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Still raising chickens and goats band loving it! Sometimes I find it hard to log in...

Do you have photos of the inside?

We had the first set of quadruplets born on our farm. Delilah had Tiny Tim, a one pound five ounce buckling, and three doelings in the three pound range.

Here's a sheep for you, Mike- https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/53950161

Is she a pygmy cross? She looks like she has Nigerian Dwarf in her. Some does can have precocious udders that develop when not pregnant, but a young buck is quite capable of getting her bred.

Goats are pretty awesome! I love sheep too!

I just had to share our latest creation-

In case anyone was wondering, our goats and chickens are doing fine this spring. The weather has been wonderfully cool, a little wet, but more like "spring" the way it was meant to be rather than a comma between winter and summer as is our usual in North Carolina. We've had four kiddings in...

Boy, it's been like forever since I've posted anything! A lot has happened in that time, too. But as to the "why?" Because I have never gotten used to the format change that happened last year. Actually, I don't remember when it was, but I had just settled into the rhythm of posting and...

Here's a concise, illustrated guide to goat care. It may be useful when someone shows interest in owning goats but has no clue... https://www.wikihow.com/Raise-Nigerian-Dwarf-Goats

Goat cart, anyone? https://www.ourstate.com/north-carolina-history-if-you-give-a-kid-a-goat-cart/

This article discusses the benefits of eating goat meat. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/goat-meat_n_5bb64c71e4b028e1fe3bcfa2

WIth brownish grey moonspots on Noelle.

So this morning, I penned up Hazel by herself and she kidded two doelings at 10:30. Her older baby is wanting very much to be back with mom, but she'll just have to wait. Noelle was 4 lbs. 15 oz and Elsa was 3 lbs. 12 oz. Both active and healthy. White and black is the style of the day!

I have a question. The goat in the middle of my avatar is having a second kidding in one year soon. Her eight month old doeling is completely weaned, but still loves hanging out with mom. When the mom kids can her eight-month-old doeling be in the kidding pen? Has anyone had a close older...