We are now looking forward to fresh goat milk, goat cheese, goat fudge, and goat pudding---------MMMM. Well, now all I have to do is convince Sue! Anyway, that's my plan. We have four goats now. The male is named Buster and the females are named Laverne & Shirley and, last but not least, the smallest of all is named Bambi.
Date(s): Updated June 9th, 2007. Album by Bruce Strand. Photos by Bruce & Billy. 1 - 11 of 11 Total. 1875 Visits.
1 Laverne is now decorated with a green collar. Here she is, munching happily on a pizza crust.
2 Shirley (mostly white) and Buster at home in their corral. All goats have been dis-budded so there will be no horns to catch in the no-climb fencing.
3 Here we have added Laverne to the group. She is in the rear, and is mostly brown in color. At this point we had not yet gotten Bambi. Would you believe Sue drove us home while I held each goat on my lap and whispered in their ear, "Good girl," or "Good boy," and it worked. These are very gentle goats, unlike the African Pigmies we had, that got downright mean and aggressive.
4 Here's Shirley on top of a portable goat house. They love small little places to go into to sleep and stay out of the weather.
5 Bambi has a red collar and Buster has a navy blue collar.
6 The Goat Gang, top to bottom, left to right: Shirley in purple, Buster in blue, Bambi in red and Laverne in green.
7 Buster poses while Bambi (on the right) gets squeezed out of the action, but it's Laverne enjoying the prize pizza crust.
8 Deep in the woods here is where the goats live. And right behind the chicken coop is where there is plenty of shade.
9 "And that solves that!"
Putting the food in the goat bowl is the easiest way to feed them, but that's no fun as my good friend and agricultural advisor, Kevin Henderlong, would say.
10 Yes ! We finally did it, or rather Laverne finally did it. I, for the first time have had fresh goat milk and it is, in fact as good or better than cows milk. It is like whole cow milk with some Half and Half creamer added to it. Fresh goat milk is great.
11 And now, almost a full gallon of milk, a good 15 months later Laverne is still giving milk from the birth of Ms Lucky along with Bambi who had little Bucky our new male goat 6 months old now.
We have not had store bought bought milk for over a year and Sue loves it on her Corn Flakes!
Hi, My sister in ARKANSAS is now raising goats. She and her husband started as raising them for meat, but in a very short time fell in love with them and now only will sell them as breeders. In the cold times she even puts sweaters on the very tiny ones. She says she loves them to pieces. - Beverly Boisen | www.healthypetnet.com/beverly, Mon, 7 Apr 2008 8:14AM
