It has been a few years since we grew our dairy herd by buying a goat. The herd has grown just by births here at our place. We had two Saanens, one Nubian, and three Saanen/Nubian cross (Snubians) before kidding season began this year. Our little Nubian gave us triplets this year but her udder was lopsided (Yes, these things are important when you have a dairy! :o) and she was on the small side. The girls decided to sell "Licorice" and invest in some registered Nubians.
Meet "Bootleg Wildflower" or just "Wildflower" for short.
We sold our (very mean!) buck this past winter. This is his replacement...... "Mandrake" or
"Drake" for short. All of our goats have plant names. I will have to take pictures of them one day and introduce you to all of them. That might be fun! :o)
"Drake" for short. All of our goats have plant names. I will have to take pictures of them one day and introduce you to all of them. That might be fun! :o)
My sweet husband (that really doesn't care a thing about the animals except for the milk and eggs they bring in!) spent ten hours on the road (and a small fortune!) one day to two different farms to get our pair of Nubians. The things we do for our children!
"Wildflower" was bottle raised and is very sweet. She follows the girls around like a puppy.
These are a few of our babies from this year. We had a total of eight babies this year. We are keeping two of our Saanen doelings.
"Drake" was dam raised and is a bit skittish. I told Malachi I would pay him if he would go into the pen and play with him every day! Thankfully he was disbudded, so we won't have to worry about horns like we did with our last buck!
Nubians are my favorite breed of goat. I think their floppy ears are cute!
We have been working hard in the garden area this year. Last year we replaced some of our wooden raised beds with rock. I liked it so much better!
We replace two more beds with cinder blocks. I planted marigolds in the holes to help keep bugs down.
We also added a blueberry area this year. We got a really good deal on huge bushes from a nursery. This is Marc's project and they are looking gorgeous!
Oregano anyone!?
*If anyone reading this blog is interested in buying a goat, you can e-mail us at maynor7@windstream.net We have one doeling and two bucklings left. All three are Saanen/Nubian cross.
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