Meanwhile the barn bunch of kids are doing well. I weaned off the heat lamp a few nights ago, and they are starting to nibble on the pellets I put out for the doe/mom of triplets who is in the barn with her three and one of Brownie's twins. I think this doe will be named Joanie -- Roanie Joanie. I did pretty well naming the ewes, slowly getting names for the does. "Bottle Baby" and "Baby's Baby" are a little feeble, ya think?
Here is the crew in the barn, taken a couple of days ago. From left to right: Joanie, Daisy, Spike, Dancer, and Teacup.
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LBJ, Next time you are in South End Market in Bradford, Vermont ask Calista about carrying our hot dogs. I suspect she will as she already carries our pastured pork at her store.
PS. My daughter Hope loved your froggy picture.
LJB, just a quite note to let you know that this week we dropped off six packages of our all natural pastured pork uncured smoked hot dogs with Calista at the South End Market. We also dropped of some at the Newbury General Store.
Cheers,
-Walter
How cool to find a site about goats! Our own nine month old Nigerien Amadeus & Esmeralda now have a place to go that is not all about horses... :-) I saw you had a Nigerian dwarf doe - her heritage must come from the south of Nigeria, because the closer the equator you come, the shorter the legs of the animals (includes goats, sheep and dogs). Up north by the Sahara desert where I live, the animals are tall and have long legs. Our black male, Amadeus, is a cross between the Sahel goat (which is longlegged and produces few offspring at a time) and Maradi's goat "rousse". Our beautiful doe Esmeralda (who reminds us of a gazelle) is a goat rousse. The rousse is more petite than the Sahel goat, but is known for giving birth to a larger litter. She's due with her first in April, but we're not expecting more than one, so anything more will be a surprise!
Walter, thank you for the heads up about the hot dogs now at South End Market!
Ishtar, I have heard that both the Nigerian Dwarf and the Pygmy goats have their ancestry in one small type of goat from Africa. The Pygmy developed as a meat goat and the ND as a milk goat. We neither eat nor milk our goats, simply raise them as a hobby and to help support what are called a 'heritage breed'. The NDs are now listed on 'recovering' status but formerly were a threatened breed.
We also raise Jacob sheep, various birds, Dexter cows, and keep horses. Welcome to our farm blog!
Oh, I realize another couple of African connections: we have peafowl and guinea fowl! Somehow they make it through our very cold, very snowy, stormy winters here in central Vermont! They look lovely roosting in trees with a background of white snow.
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