Weekly update

 

Matilda is doing great! A few days of tube feeding and she perked right up and started taking a bottle. She's growing fast and holding her own at the hay feeder with all the bigger 'kids'. 

Coco is still the cutest goat on earth. She's tiny but smart enough to secure a warm spot under the hay rack after every feeding. Coco will join our herd as our friend Megan's first official goat. Meg will be selecting her breeding next year and will be in charge of naming and selling her kids when the time comes. She will be showing Coco this summer in addition to raising her first market wether for the Huron County Fair, Oreo.

 
This is Mr. Kitty / aka Tom / aka Tuck / aka my favorite barn cat. Best cat ever, sweet, affectionate, doesn't know he has claws, loves our dog. He gets in so much trouble, always comes home beaten and scratched, wanders off during the ice storm and doesn't seem to realize he's safer in the barn. He does enjoy a cup of warm milk every evening before he goes hunting.

Massey being a goof and begging for treats, as usual.

A perfect photo of Elina, bored by her superiority.  

Catalpa is our last goat to deliver, she claimed her resting spot under the hayrack. She is due on March 25th, we're enjoying a break from kidding until then.

This is Lola, the smallest of Lunetta's triplets. She will be staying with us as I planned to retain one of Lunetta's does. Tiny Lola was the first to escape the temporary basement holding pen at 3 days old (it was 20" high) and was the first to start wolfing down grain, pushing the older kids out of the way on the bucket feeder as well.  Lunetta, her dam is extremely gentle and cooperative, we hope Lola inherits this trait as well.

Lunetta quadrupled her milk production over last year and is already giving well over a gallon per day at 3 weeks fresh.

We are excited about the improvement in our Alpines this year and will be adding a new junior herdsire to our farm in the coming weeks. More info coming soon. . . 

So far we're retaining 2 Saanen doe kids, Luci and Hilary, 2 Togg doe kids, Mallory and Echo, and 2 Alpines, Lola and Matilda. Coco is staying as well, and I'm undecided about one of Camille's doe kids.

Availability for sale:

Sundgau French Alpine doeling (Luna x Shamus) $200

Sundgau American Alpine doeling (Camille x Shamus) $200

Cou Blanc American Alpine doeling (Camille x Shamus) $200

Saanen-type Experimental doelings (Saanen x Togg) $150 each

Saanen buckling (Serafina x Enzo) $200

Saanen buckling (Marigold x Enzo) $200

French Alpine Buckling (Lunetta x Kapston - pied) $200

All available milkers sold out for 2011.