good-bye cinnamon! we’ll miss you!
Posted on August 18, 2009 - Filed Under goats | 1 Comment
They grow up so fast!
Here he was, just a few minutes old:
And here he is, just eight weeks later, a few minutes before he left us to live with his new family.
Running and jumping and humping everything that would stand still for it… Sob! Cinnamon, it all passed in a blur!
Joking aside, Sophie and [...]
when goat mamas won’t nurse their kids
Posted on July 9, 2009 - Filed Under goats | 4 Comments
Last year we had Fancy as a first freshener (that’s what they call a first time goat mama, you gotta love goat terminology). Fancy was a bottle-fed baby herself, which is why I think she was totally confused about the whole mother thing. What the H-H-HELL are these creatures, she seemed to say, and W-W-WHY [...]
Read More..>>adorable, friendly goat baby for sale
Posted on July 5, 2009 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | 4 Comments
Meet Cinnamon!
This Miniature Nubian sweetie-pie is going to need a new home in about six weeks. He has been disbudded, but he has all his boy parts at the moment, though he would make a lovely pet if whethered. Or he can be registered (both his parents are), and can pass on some strong dairy [...]
Read More..>>goat yard morning
Posted on June 28, 2009 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment
The goat babies went outside today for the first time. It was so funny when I opened up that stall door—they craned their necks out, raising and lowering their heads, looking and sniffing, refusing for several minutes to step hoof out of safety as they tried to comprehend this new, alien landscape. They got over [...]
Read More..>>it’s a girl! and a boy!
Posted on June 25, 2009 - Filed Under goats, honeymilk farm | 1 Comment
Lucy had her babies! Oh so exciting!
She was acting weird all day, pawing the ground, getting up laying down getting up, not eating…so we knew it was soon. Finally, around 6pm, she started really pushing. Nothing to do but talk sweetly to her and comfort her as she did her work….
But it went on and [...]
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