We kept the baby goats in the house for a little bit before moving them into the barn. We let them sleep in the bath tub. The 3 black and white kids are Malone, Darcy, and Valient. Veanna is standing watch over them. Veanna reminds me of a child who feels like she doesn’t belong […]
I finally went to bed last night just after midnight. I set the alarm for 2:00 am. At 2:00 I wobbled my way out to the barn. Nothing. Set the alarm for 4:00 am. At 4:00 Jim wobbled his way out to the barn. Nothing. Jim set the alarm for 5:00 am (he didn’t realize […]
Well, it is going to be a long night because I am on kid watch. I have three goats that are all due this weekend. I’ve been out checking goat bellies and goat butts for several days now. Gestation on a goat is 150 days, but they can deliver plus or minus five days from their […]
It’s getting below freezing tonight. So why should that keep me awake when I have a nice fire going and the house is plenty warm? My goats. You see, we took advantage of the warm weather last week to clean out the goat stall. (I say we, I mean Cole.) We usually allow the bedding […]
I had the duty of drawing blood on all of our dairy goats this evening. Normally Jim is the “vet” around here, but for some reason, I’m good at finding the vein, and well, Jim isn’t. I must point out that there are very few things that Jim isn’t good at, but finding a goat vein […]
Since I posted photos of Izzie and Jasmine in the kitchen, I figured I should also post a photo of Lily, Mike, and Nicki in the tub. They were sundgau triplets born to Dayton and as cute as can be (especially Nicki, the tiny one)! Yes, they did spend the night in the tub. And […]
Is it that unusual to have a goat in your kitchen? Not to us! This is Izzie. She is about 6 hours old in these photos. Baby goats are just so much fun! Indigo and Hewitt think they are the absolute best toys ever. It is really funny when their feet slide out from under […]
We just dried up our last goat for the season – that means no more fresh milk for the winter. Now for those of you who doubt, goat milk is great – no, not the nasty goat milk you can buy at the store. Real milk. Fresh from the goat. We have 9 goats, 8 […]