It's SO cold and windy in Maine today! We got a new little buckling over the weekend from This Olde Farm in Livermore, who I've yet to get pictures of because it's been SO cold and he's still a little shy. He's very handsome and will make a great stud on our farm! We also visited Lady and her 2 bucklings...super cute! I believe they are both polled and 1 has blue eyes. We also visited Old Homestead Farm in Hiram to start our Lowline Angus adventure (my husband's hobby, I do goats). It's been a busy weekend with lots of farm adventures! I'll post pics as soon as my computer allows me (gotta love technology).

I finally made it over to see Lady's boys today! Here they are :)

Blizzard Nemo 2013
I was too chicken to go out and snap pics, so here are a few from my window :)

 A view of my back yard covered in white.

 Prego Peachy and Pan Dee braving the blizzard. And, yes, that's a sled covering the roof of their little house :)

RM, also braving the blizzard...can you see him?

Lady finally had her kids, 3 bucklings (1 didn't make it). They appear to be our stud, RM's, so they have cute little waddles. I'm going to see them tomorrow, so I'll post pics when we get home :)

Pepperanne and Little Girl are doing well! They are SO cute in their little sweaters ♥ Everyone has a warm house and plenty of hay with this nor'easter we're getting. We're still waiting on Peachy to kid...with our luck, she'll probably decide to have them in this storm.

And, I may just have found my new nigerian dwarf buck...we'll go look at him tomorrow and decide for sure :) He's black with white markings (almost like a belty cow) and frosted ears. He's just turning 8 weeks old. He has to be disbudded this week and then we can bring him home!

Meet Pepperanne & Larry's Little Girl <3

 

Pan Dee's Twin Does <3

These two beautiful girls arrived Tuesday, January 29th! I had been watching my doe, Pan Dee, all morning as she had been acting like she may kid soon. I had finally gone to lay down with my daughter at nap time and my husband got home from work a couple of hours early...he yells down the hall "Cait, go check your goats!" I ran to the window and saw she had dropped two kids in the snow. I called my pals Meredith & Tammy in a panic and ran outside to wrap them up in towels. Jamison helped me get them in their house with their heat lamp and before we knew it, they were getting their first drink :)

All I have to say is...thank goodness I finally got 2 does, considering 2012 brought me a total of 6 bucklings!

 

 

My new goat house (chicken coop) Jamison picked up fo me :) I'll add a heat lamp and some hay and it'll be all ready for the first doe to kid!

 

 

I'll put this house in my back yard, so I can keep a closer eye on my does 24hrs a day. I can see it from my house, so I don't have to walk out to the barn at night to check on the does in the cold :) It's getting harder being only 6 weeks away from my due date! Keep your fingers crossed they go before I do, so I don't have to worry about does kidding while I'm in the hospital.