With all this talk about sheep breeding groups, I have left our poor LaMancha dairy goats out of the equation. Even though we have very flexible fencing and paddock areas, I have been scratching my head over how to get the goats together as a group with a buck, and just let them get down [...]
Posts Tagged ‘goats’
Speaking of goats…
Posted in Farm, Farming, LaMancha Goats, goats, tagged breeding, Elvis, goat behavior, goats on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maine Fiber Arts Tour Open House
Posted in Farm, Farming, Fiber Arts, tagged Coopworth sheep, goats, Maine on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend we are participating in the Maine Fiber Arts Tour weekend open house. We are part of the two-year tour map, so anyone is welcome to give us a call and come by at any time, but this weekend is set aside as a formal Open House.
We got really lucky with the weather, [...]
Crazy Week
Posted in Farm, LaMancha Goats, tagged goats, kidding, LaMancha Goats on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The schoolyear for us officially ended yesterday! Oh my, I am tired. It’s been a busy week so far, even without adding school into the mix. Our yearling doe Rhubarb surprised us a little early with two beautiful bucklings late on Sunday afternoon. Of course, Sunday afternoon it was raining buckets, but our Rhubarb [...]
More Playtime @ the Rock!
Posted in Farm, LaMancha Goats, Weather, tagged goats on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are having a marvelous stretch of weather. I can’t believe how pleasant it is to be going without the longjohns on, at least for the afternoon chore time! We are spending as much time outdoors soaking up the sun as we can. And the goat kids and lambs continue to put on a great [...]
Got Milk? Goat Milk :* )
Posted in Cheese, Farm, Milking, goats, tagged goats on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For someone who has never (I mean never) been a milk drinker, I am incredibly happy about milk today. I have always been plagued with some lactose intolerance, but our goat milk doesn’t bother me at all. Not that I am drinking it, just making cheese with it! And after a hiatus [...]
No Horns Allowed!
Posted in Farm, LaMancha Goats, tagged goats on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It couldn’t have been a better day! Well, maybe it could have been a few degrees warmer, but the sap is flowing and the sun is shining, and the goat kids are having a blast, and the pregnant ewes are starting to complain a lot! If they can’t be eating, they are complaining [...]
Busy Days
Posted in Farm, LaMancha Goats, tagged goats, Milking on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a week it’s been so far! Things are hopping here at the farm. Monday we began our ritual of letting the mama goats out into the paddock while their babies have some unsupervised playtime late in the day. They are a hoot, hopping and dancing all around. Salsa and Sock Monkey have [...]
Sunday and Sun!
Posted in LaMancha Goats, Pemaquid Peninsula, Weather, tagged goats, lighthouse, Maine on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My goodness! We are having a sunny day again today! Wow. No Monday morning snow storm. Amazing. Maybe spring really is just around the corner.
We had a lovely day yesterday and were outside until dark, enjoying the warm temperatures and trying to get caught up with extra tasks that might [...]
Goat Jockeying
Posted in Farm, LaMancha Goats, tagged goats, kidding on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four nights in a row. Wow! Real sleep, 7 hours last night, 9 each of the nights before that. Our babies are all doing well. Saturday morning we opened the three jugs (pens) up to each other in the main greenhouse so that the three goatie moms could mingle with their [...]
Still Waiting
Posted in Farm, Sheep, Weather, goats, tagged ewes, goats, kidding on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Elf is still holding out on us! The weekend was such a beautiful one, and our friend C.R. came regularly to help us check on the doe and do chores. Elf has all the signs of impending birthing, but she’s not quite ready yet!
While the afternoon was still pretty warm yesterday, we set up [...]
