***Dreaming of Goat's 4-H Goat Leasing Journal***

[Dreaming Of Goats]

The Guilford Fair... I saw your ad on CL for your little white doeling..... I didn't know you were selling her!

 

[glenolam]

Yes I am. If my husband would let me I'd keep them all...but alas...too many goats running around. I plan on keeping her mother and sister; I'd like to go more towards nubians and mini-nubians or kinders...right now I have a nubian buck (who is just georgous) and a nigerian buck.

Are you interested!?!

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

I would buy her if my parents would let me!!!!!!!! I LOVE her huge ears!

 

[glenolam]

Thanks! She definitely has airplane ears!

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

I haven't been there in a while..... :/ maybe I'll go this weekend!

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

11/7/10


Today, I went! We trimmed the goats' (The whole 16 goat herd) hooves and wormed them. (I read the label and it was Safe-Guard) Actually, they did that, while I wrote down the numbers on the ear tags of the ones we had wormed so then we wouldn't (accidently) give it to them twice. Joy is FAT!!!!! She might be bred this December, but it depends on how she grows. Debbie is due in Late January-February-early March. One of the dogs was trying to get all of the goats out of the pen and into the pasture, until Debbie decided that she didn't like dogs and decided to charge and buck him. It was pretty funny (the dog wasn't hurt)!

Oh, here's their website that they just got (they're still under construction): http://olympiafarm.net/

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

12/4/10


We mucked things out, but it wasn't nearly as bad as before! Almond Joy has pneumonia!!! We gave her some penicillin, as they have been doing. She has gooey eyes and nose, so I wiped them off and I think she enjoyed it. She is so great on the lead.... you barely have to pull for her to walk with you! They got a new buck, Thunder, who is also an oberhasli, but It's pretty old, so it looks like the reddishness is white. It also has a no-hereditary under-bite which is VERY weird. I, personally, prefer the other buck, and so do they, but the goats need some new bloodlines So, the farm is well.... And Debbie is due in mid-February, and I sure will be writing about that! Next time I go I'll get some new photos, as Joy is a lot bigger.

 

[Dreaming Of Goats]

UPDATE:

I didn't go today, but I just texted my friend and she said Almond Joy is fine and has recovered. However, sadly, her sister, Baby, has passed away. She ate something poisonous and passed. She was such a nice goat, and she will be missed forever. She was also Joy's best friend.

 

[ksalvagno]

I hope Almond Joy continues to recover for you.

 

[glenolam]

I'm sorry to hear her sister passed away! I also hope Joy gets better for you too - any news on whether or not she's bred?