Due to a series of delays, distractions, poor timing, etc, it didnt seem like we were ever going to get any babies this year. But, finally, we were able to get a couple of the goats bred, and our wonderful doe Blue had some babies the other day. Better yet, they were both girls! This […]
Hangin’ out in the pasture
Not much to say other than I got some pictures of the goats the other day in between some rain showers. This time of year those sunbreaks are few and far between, and luckily the goats were all outside during one of the them. In the background you can see the water in the lower […]
Goats in the woods
So the other day after work I took the goats out for a little stroll on the hillside below the barn. They have grown tired of their plain old pasture and were more than happy to go exploring. All along this hillside there are maples, blackberry, lots of grasses and weeds, basically a goats dream. […]
Brand new baby goats
Spitfire, had her first babies the other day. We call her a first freshener, the first time a doe has given birth (kidded). She gave birth to three little ones, a very large buckling, and two doelings. One of the doelings was very small and we had to keep a very close eye on her […]
Baby Goat Videos
Go ahead, waste a few minutes and watch a couple videos of some baby goats just being silly. Sorry for the little bucklings being, well, like little bucklings. Some of them start trying to “mate” in the first couple days, and at three weeks they are clearly trying to figure it out. Silly boys! All […]
Baby Goats on the farm
Yes, it has finally happened, there are little bundles of baby goat joy here on the farm! The moms were huge, I referred to them as double-wides, and they were truly in need of an escort vehicle anytime they waddled around the barn. According to our breeding records they could have started kidding anytime this […]
A Productive Day
Joshua and I spent all morning building some feeders; one for a customer and two for our barn. I build these feeders for customers all year long, and am just now getting the last couple stalls in our barn outfitted with our favorite style feeder. We call them “Sloped Panel” feeders, and they minimize hay […]
Running of the Baby Goats
So we have a bunch of baby goats, and we also have a bunch of moms in milk. We like that milk for us, but the babies think it ALL belongs to them. For the first few weeks we don’t milk and let the babies drink all they want; we really want them to be […]
Baby Goats Buttin’ Heads
It has been so busy lately with kidding, babies, human kids, etc, we haven’t really posted many pics of the babies this year. All together we have 13 kids; 7 boys and 6 girls. I did however capture some video last night of the babies playing, in particular two of the little bucklings trying to […]