Lots of News

Wow! It’s been almost a month since I last wrote! Sorry about that everybody!

What all has gone on in the last month . . .

We’ve sold four baby and two adult goats. Jupiter and Capella, North Star’s twins, are together in a great home in Texas. Penelope, Piper’s spotted doe kid, went to a loving family in Kansas. Spur, one of Andrina’s buck kids, has taken a position as future herd sire on a friends farm. And last but not least, two of our adult bucks, Bond and Trooper, moved to a dairy where their services were desperately needed.

 

 

 We discovered an owl nest in the hollow of our big cottonwood tree, and it has been great fun watching the babies grow and jump from the nest and such.

Due to the excess of milk we are currently experiencing, we have been making lots and lots of soap. Recently we tried taking it to a local farmer’s market and did really well! So far we have tried, I believe, five different scents including Lemongrass-Mint, Pearberry, and Ginger Pear. We also made some bath salts in lavendar scent and lemon scent. I attempted to make a handmilled rose-water but failed miserably. From now on I plan to leave the soap-making in more capable hands…

The last couple of days have found most people working on cleaning up storm damage in the goat pens. It was a lot of work, but worth it and the goat pens now look lovely.

The chicks born last month are doing well, all except for the ones which the dog ate, and are growing very large indeed.

In other news, some of the family went to a Goat Field day at Langston University last month where they gleaned quite a bit of useful information. Mommy in particular came away with all sorts of new marketing ideas and has been working on implementing them.

I guess that’s all for now, but I’ll be trying to post more in the near future. If you’ve read this, please leave a comment to let us know your here!