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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...

I finished the cat. She needed yarn and whiskers-

OK, Senile Texas Aggie- One thing, I may make toys, but not for any grandkids of mine! Seems to be a casualty of modern life- less marriages, less children. I did my part to promote the civilization with my three boys and three girls, but I'm not sure I'll see any of their little crumb...

Not at all, Senile_Texas_Aggie. I just haven't had much of anything of interest to post about. Here's a picture of Delilah just for grins-

Greybeard was visiting with a relative (grand-niece), I think, but hasn't posted since July 6.

Babsbag- have you considered milking through with half your herd? You could keep milk production, but lessen the work storm in the spring with half the kiddings. Then breed the other half the next year and just keep going alternating the two groups. But you would need to be milking all year...