In our goals to add more goats to the farm, we made our first purchase. Meet Miss Holly.
Admittedly, she isn't exactly what we were looking for, but she fulfills two needs. My boy wanted a pet goat of his own that matched his size, and breeding pygmy goats was something I had thought of doing before. Additionally, Faun and Jadis are getting close in age to breeding but I'm not ready for a full size buck. Purchasing a breeding buck for Holly down the road will provide pygmy babies in the summer and help to identify when my other does go into heat. A pygmy buck is a lot easier to handle than a full size buck.
I wasn't to sure how the meet and greet would go with Faun and Jadis so put Holly into the stall next to them first. Unlike our girls, Holly has horns and I didn't want anyone getting hurt.
But goats are such social creatures and I had no problem moving Holly into the same stall. They did a bit of smelling, gentle head butting, then they all went about their goat business.
Aw, she's adorable! The markings on her face look like the ones on my girls. Her horns are so little that I wouldn't worry about the others getting hurt.
Is it a Nigerian Dwarf? She is really cute. I like the horns.
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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.