PJ Jonas

Tag: Goats

  • Avoiding Disease

    Avoiding Disease

    I always tell people new to goats to spend the time and money it takes to ensure that they purchase CAE free goats.   Unfortunately, they often get caught up in the excitement of getting goats and tend to settle for the first goat(s) they can find. I’m going to share our story of CAE.…

  • Prevention is Key

    Prevention is Key

    When it comes to raising kids (both human and goat), the key to success (and sleeping well) is preventing the bad things from happening, not trying to fix them once they have occurred. With human children, teaching them is much easier when they’re four than when they’re fourteen.  For example, It’s super difficult to teach…

  • Let’s Run!

    Let’s Run!

    We love baby goats at our house. Well, that is probably an understatement. We LOVE our baby goats! We also like to blog about them! We like to blog about them in the winter, (when we can’t wait to have them) we like to blog about them when they are born (because they are so…

  • What is the Best Goat to Get?

    What is the Best Goat to Get?

    When we first got dairy goats, I read everything I could find before purchasing my first goats. Unfortunately, all the stuff that I read did not prepare me very well for finding and raising dairy goats. I was not very patient and found the first goats that I could. I quickly added many others. We…

  • Where’s the Milk?

    Where’s the Milk?

    For several years, we’ve had plenty of milk to make our soap and feed our kids (both human and goat). This year, however, we find ourselves chronically short on milk.  Baby goats can drink a lot of milk. Right now, we’re bottle feeding 12 goat kids aged 1-6 weeks. Combined, they’re drinking over 6 gallons…

  • Efficient Solar Energy Conversion

    Efficient Solar Energy Conversion

    I’ve always been amazed at the way God can take some seed, rain, and sunshine, then multiply it and turn it into food for many.  We can help this process along by being good stewards of our gardens, but every year, I have food that is produced that I didn’t plant or take care of.  We…

  • Having Fun In The Sun

    Having Fun In The Sun

    Yesterday was the sunniest day I have seen in a LONG time! It was also a pretty warm day. So the girls played outside with the baby goats almost all day! They were getting a lot of vitamin D, exercise, and fun. When I came out to take some pictures of the new baby goats,…

  • Baby Goats!

    Baby Goats!

    Remember how excited I was that kidding season was coming? Well, Baby Goat time is here!!!! So far we have 8 baby goats. 1. Panini (boy)2. Pegasus (girl)3. Magnum (boy)4. Meadow (girl)5. Valley (girl)6. Valhalla (boy)7. Vera (girl)8. Vivian (girl) We still have 3 does left to kid. Zuzu is due in a few days,…

  • Meet our Goats

    Meet our Goats

    Because we so often get asked about our goats, we put together a video to introduce you to them individually.  All of our goats have their own names (which they know and answer to).  They all have their own personalities.  And they all have their favorite Jonas child. Aren’t they cute? We love our goats!…

  • Goats In The Winter

    Goats In The Winter

    I love to see our goats in the winter. They get these furry coats, that make them look like they’ve turned into these bear-type things.  Especially because they’re pregnant and getting chubby. Their faces get so chubby, and they look super warm. And that is more than anyone else can say in the middle of…

  • It Is Almost Baby Goat Time!

    It Is Almost Baby Goat Time!

    I love baby goat time. It is a time when baby goats in our bathtub, is almost normal: It is a time when chasing baby goats around the house is acceptable: It is a time when cuteness prevails: It is a time when friends come over to visit us the baby goats: It is a time…

  • The Buck Shed

    The Buck Shed

    Our original buck shed was in really rough shape so we decided to tear it down and replace it before breeding season. Colter and Emery got the job of demolishing the old buck shed. I wish I had gotten pictures of it, because they really relished tearing that thing apart.  The new buck shed is…

  • Flying Kites with the Goats

    Flying Kites with the Goats

    Don’t all little boys run around barefoot in the backyard and fly their kites with their goats?    

  • Kid Crib

    Kid Crib

    While the goat kids are very little, we don’t let them mix with the big goats.  This year, Jim created a special kid pen for them outside in the front yard using crib panels that he had scavenged.  The kids loved it: It was useful for holding all sorts of kids: I do think the…

  • Uh Oh!

    Uh Oh!

    Well, our first set of goats aren’t supposed to be due to kid until March 20th. That’s a full three weeks away. But I’m concerned that Persephone and Misha may have different plans and may have gotten themselves bred in secret a cycle earlier. That would put them due… tomorrow! Yep, when I’m still at a…