• Monday, April 16, 2007 - Our Goatie Girls

Front: Priscilla, followed by Prudence, then Quinracia, Blossom and Michaela at rear.  Not much green in sight still, the drought is hanging on tight. Goats are such companionable animals.  They always come to greet me when I go out to them.  And the milk they give is lovely!  Michaela, our adult Anglo Nubian doe, was served last monday by a buck called Shabeen, so in about 150 days/5months we hope to have some lovely little kids, doe kids please Lord!  Our human baby is due in 9 weeks too so this will be a baby year!  It is our first year breeding goats, and we're only planning to breed from 2 this year.  One Anglo Nubian and one Toggenburg. On the left is Preston, our buck, and on the right Prudence, who we hope will breed with Preston this year.  What a happy, contented couple they are!

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• Monday, April 16, 2007 - Preston, our new goat

He looks like he wants to give you a kiss!  Dale went to take one of our goats for service and came home with a buck, much to my surprise!  He is a 2yo toggenburg buck.  Contrary to children's stories and popular belief, male goats are called bucks, NOT "billy goats" and females are called does.

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