Author: rose

We have a new kitten! His name is Splash. Splash is a grey kitten with Tuxedo markings. We aren’t quite sure, but we think he is about three months old. Splash has a beautiful white face with white paws and a white chest.

Tucker is a gorgeous buck. He is one year old. Tuck is the son of Luna and  Parks Oasis Rocky Balboa. His brother is Chewbacca. Tuck’s dam was very easy to milk. His sire is gorgeous with a good build.

Beulah Valley Moses is three months old.  His dam is Finian’s Hazel. He has one *B, two +*Bs one 5*M, and two 2*M.  His sister is Beulah Valley Tzipporah.
His dam produces so much milk that we have to milk her twice a day even though she has kids on her all day. He is so beautiful. Are you looking for a herd sire? He might be the one.

http://www.adgagenetics.org/GoatDetail.aspx?RegNumber=A001942861

Beulah Valley Rio is a purebred registered Nubian buckling. He is three months old. Rio’s dam is Kuchan Ruby and his sire is Parks Oasis Bijou. He has one 11*M , one 10*M, two ++*B, one +*B, and one *B in his lines.
He has lines from Kastemur’s Time In A Bottle.  Rio’s sire actually grows an udder when he’s in rut. His sister is Beulah Valley Jordan. Rio has beautiful markings and comes from great lines! He would make a great herd sire!

http://www.adgagenetics.org/GoatDetail.aspx?RegNumber=N001928758

We are getting a Great Pyrenees puppy! She will arrive on our farm in about five weeks. She will be a livestock guardian dog and will live with the goats!

We were expecting kids from Lily. She never kidded and the end of her kidding window was a couple weeks ago. So that means that kidding season is over for us. We got five beautiful kids this year. Two of our gorgeous bucklings, Rio and Moses, are currently for sale at $200 each. Both of them come from great milking lines!

 

 

In March of 2016, we bought a small herd of four Nubian does. The herd contained Luna, Alannah, Gloria, and Sage. Luna had given birth to Sage just two weeks before. Alannah and Gloria were both due the kid soon. Gloria kidded on march 14th to a single buckling. The buckling was weak and sadly, he didn’t make it. Alannah kidded on May 3rd. Her kids were Lily and Ruby. That summer we won Hazel at the fair. Hazel was only five months old. So we started with four and grew to seven.

Then we had a nice Alpine buck to breed Hazel and he ended up breeding Hazel, Gloria, Lily, and Alannah. Luna was bred by a Nubian buck. That year Luna gave birth to Tucker and Chewy. Hazel had one huge doeling, Dolly. Then Gloria had triplet does. There names are Brooklyn, Juniper, and Maizy.

Lily had Talitha and Cosmo. Talitha’s birth story is a funny one. So, it was a nice day and the goats were grazing peacefully (for the most part). We knew Lily was going to kid soon, so we constantly checked on her. Then when I went to check on her I found her under the deck pushing! The kid was already half way out. We delivered Talitha under the deck, then moved them safely into the barn where Lily gave birth to Cosmo.

About a month later, Alannah had Kuzco and Taffy. So that year we grew to seventeen goats.

That Fall we bought Guffey. Guffey bred Gloria, Lily, Ruby, and Sage. Hazel was bred by an Alpine buck. We sold a few goats.

Then we come to this year. Ruby had Rio and Jordan, Hazel had Moses and Tzipporah, Gloria miscarried, and Sage had little April. We sold a few more goats. Now we have fourteen wonderful goats.

And that is our herd and how it grew. (For now)

We have decide who we are going to sell. Kuchan Ruby is available with her buckling, Beulah Valley Rio. They are $300 together. Ruby is in milk. This is her first freshening and she is a great mom.

 

We are also selling Moses. He will be available on July 10th.

At the moment, we will not be selling Tzipporah and April.

For more information on goats for sale visit out For Sale page.

Update:  Ruby is sold. Rio is $200.

 

On Monday, April 23rd, Gloria started having contractions. We stayed up till midnight watching her. When nothing happened, we went home. She continued having contractions until the morning of April 26th. On that morning she passed a single, undeveloped kid. Her contractions stopped. We are hoping to breed her soon for September or October kids. That same morning I noticed that Sage’s udder was quite larger than before and her ligaments were gone. She had the bony look to her hips. I left and did a few things and came back to find a wet kid with her! The kid was a little chilled and Sage didn’t know what to think, but after a little while they were both great! The kid is a doeling. We named her April. She weighs 4 pounds and 9 1/2 ounces. April looks almost identical to Sage!

This evening at about 5:30, I went to the barn to put the goats in. Right when I walked in, I heard a strange whimpering noise. It was really faint, but none of our animals make that noise. Then, I noticed that Willow, the pregnant cat, was awkwardly laying in the nesting box. I rushed home and grabbed the flashlight. (The box was in a tight, dark corner) I peaked in the box and got a glimpse of four, solid black, freshly born kittens! Willow did a great job! She is just like her mom who crawled under a hay bale to give birth to Willow!