Itty Bitty Hooves

Promised Pictures of My New Doe

Okay, I finally got out there to sit with the girls and get some pictures of my new doe from Carisa and Andrea (thanks ladies, we love her already).

Here she is–purebred LaMancha Blue Glow Farm Savanna

Savvy and her partner in crime, Polly looking innocent as they come out of the barn

Polly helping me fill water buckets

Going back in to see what more havoc they can create

The inside of my barn and my ‘out of retirement’ milkstand

It sure is nice to be milking again. I bought the Udderlyez milker thing because my hands are what made me leave dairy goats years ago, and I still can’t quite afford one of the real milkers–it took a few times to really make it work for me, most of the first few milkings ended up being by hand, but this morning I actually got it all working well for me and I’m quite pleased with it for now. I still need to get a real milking machine…. if I could just stop buying goats I might be able to afford one. LOL

I SWORE up and down in the past that I’d NEVER have a LaMancha no matter how sweet, or how well they milked. I guess I should have learned my lesson that saying ‘never’ means almost certainly will. LOL I call her my ‘earless wonder’ and she thinks it is a term of endearment. LOL (it is–now). She’s absolutely sweet and while I do not plan on a herd of them, I already love her enough that she’ll never be replaced.

Got Milk?

I do now! Yesterday we went back to Indiana where we got Polly from and brought home a beautiful big Lamancha doe who kidded about a month ago and is in full milk. So last night I got to milk again for the first time in almost seven years! It’s just as wonderful as I remembered it being. I’m so glad to be back in goats again. I’ll post pictures as soon as I get some. We got a big cold snap here today and the temps plumetted into the 20’s after being in the 70s for several weeks. It’s not too cold to take pictures, it’s too cold for me to be out there taking pictures. LOL

Caution–Kids At Play

It was such a beautiful day, and I had a little time between projects so I went outside and let the ‘kids’ play in the back yard. What a blast to watch! Here are a few pictures. Unfortunately most of them are ’still’ shots since the moment they started bouncing around I’d end up with blank frames because they’d bounded out of the shot before I clicked. I did manage to get one good running one.

The kid that started it all. She has grown so big in the one month since we got her as a weak two day old.

This is Amber, our second trouble child. She’s a big bruiser of a three-week old now.

This is Amelia striking a pose

Here’s Angel. I caught her just getting ready to take off, and then in full-flight.

Last, but not least. We may not have a Livestock Guardian Dog, but we have Guard Geese.

Have a great day! I’m going back outside to enjoy the sun.

Like I Promised

I just got in from taking the pics of my new girl ‘Polly’. So like I promised yesterday, here she is in all her Alpine splendor.

I think Miss Polly gives me just the right finish to my new goat herd. Her, my two 50% boer/nubian kids, my 2 PB Nubian kids, and the 4 three-quarter boer/Nubian kids I’m getting from Sherry, plus the powerhouse Mickey will give me a fantastic kid crop come next spring.

I can’t wait. Now just to make it until May when Polly here is due to kid from her breeding to a pretty carmel colored Alpine buck. Kids of my very own this year already! How cool.