Tuesday morning we decided that if Memphis wasn’t showing any signs of progress we would give her a shot of lutalyse to induce her. The theory is, the average dairy goat gestation is 145-155 days. Monday was day 150 for Memphis’ pregnancy, and we were worried about having her hold the kids too long. Then [...]
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Memphis becomes a Mom
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged abba, doris day, fred astaire, goat KIDS!, goats, humphrey bogart, jacqsonne, memphis, rock hudson, spring mill farm on March 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Kids and Kids
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged abba, doris day, goat's milk, goats, Huck, jacqsonne, rock hudson, spring mill farm on March 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As you can tell, the neighbors came over to visit little Rock and Doris, see the horses and other animals, and help me milk Jacqsonne last evening!
Measuring Up, 148 days
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged abba, donut, garden, goat's milk, goats, Huck, jacqsonne, memphis, spring mill farm, sweet roll, xenia on March 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today marks 148 days bred for Abba and Memphis. This morning I measured the circumference of their ever-widening abdomens. Their last measurement was at a month out, so about 3.5 weeks ago. Today’s measurements: Abba – 50 inches Memphis – 51 inches That’s a gain of nearly 5 inches each! It’s been a lot of [...]
Not-Camembert, Take Two
Posted in Farm Happenings, Foodie, tagged Cheese Making, goat's milk, goats, jacqsonne, spring mill farm on February 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In November 2009, using the last gallon of milk from Anita, HB attempted to make a goat’s milk Camembert. Nearly two months later, we decided to try the cheese. What we had wasn’t Camembert, but rather something much harder. HB took a sample with us to Caromont to review it with Gail Hobbs-Page, and it [...]
the rouge doe
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged abba, goats, jacqsonne, memphis, spring mill farm, xenia on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Xenia introduced herself to the other does today, by jumping out of her stall where she has been living with the wethers and into their lot. Whoops. HB had wanted to introduce them soon, so I figured she had just jumped the gun. Taken the initiative. Good for her. I put Jacqsonne on the milk [...]
we’ve got an udder!
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged abba, goats, jacqsonne, memphis on February 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Part of preparing the yearling does for motherhood and milking includes getting them accustomed to the milking stand. Once a week (at least) I try to get them on the stand, feed them, and mess with them a little while they stand there. One by one I let the girls out of their stall and [...]
one month to go
Posted in Farm Happenings, Musings, tagged abba, goat care, goat's milk, goats, jacqsonne, memphis, xenia on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Abba and Memphis were bred October 23, 2009. As of today, the yearling does have been pregnant roughly 117 days (16.5 weeks). Xenia is approximately one month behind the yearlings. We are barely a month out from their expected due dates! This means it’s time to do some preventative management. The care of pregnant goats [...]
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