If you've ever raised animals, you know how hard it can be to keep a male animal from a female in heat. Obviously, we failed at that task over the summer. Dairy goats giving birth in November is less than ideal. We are not set up for winter milking, but I guess we are going to have to figure that out, or pass on months of milk. Most of you know that I am just frugal enough and stubborn enough that I will make it work. Somehow.
Though it wasn't what I'd planned it is hard to be frustrated when the end results are two simply adorable Nubian/Boer bucklings, and fresh milk for us. For now, those bucklings will get all the milk, and I will enjoy watching them. Enjoy these pictures from when they were only hours old last Friday morning.
They're adorable! I'm sure it is frustrating, but enjoy them :)
ReplyDeleteThey are super cute :-) Is Scuttle (purple) prego too?
ReplyDeleteShe should be, but she isn't even showing yet. I guess she didn't come into heat when Billy found his way through the fence.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! What do you do with the milk? Just drink it or do you make cheese, etc?
ReplyDeleteThose little goats are adorable! Geeze... I have to stop reading your blog ~ you make me want goats!! I LOVED the post too of the pig lips... 2 funny.
ReplyDeleteAND... the post about your Dad ~ I can soooooooo relate. My Dad's been gone three years now and some days it's just so hard to imagine life without him. I miss him and his stories so much. {{HUGS}} All we can do is CHERISH THE MEMORIES.