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Bucks and Does

I find our goats to be amusing. They are fun to watch. It is actually more entertaining than my boys. With the goats I don’t really care why they do the weird things they do. With my boys I sometimes start to worry……”Why on earth would they do that?” One thing that I’ve noticed is […]

Milking

It has been more than three weeks since the babies were born. Tuesday marked the first day of milking Brown Sugar. Monday night Michael locked the babies in a carrier so they would not drink any milk through the night. They are eating some hay now and do not need to be feeding through the […]

Alien Babies

Our two newest additions to our herd went to see the vet on Wednesday. This is what they came home looking like… Randy Jessie Those silver colored circles are evidence that the babies have been disbudded. What on earth is DISBUDDING? It is the removal of their ability to grow horns. Most goats naturally grow […]

A Pregnant Brown Sugar

Here is Brown Sugar when we brought her home last June. She wasn’t quite a year old and very lean. Here she is today. Pregnant belly. Her udder is forming. Those teets better get bigger before I milk her! Here is a shot of Halley Berry from the top. No idea if she is pregnant. […]

Goat Walk

We thought the does would enjoy getting out and experiencing a little freedom. We didn’t tell them that between the creeks that surround the lower acreage and the fencing Michael has installed in the upper pasture it wasn’t complete freedom. Look at the nice gate Michael put in the upper pasture. They really didn’t understand […]

NWODGA 2015 Goat Conference

Having finished our three Sundays of being out of the house early and heading up to Portland for fruit tree pruning classes, we got up even earlier on Saturday and headed up to Portland for the annual goat conference at Clackamas High School. The NW Oregon Dairy Goat Association hosts a large conference every year […]

Weighing the Goats

When Bryn came to visit on Monday she brought her animal scales. We need to weigh the goats to determine the amount of pour-on insecticide to give them. They have…..lice…..shhhh. Actually it is quite normal this time of year. Talking with other goat people in the area the general thought is that it will be […]

A Visit to Diji Farm

Halle Berry was born at Diji Farm. It is a wonderful farm just about 20 minutes from us. Carol is the owner/breeder/Nigerian Dwarf goat aficionado. We arrived smack in the middle of kidding. They have quite a large barn and have kidding stalls for the goats. Probably seven stalls with either a doe and her […]

Jasper has Left the Love Shack

Michael took Jasper back to his home last Saturday. He had been with us Halle since January 10th. Not much went on in the Love Shack. She might have already been pregnant. If only she was more obvious when she went into heat. I’m just grateful that we have room for a Love Shack and that […]

New Roof for the Chickens

Michael’s big weekend project was to add some metal roofing over the outdoor pen for the chickens. He expected to quickly get the project done on Friday after picking up the roofing. Projects rarely go quickly. The little bit of time he set aside on Friday was taken up with removing rotten posts. Here is […]