Catching Up Part 2: Our New Goat Georgette

Our neighbor had kept one of their New year's babies, Georgette. She is a cutie, but she was not weaning and they were not able to get milk from her mom, so they asked if we wanted another goat. I decided to take her because we are going to be sending Daisy off to get pregnant next month and I didn't want Bibi to be alone for a whole month. Georgette is full blooded Nubian so it will be fun to see the difference between all the goats' milk. We now have a Nubian, a Nigerian dwarf and a Nubian-La Mancha mix.

New Goat

I am so happy to finally have my goat. I don't know why I've wanted a goat so badly. I think they just have such interesting personalities. Plus, I love goat milk and cheese and now I can try making my own.

Daisy is a Nigerian Dwarf goat. She will stay small and provide ample milk for our family. Since goats are herd animals, we are also getting a baby from the neighbor who is part La Mancha and part Nubian, both are good milk producers.

I will try to stagger their pregnancies so we can have a continuous supply of milk. Now I just need to learn all about the whole breeding process!

Farm Babies Grow-up Fast

I am surprised at how quickly animals grow. Carnitas is already as big as Maya. We've had her for about a month and it's amazing how much bigger she is. She is also very strong. Pigs just seem to be pure muscle.

Taken January 6, 2016

Taken January 30, 2016

The neighbors had triplets over the weekend and seeing the new born kids next to the kids that were born on New Year's Day let us see how much they grew in just a month.

New born kids are in the center and the one month old kids are in the right front.