Heidi’s Doeling ~ 2010

Halloween Day dawned bright and sunny for Heidi’s due date.  She was right on target last year, and looked to be headed that way this year too.  She had been patiently waiting these last few days, and looked much like a beached (but content) white whale chewing her cud in the shade of the hackberry [...]

Moon’s Doeling ~ 2010

Woo hoo!  We did it!  Our first official full-blooded dairy goat doe kid.  With seven out of seven being born as bucklings this past Winter and Spring, I wondered when our first doeling would arrive.  In fact, I have actually heard from a goat-friend this year that some bucks can be known for throwing high [...]

Boys of Fall ~ 2010

The goats are so lovely going into Autumn, it’s my favorite time of the year.  Our original Spanish nannies are settled in their third year here on the sandy hillside. Handsome Jack and AP no doubt look forward to being Kings of the Forest again soon with their does. I have to smile at these [...]

2010 Yearling Does

These pretty girls are from Jack’s first crop of kids.  I can’t WAIT to see what they will bring next year. They will be two years old when they have their first kids. It is my hope that this additional time will be a benefit to their maternity, both physically and mentally.  I doubt they’ll [...]

Autumn Portraits ~ 2009

As the days grow shorter and we head into another Winter, it is like looking at a new herd of goats with the little ones grown into healthy weanlings, and youngsters maturing into adults. The wonderful crop of nutritious mesquite beans put a nice finish on all of the stock in time for late summer [...]

Fitting Annie

Well, we’ve had another bit of fun in the Dairy Goat pen.  After a very cold delivery for Leah’s twins last Winter, I had thought that it might be handy to have some extra goat coats on hand for chilling days.  I saved several shirts that JW had torn on barbed-wire while working, thinking that [...]