have heard Greyden going on and on and on about Bathsheba when we were supposed to be talking about Persephone in her Meet The Goats post.

Colter: Can we get back to Hummingbird? She passes her genes on well to her kids–

Emery: Now who’s talking about her kids?

Colter: *gives Emery the older brother death glare* I was talking about Hummingbird.

Brett: Okay, okay, that’s enough.

She’s a really good mama – we know that she’s had at least 15 babies. This past year, she had Happy and Hera before we realized she was in labor, and she took care of everything.

Hummer is a sweetheart, extremely capable, a great milker, and we love her!