Here we are with another new goat! hehehe! Well, the goats that I had in milk we drying up, they were very late in their lactation and hopefully pregnant! So normally this would be okay, but as you know Saywer is now drinking goats milk full time, so we NEED to have a milk supply. So I had been looking around for a new goat, I wanted a nubian, but this time of year most goats are not lactating, so not very many goat for sale at all in milk. I was willing to take any breed goat that was producing milk. Well one day a purebred nubian that just had a baby and producing lots of milk, was for sale on craigslist, they were asking $300, I really didn't have that much to spend on a new goat. So I decided I would part with one of my goats, Fawn, she is such a bully and harder to handle than my other girls, she is just bull headed. Always makes chore time more difficult. So anyways, I put her on Craigslist and though well if she sells and this Nubian in Milk is still for sale than I can get her. Well about a half hour after I posted my goat for sale, I got a phone call, I said to Mikayla " it's gonna be someone who wants to buy Fawn". Well sure enough it was someone calling about her. So it turns out that it was the very same person who was selling the nubian I was wanting to buy! hahaha! They were wanting a Saanen(the breed of Fawn), so needless to say we traded!! Praise God, Always supplying what we need!!
I do miss Fawn, and kinda was like what did I do! But there is such better harmony in the goat herd now! What a difference! She was always causing trouble and being mean to the other goats. Now all the goats get along well!
Soooo here is Diamond! She is a two year old Nubian, She is very shy and timid, but is coming around, she wants to like you, she's just nervous! Unfortunately he feet were VERY unkept and now he legs are a bit deformed, through proper trimming it should all correct, just will take time. Hopefully they will see the trimming on Fawns feet, and learn how to take care of them properly. Diamonds old owners asked if we trimmed their feet, so seemed like they would too?? Below is a before picture, I have sense trimmed them they look better, but not alot. It will take some time. She defiantly has an easier time walking now, I can see that. But her back feet she's still not landing right.
Goats hooves should be very upright, almost square shaped, and she has what's called "elf shoes".
Poor girl, not very comfortable! this makes them use their legs completely different. It's like if you were wearing shoes that were built up realllly high in the toe area, and had to walk that way alll the time. Your whole body would feel out of wack!
Sam say's Hi! It's cute, every time we come home from being somewhere, he always comes to the fence and gives us a whinny! too cute!
Here's the horse crew! Happy campers! Keep them fed and they are happy! :)
This is Breeze! Such a pretty girl, who looooves to be dirty! She seeks mud and pursues it! and of course there is Maddie in the background. She says Hi to Brynn! ;)
Kitty Cat Cassidy, enjoying the sun we had yesterday!
and some chickens! they wanted their pictures taken too!
Here is the New table my husband built!! Farm style! I LOVE LOVE how it came out! It's soo big, wide and long! I got to do some distressing to the wood, it was fun!
Sullivan wanted in on the pic too! :)
