Six have delivered so far. Two more to go this month and then Jenga and Martha will deliver this summer. Ingrid led the 2nd wave of births with two, a male and female. The female has the cutest little tiny ears, typical of La Mancha goats. Grace was the next to deliver. Mari did the […]
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Kids and more kids
April 6, 2010 – 4:19 pm
3 Goats have kidded, 3 days in a row. It was quite a holiday weekend. Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Molly, Betsy & Sophia did a great job and didn’t seem to mind the crowd that gathered to witness the births. What a learning opportunity for young and old. They seem to have taken a few […]
Marbles..goat or is he Tigger?
October 24, 2009 – 6:59 am
Marbles, our 5 week old kid goat, makes me think of Winnie the Pooh’s friend Tigger so very often. I even get the Tigger song in my head, “They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy fun, fun, fun, fun, fun. But the most wonderful things about Tiggers, is I’m the only one.” Marbles bounces and jumps, on […]
A New Kid on the Farm!
September 16, 2009 – 6:45 am
Yesterday morning around 10:00 we welcomed Martha’s new kid to the world! When I arrived at the farm a few hours earlier, Laura warned me that it would happen soon, so to keep an eye on the goat while she and Mari headed to an appointment. As I was getting ready to bring food to […]
Morning Milking
July 10, 2009 – 6:13 am
An old friend asked me what I was up to now that I’ve graduated and when I told her I’m working on a farm, her response was, “Working on a farm eh? Where is this farm? And what do you get to do??? Do you like wake up at the crack of dawn and help […]
Who could get fat eating hay?
February 5, 2009 – 9:18 am
Our goats having been putting on their winter fat…it seems. Which was a bit surprising to Mari & I because, all they are eating is hay and some minerals, ok and the occasional bit of grain (which is their equivalent of crack cocaine). We wondered if they weren’t getting some of the nutrients they needed […]