PJ Jonas

Category: Goats

  • Jamaica, Jemima, and Jiminy

    Jamaica, Jemima, and Jiminy

    I was walking on the treadmill desk in our basement, getting some work done and getting steps at the same time, when my phone rang. “Brett, there’s legs on one of the goats!” my little sister Jade shouted before hanging up on me. I barely remembered to hit stop on the treadmill before I jumped…

  • Fallen, Felicity, and Fickle

    Fallen, Felicity, and Fickle

    The kitchen was full of activity when I came downstairs for dinner – kids running around with plates, forks, and drinks, Emery pulling the enchiladas out of the oven, and running underneath it all, a sense of urgency. I grabbed my plate and served myself, wondering why everyone was so excited. Dad’s phone rang and…

  • Meet The Goats – Hummingbird

    Meet The Goats – Hummingbird

    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…

  • Meet The Goats – Persephone

    Meet The Goats – Persephone

    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. Persephone was another one of the first goats we got when we rebuilt our herd from scratch. Like…

  • Goat Collars

    Goat Collars

    We mentioned the new goat collars in the post about our goat photoshoot, but we didn’t explain why the collars all look different, and why that’s important. When we were talking about getting collars for our goats, we realized that we could use them as a tool. We figured out a system, and now, just…

  • Meet The Goats – Zuzu

    Meet The Goats – Zuzu

    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. Zuzu was one of the first goats we got when we rebuilt our herd from scratch – she’s…

  • Meet The Goats – Ivy

    Meet The Goats – Ivy

    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. Ivy is one of our biggest and strongest goats.  She is Colter’s favorite goat, and is very…

  • Meet The Goats – Valley

    Meet The Goats – Valley

    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. Valley is one of Indigo’s birthday goats. The day she was born, we were at China Garden Buffet…

  • How to Tease a Baby Goat

    How to Tease a Baby Goat

    During the goat photoshoot, Jason (our barn cat) came over to visit the humans, and got a whole bunch of baby goats instead. The babies love Jason. Actually, they love his tail. The babies love trying to eat his tail, and he loves teasing them by waving it around where they can’t reach it. It…

  • Behind the Scenes of the Goat Photoshoot

    Behind the Scenes of the Goat Photoshoot

    Every year or so, we try to take “official” goat photos for the website. With the craziness of the move and construction, we haven’t had much of a chance to take goat photos. Our last goat photoshoot was over two years ago, and we didn’t even have official photos of some of the babies. I’ve been…

  • Getting Ready for Goat Kidding Season

    Getting Ready for Goat Kidding Season

    I wanted to share this video with everyone.  It’s a little bit old (since most of the baby goats are already born), but it’s our last video with Red Bird. Hope you enjoy the glimpse into our lives!    

  • Taking Care of Ivy

    Taking Care of Ivy

    Tuesday morning, Colter milked Ivy, and everything was fine.  When he milked her in the evening, things were clearly not fine.  Ivy did not want to get on the milk stand (the goats always do).  She would not eat (the goats always eat). And she only gave 2 pounds of milk instead of her usual 6-7 pounds.  When…

  • The Goat Barn

    The Goat Barn

    When we moved to the new farm, I was able to build my dream barn.  I thought I’d share some of the features we built into the barn to make our lives easier.   The exterior of the barn is all metal and away from the trees so it shouldn’t be damaged by falling limbs. There…

  • Zea and Zany

    Zea and Zany

    Mom, Brett and I had just gotten back from Walmart when I saw that there were 2 chickens out of the pen. Since I had to take some stuff into the barn anyway, Mom dropped me off, and she headed back to the house. I decided to take the stuff inside first, before catching the…

  • Patriot

    Patriot

    We have been wanting to get a great video of a baby goat being born. Tuesday morning it became obvious that Persephone was in labor, but our videographer wasn’t due to arrive for another hour.  We called him and told him to hurry and then we all started to pray that the birth would go…