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Zander, Zexy, and Zigar
We put the feed out at night and encourage the goats to eat after the evening milking. That also helps encourage births during the daytime. Well, Zeyda didn’t seem to care about that. During kidding season, we take shifts overnight to make sure if any momma does go into labor, that we are there to assist…
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Emery’s Flower Garden
Ever since he was young, Emery has always enjoyed flowers. Throughout the years he has had different flower gardens. When we moved from Charlestown to Scottsburg, he transported many of the flowers, and started a new one! This Spring, he has started one next to the barn. Only the Daffodils have started blooming so far. This…
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Goats and Horns
We post a lot of photos of our baby goats on our website, blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram accounts. One of the questions we often get asked is, “What are those circles on their heads?” Those rings are where the goats have been disbudded. The follow-up question is then, “Why do you disbud the goats?”…
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What Do We Do In Our Spare Time?
We get asked all the time, “What do you do in your spare time?” And without fail, everyone’s answer to that question is, “I read”. We read outside, on the couch, (in any position we find comfortable,) while we’re walking around the house, in bed, and with our siblings. We’ve even got the cat reading…
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Ask a Jonas – Emery & Lotion Sticks
We get asked lots of questions when we’re doing farm tours, selling soap at craft fairs, or simply running errands. Since most of those answers are heard only by the person who asked, we decided to share some of the common questions here on the blog. And of course you can ask a question of your own! Emery, how do…
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Taping Boxes and Making Forts
Here at Goat Milk Stuff, we go through lots of mailing boxes. Normally, when we run out of prepared boxes, we’ll get everyone together and have a big box taping party. But the other day, some of the kids decided to have a box making battle. They split into two teams to make forts, with each team trying…
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Daffodil Soap for Easter
We have a special Easter soap this year! Our newest limited edition soap is a special Daffodil Soap that is now cured and ready just in time for Easter. This is a new soap we’ve never offered before, with a mild floral scent that smells of spring and of daffodil flowers. Orders placed by midnight on Tuesday 3/31/15 are…
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Local Flavor
I feel sorry for people who regularly eat at chain restaurants. Don’t get me wrong, I understand why people (myself included at times) do; especially when traveling. If I have my history right, chains like Denny’s or Cracker Barrel, or Colter’s favorite, TGI Fridays became popular as our culture become more mobile. As more families…
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Parsley and Pecan
Everyone was working around the barn when we heard Greyden yell out “BABIES!!!!” We all sprinted to gather towels and all the necessary stuff for helping Pandora. Parsley was already on the ground and being taken care of by her mom when we got there. She was small, but she was healthy and doing well. I helped get…
