by Clare | Sep 30, 2013 | Farm Blog, Goats
There’s no question that since their arrival the goats have become the focal point of the farm. A lot has changed here over the last couple of years, and our life now is very much planned around the goat year. As our small herd slowly expands we find ourselves...
by Clare | Aug 30, 2013 | Farm Blog, Goats
A few weeks ago a couple of young does caught my attention when they came up for sale. Unfortunately, my timing was a little off, and by the time I inquired, both had just been sold. A little disappointing, but then I reminded myself that we still have a few pending...
by Clare | May 28, 2013 | Farm Blog, Goats
It’s dairy goat show season! No sooner were the cucumbers planted, than our trowels were traded for clippers, and we found ourselves driving around Northern California to the first two goat shows of the season. The only thing I think we were missing on the farm...
by Clare | May 3, 2013 | Farm Blog, Goats
When we were first seriously looking into adding goats to the farm, we did a lot of homework, a lot of reading, and we talked to various people more experienced than ourselves. Time and time again the same opinions kept cropping up. If looking for goats for milking...
by Clare | Apr 12, 2013 | Farm Blog, Goats
This spring has definitely ‘gone to the goats’. I promise, we do still have gardens, chickens, turkeys, and bees, but as we start to build up our dairy herd, we’re occasionally finding ourselves with new goat additions this spring. On Sunday, our...
by Clare | Mar 23, 2013 | Farm Blog, Goats
We’re happy to report that yesterday, March 22nd, around noon, Castle Rock Lotus gave birth to her first kids, sired by Camanna GD Music Man. Does usually kid somewhere between day 145-155, and Lotus was 147 days pregnant when she kidded. Lotus kept us up most...