Fullhousefarm
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Now that we've had them for almost a month I should probably introduce them!
We picked up Aravis and Lord Drinian at One Fine Acre in N.C. when we took my daughter to camp. We are so pleased with them.
Aravis has captured everyone's heart- even my husband's who frequently gets frustrated with ornery goat antics. She imeditately adopted our Nigerian doe as her foster mommy and they even cuddle at night. We thought she's play with our Lamancha doeling, but while they get along she must just know she's a Nigerian. Maybe the tiny ears bother her or something? LOL. My five year old gives her the bottle every day.
Lord Drinian, who we sometimes call mohawk man (see picture) has been keeping our one buckling company. We weren't originally planning on the buckling, but I really liked his genetics and the fact they will bring something different to Florida. He has a big name to grow into.
We also received a yearling grade LaMancha in trade for one of our bucklings. (Black doe in pics) She's actually related to our herd queen. Shes very nice and *probably* bred to kid in October. We were going to sell her after she kids... but I'm having second thoughts. (Shhhhh. Don't tell my daughter who wants to keep every goat forever. )
So, we are up to five LaManchas - Two Seniors in milk and three Jrs with two of those getting bred any day now, two Nigerian does- One in milk and one to breed in a year or so, and a Nigerian buckling. That's not counting the LaMancha buckling we still have for sale. We are also borrowing a Lamancha buck for a month or two to breed the does. I'm feeling more like a farmer every day!
We picked up Aravis and Lord Drinian at One Fine Acre in N.C. when we took my daughter to camp. We are so pleased with them.
Aravis has captured everyone's heart- even my husband's who frequently gets frustrated with ornery goat antics. She imeditately adopted our Nigerian doe as her foster mommy and they even cuddle at night. We thought she's play with our Lamancha doeling, but while they get along she must just know she's a Nigerian. Maybe the tiny ears bother her or something? LOL. My five year old gives her the bottle every day.
Lord Drinian, who we sometimes call mohawk man (see picture) has been keeping our one buckling company. We weren't originally planning on the buckling, but I really liked his genetics and the fact they will bring something different to Florida. He has a big name to grow into.
We also received a yearling grade LaMancha in trade for one of our bucklings. (Black doe in pics) She's actually related to our herd queen. Shes very nice and *probably* bred to kid in October. We were going to sell her after she kids... but I'm having second thoughts. (Shhhhh. Don't tell my daughter who wants to keep every goat forever. )
So, we are up to five LaManchas - Two Seniors in milk and three Jrs with two of those getting bred any day now, two Nigerian does- One in milk and one to breed in a year or so, and a Nigerian buckling. That's not counting the LaMancha buckling we still have for sale. We are also borrowing a Lamancha buck for a month or two to breed the does. I'm feeling more like a farmer every day!