Goat Milking Stand



My husband's uncle custom builds these. We have one and my pal Meredith has one, that she couldn't live without now! Contact me to order yours :)

Meet Stella, our newest addition :)

Finally ordered my runner ducklings I've wanted for SO long from the hatchery! They'll be here May 7th and I CAN'T wait!

So we tried the goat milker...and it was a fail :( I don't know if the boys had just drained the mommas of milk or if their teats aren't big enough for the milker to work. We're going to seperate the boys from the mommas for the night and try milking them first thing in the morning...hopefully that fixes the problem. If not, I'll be on the look out for a hand milker! The boys NEED to be weaned...they are 3 and 4 weeks old now.

Everyone survived the heavy rain we've had for the past few days! It's a little soggy around here though. The ducks were loose last night and I left them...the chickens free range, so why can't they? I don't think they'll go far from the pond anyway ;)

Hopefully it stays dry enough today so I can't let the goaties out to graze my mini hay field, LOL...they haven't been out since it started pouring 2 days ago.

I let all of the goaties out to graze my lawn, which is quickly growing into a field, lol. Meredith came over to buy one of Uncle Mike's goat milking stands. There's 1 more for sale, if anyone's interested, contact me! My goat milker WILL be finished when Jamison gets out of work...I'm ready to wean the boys and start bottle feeding! I would have weaned them much sooner, but didn't have the milker availble then. We're also going to pick up cedar posts to start my goat pen...finally!

Hopefully Jamison can get my milk machine working this morning and we'll be in the goat milk business, lol. If it works, all 4 buck kids will be weaned from mommas and we'll be bottle feeding 6 babies 3x a day! Anyone want to come help?

Pablo wanted to mow the lawn, LOL :)

Bunnies for Sale- $10 each

Trip to Gordon Hill Farm

Emma petting Polly :)

Brown Leghorn & White Silkie Chicks

Meet Naomi <3

 

So I came home with a baby goat and 5 baby bunnies :) I'm keeping the goat, but don't need all 5 bunnies. If anyone wants one I'm asking $10 each.

The baby goat looks to be a nigerian or nigerian cross. We haven't namd her yet...any suggestions? I think she was the smallest one there and I couldn't resist! She wouldn't take a bottle last night, even though I knew she was hungry :( I tried again this morning with milk and kid colostrum, not knowing her actual age...she wouldn't drink any. I tried again at 11:30 and and she acted like she wanted milk, but the bottle nipple was too big, so I got a smaller one and she drank it with no problem! I ran some errands and then came home and fed her a full bottle. I was SO excited she was finally drinking milk! I'll post pictures tomorrow :)

The goats are all doing well...the kids are getting big. Jamison came home with more baby chicks from TSC this week (silkies & brown leghorns)! We're headed to the auction today...hopefully I don't bring anything home, haha! I'm planning on bringing home a goat or two to be honest, LOL. Hopefully Maggie isn't reading this ;)

The babies seem to be their usual selves again, which makes me feel a little bit better. I spray their horns with tea tree oil and water once a day to help with healing. Poor little goaties :( I'll be SO glad when the burn marks are gone and the fur covers their heads again!

My father in law came over and disbudded all 5 kids and re-disbudded Larry because his horns started growing back. I'm pretty stressed about it, but it's the best thing for them as the rest of my goats have no horns. I'm sure they'll be fine...it just makes me sad to hear my baby goaties crying and in pain :( I'm buying tea tree oil to put on their boo boos to make them feel better!

All 5 baby goats are all snuggled up under the heat lamp on this windy day <3 Alva's going to be lonely once the 4 boys go to their new homes...guess I'll just have to get her a friend at the next auction I go to ;)

We spent a lot of time in the goat pens today trying to get everybody to get along with Alva, with no luck. So, Alva remains in the pen next to the mommas and 4 kids. The kids can climb through the calf panel to visit and play with Alva as they please. Hopefully the mommas get used to her and start to play nicely. We switched the goats to opposite sides of the pen so Alva actually sleeps in her house now...when we had her on the other side she slept outside all night :( Jamison also made a new pen for the indian runner duck, so she has a small stream to play in :)

As of last night, all 4 kids have homes as soon as they're old enough. Pablo and Picasso will go to my mom's house and the other 2 will go to Jamison's cousin, Jade & family :) That means I can bring home more babies from the auction in 2 weeks, right Maggie? LOL

So I came home from the auction with a baby girl goat...I couldn't help myself. My mommas had all boys and I wanted a girl so bad, I got one! She's either oberhasli or alpine, both good milking goats! I also got a lionhead doe for my buck and a fawn indian runner duck, who needs a mate :( I'm going again in 2 weeks...hopefully I don't come home with anything else ;)

Peachy's Twins

 Twin #2

Twin #1

April Fools

I came home from work to a nice April Fools surprise...Peachy had 2 baby goaties! Finally....I can sleep through the night and stop stressing so much. I'll post pics shortly :)