Rose N Lynne Farm
Chillin' with the herd
Hello everyone! *Warning!* There will be a lot of photos on this thread! 
I've decided to start a journal and I will hopefully be able to continue it! My username may be changing in the next day or so, so don't be surprised if it does! We live on a beautiful piece of land in Western Idaho, and we have 8 goats, 4 does, 2 wethers, and 2 bucks. We just had our first kidding on the 22nd of March with triplets! This year we've expanded our little farm to include 6 crazy chickens! It's been two and a half years since we got our first goats and it has been quite an experience!
My family is made up of my mom Sherri, my dad Matthew, my sister Katie and me Emma. We have dived in head first to this and are loving it. Our goats are part pets, part livestock. They get fed and raised like livestock, but loved on like pets! We have 4 adult goats, Laylie an Alpine doe, Nellie a Nubian doe, Faun a Nubian Cross doe, and Napoleon a fainting goat wether. Our other four goats are kids under 2 months, Euro a Boer meat goat, Roosavelt a Nubian buck, Crater a Nubian buck, and Eleanor a Nubian doe.
And I've answered a few of the questions to give you an idea about us and myself!
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like?
-We live in Western Idaho, and we extremes of all four seasons.
2. How would you define your farm?
- A small hobby farm.
3. Have you ever built a house, barn , or other types of building? Do you want to?
- We've built a large goat shelter, but have not built a whole lot. And yes I would love to build a huge barn!
4. Who or what inspired you to be a farmer/rancher, hobby farmer?
- We met some goats while walking a trail and decided to get involved
5. Is it a hobby or an occupation?
- Hobby right now, but hoping to make it an occupation later in my life.
6. In what areas are you knowledgeable and in what areas would you like to learn more?
- I know a lot about goats, but I would love to learn more about medications for goats.
7. In what types of farming will you never choose to do?
- Raising crops.
8. Can you legally have all forms of livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds?
- Our agreement with our neighbors is up to 4,800 pounds of livestock. About the weight of 3 adult cows.
- I have 8 goats, and 6 chickens.
9. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be?
- New Zealand, it's beautiful!
10. What is on your to do list?
- Re-paint the goat shelter, re-supply the kidding kit, build a new roof on the goat shelter, get hay & straw, and plant pasture seed in the goat's pen.
11. Has the experience with animals changed your attitude or habits?
- I think raising goats has made me appreciate life more, than when I didn't raise animals.
I've decided to start a journal and I will hopefully be able to continue it! My username may be changing in the next day or so, so don't be surprised if it does! We live on a beautiful piece of land in Western Idaho, and we have 8 goats, 4 does, 2 wethers, and 2 bucks. We just had our first kidding on the 22nd of March with triplets! This year we've expanded our little farm to include 6 crazy chickens! It's been two and a half years since we got our first goats and it has been quite an experience! My family is made up of my mom Sherri, my dad Matthew, my sister Katie and me Emma. We have dived in head first to this and are loving it. Our goats are part pets, part livestock. They get fed and raised like livestock, but loved on like pets! We have 4 adult goats, Laylie an Alpine doe, Nellie a Nubian doe, Faun a Nubian Cross doe, and Napoleon a fainting goat wether. Our other four goats are kids under 2 months, Euro a Boer meat goat, Roosavelt a Nubian buck, Crater a Nubian buck, and Eleanor a Nubian doe.
And I've answered a few of the questions to give you an idea about us and myself!
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like?
-We live in Western Idaho, and we extremes of all four seasons.
2. How would you define your farm?
- A small hobby farm.
3. Have you ever built a house, barn , or other types of building? Do you want to?
- We've built a large goat shelter, but have not built a whole lot. And yes I would love to build a huge barn!
4. Who or what inspired you to be a farmer/rancher, hobby farmer?
- We met some goats while walking a trail and decided to get involved
5. Is it a hobby or an occupation?
- Hobby right now, but hoping to make it an occupation later in my life.
6. In what areas are you knowledgeable and in what areas would you like to learn more?
- I know a lot about goats, but I would love to learn more about medications for goats.
7. In what types of farming will you never choose to do?
- Raising crops.
8. Can you legally have all forms of livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds?
- Our agreement with our neighbors is up to 4,800 pounds of livestock. About the weight of 3 adult cows.
- I have 8 goats, and 6 chickens.
9. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be?
- New Zealand, it's beautiful!
10. What is on your to do list?
- Re-paint the goat shelter, re-supply the kidding kit, build a new roof on the goat shelter, get hay & straw, and plant pasture seed in the goat's pen.
11. Has the experience with animals changed your attitude or habits?
- I think raising goats has made me appreciate life more, than when I didn't raise animals.
But she has to sometime so I must leave her out there! Our maiden milker Laylie finally stopped producing milk after 2 years.. I was going to make some caramel tonight and I got her up on the stanchion to milk her and there was nothing. 
She is completely dry but still has an udder. A hard udder. I think that's normal but I'm not sure? Oh and our new doe, who is 7 months old is probably pregnant. She's getting bigger by the day, and she's so small I'm really worried for her health. 
I think she still weighs 60 pounds..So I hope she isn't. I'll go to the store tomorrow and pick up a pregnancy test tomorrow and wait until she pees! 
