Well if you hadn't guessed it, my daughter's birthday gift was a goat.
She had wanted a pure white goat she could call Jadis and we found this sweet little Alpine/Toggenburg crossed with a Boer. We had done all our research on breeds and concluded we were not purebred snobs. Not at this point anyhow. What we wanted most was personality and colour. This little doe had the colour and though she is a little shy as she hasn't been handled much, we met her mother and loved her sweet disposition. Mom is also an outstanding dairy goat, producing 10L of milk a day last year. So if we decide to go in that direction, Jadis has good milking genes.
Then while we were at the goat farm meeting Jadis, the breeder pulled out this adorable little doe to show us as well.
Don't you just love the heart-shaped marking on her forehead? She was tamer than Jadis as she had been handled often as the breeder was preparing her for showing, and of course my farm princess fell instantly in love with her.
And of course, we couldn't bring just one home to live a lonely life on our farm.
Usually, I do lots of research before bringing any critter home but lately I've noticed I'm beginning to jump right in. Not that I didn't do some research. My biggest concern was confinement, but other than that I figure we'll learn as we go. The good and the bad. Isn't that half the fun? And since these goats are my daughter's, she got the fast-track lesson in hoof trimming.
She's a natural.
Looking forward to all the stories we'll gain from these two new little additions.
Oh, they are ADORABLE!!!! I can't wait until we get goats next year. I'm glad you went with two. They can talk to one another.
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I live a very simple life on a small hobby farm along with my husband, three kids, and an assortment of animals. Life may be simple but I love every minute of it.