We run a dairy farm, so male goats do us no good. We’re selling the males as bottle babies for $30 each. Bottle babies will need to be bottle-fed milk or milk replacer for 4-6 weeks. During that time they will become attached to the people who feed them. They will eat more and more [...]
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Nisha Pops
Yesterday afternoon Nisha gave us two beautiful kids, a boy (left) and a girl. Mom and babies are doing fine! Current stats: Does who have birthed: 7 Kids born: 11 Boys: 6 Girls: 5 Does still pregnant: 5
Spice’s Surprise
Spice (Sugar’s daughter) surprised us tonight by giving us a baby girl – 4 days early! It seems to have been a surprise to Spice also, since she didn’t know what to do with her baby. We found the newborn lying on the concrete floor, dirty and shivering. We cleaned her up, used the blow [...]
Wide Load!
Christy (right) and Kerry are mother and daughter, and both are pregnant and due next week. Kerry will most likely have twins. Christy has given us triplets twice before… and looks like she will again!
Out Past Curfew
When it’s well past dark and one of our goats is missing, we tend to get nervous. Dawn hadn’t come back tonight, so I went out looking for her with flashlight and firearm (in case of predators). I found her about a hundred yards out – cleaning up two brand new babies! She wasn’t due [...]
Goat Stampede
Not our goats, but very cute and funny!
It’s a Boy!
Luna gave us a healthy baby boy this morning. Both mom and baby are doing fine!
