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Time to go and find another Nubian doe. ;)

Yep :) I would love a Tamris farms doe if I can ever afford one!!! (insert dreamy face emoji here....) I LOVE milking my nubian Brie. Rediculously easy compared to nigerians....Keeping in mind that my first nigerian wasn't even a show or milking goat, not quite a pet either. We turned her into all of the above, but she does have tiny teats and we went through rodeos for years to convince her to cooperate. Brie has been easy from the start, except for the pushing me off the stand when I try to milk the Right side. She is cooperative, walks to and from the stand super easily, barely touch her collar and she goes. She is very quiet, except when her kids were missing (or sold) and when it is milking time and she is really full. She is very peaceful in the herd too. Love me some nubians!
 

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I quiet Nubian is rare...you have good reason to love her. I have a doe that pushes me off the milk stand too...what's that all about ?
 

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I am afraid my boers might knock the planes out of the sky with their "feed me I am starving" requests, but yeah, Brie is generally very quiet. Her sister was too. My more vocal nigerians can make a racket when they feel like it too.

I think Kenny was her favorite kid and that was his side to nurse off of. She will gladly let me milk the left side, but when I move to the other side of the stand, both of her feet nearly fall off the same side of the stand and she leans into me as hard as she can! :p She has a silly habit of farting every time she sneezes and when she is walking back to the pen after milking. We giggle alot cause it is ridiculously regular. DS calls her Gusty, Windy,.... Breezy is the one that morphed from her actual name.....;)
 

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That is the same for us with our Nubian Doe. We didn't have a buck so we bred her for minis. We kept this years minis though.
We love our new buck. Excited to get Nubian babies. We will bring in another Nubian doe soon. Doesn't make sense one buck for one doe.

Ruby never makes a sound either.
The Buckling is 6 months now and he does when he sees us ... he is a big baby.

When we went to the breeders place it was interesting... with all those Nubians... they were all quiet. :hu

Our Nigerians- yep- the loudest.:lol:
 

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Soooooooo.... I am in the hole about $1200 for my truck in just the last 2 days. :(

I needed an oil change, tune up, spark plugs. I am due for a smog next month to renew my registration, so I needed to "clean her up" a bit. I didn't use my usual shop because it is about 20 minutes away and I didn't arrange it in time to have a friend give me a ride to work. The shop that did my tune up this time was more expensive than my usual place. They mentioned I needed to have my brake fluid addressed, so I opted to take the truck back to Les Schwab for that, the guys that did my brakes and rotors just a few months ago. I knew I also needed new front shocks so I thought I would have it done at the same time.... we did all 4 shocks, the brake fluid was fine, Les Schwab checked it all out and said it was still clean and in good working order since the last time, but they checked my brakes and everything to be sure. They also let me know that I might want to get new tires soon as they were cracking. It gets insanely hot here and there is alot of dirt so I know the tires suffer. That and I just figured that I have put about 65,000 miles on my truck since I bought her, and these are the first new tires. I think I got plenty of use out of them! Sad to be out so much money but it feels good to have tires and brakes in top shape though before my trip to grandmas!

I was invited to have dinner with a coworker. It was fun and I am super excited to get to know her better. We have alot in common. We both love cats, halloween, the color orange, coffee, kids, crafts, and her living room happens to be the same color I had painted our living room in the last house....almost exactly the same shade! I can't wait to hang out with her more. :)
 

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Trip to grandmas went good! :thumbsup

She likes Beaux Jangles!:) I brought him home since her old dog was jealous and pretty cranky about him being in her house, but I let grandma know she can call anytime and I will bring him back to her. She actually ended up sleeping on the couch so she could comfort him at night since he was a little worried about all the changes and why we weren't going home to tend goats.

I like my new goat kid even better in person and even though he is shy with us right now, he was very tame with the folks he knew, so he should come around quickly. He is soooo pretty and his pedigree... Yummy! He opened the crate door and kept peeking his head out while I was driving back to grandmas but I made sure to secure the door before the long trip home! I did get a little bit lost as I got to the tiny little town he was at, but his breeder was kind enough to come fetch me from the grocery store parking lot so I could follow her to pick him up. He is tucking into his dinner right now, I'll get pics for y'all soon!;)
 

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We got lost going to get a goat once too. My stupid GPS had somehow gotten switched to "detour" mode and it kept sending us down out of the way roads only to end up on the road we started on, but maybe a mile closer to our destination, it made for a LONG trip.

Glad you like your new boy.
 

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I would like y'all to meet my new kid Macmollie Beast :love

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