We said goodbye to Cedar this week, our main Apline milk goat and herd queen. Those are hard days on the Ranch. Cedar was an absolute sweetheart, a great mother, and such a lady on the milking stand. She was at least twelve years old; we had her for seven. The relationship you have with [...]
Our dairy goats Cedar and Brie had their kids! They are tons of fun to watch romp around. We are going to keep Cedar’s beautiful Chamoise buckling and wether him. He will be a companion for our herd buck Pepe when he is away from the girls. And I think it would be neat [...]
cold frames dug out of the snow lettuce seedlings that survived through... winter with no heat American Milking Devon bull calf Jasper- Brie's buckling Opal- Brie's doeling we will keep English Shepherd puppies! more puppies [...]
winter travel feeding the stock twin Alpine doelings Pepe the Alpine buck
Yep, its official… baby season is here! Cedar the Alpine dairy goat had twin girls on Saturday morning. Colette my milk cow delivered a bull calf on Monday morning. Brie the Nubian/Boer cross goat is due any moment. Ailagh’s puppies and Abigail’s calf will be close on their heels. And then there are [...]
Back in 2013, we had a darling Nubian doe named Moonshine for a spell, taken in an emergency from a friend. Her twins died at birth so needed to be milked twice a day. What a dream on the milking stand and a great producer! I was happy to have her. However that milking schedule [...]
A quick Google search will result in many homemade udder wash formulations and numerous commercial brands available. I have my own ‘secret formula’ because I prefer non-toxic, all natural products and appreciate making things inexpensively at home. My udder wash is mixed in a 16 oz. spray bottle, which uses less and is easy to [...]
Over the past several years there has been a remarkable increase in the number of women, with a sprinkling of men, maintaining a family milk cow or dairy goats. Wonderfully there are no signs of the trend slowing down either! You can add me to that throng since 2012 marked the beginning of having my [...]
