Charm's First Lesson

Charm got her first tie out today, in the rain. She pulled back once then gave in and stood there, tied to a young tree while her mother was just a few feet away tied to another tree. We brushed and talked to her while she accepted the rope and the phobia of being held by something. It's been a week since I weaned the lambs, moved the ram lambs to another barn and kept the ewe lambs in the lambing barn, away from the ewes. The ewes are drying off nicely and got over their calling back and forth to the lambs after the first day. Time passes by quickly, seems like just a few days ago they were born. Evan helped me vaccinate the kid goats that will be weaned a few weeks later. More hoof trimming, shearing, vaccinating and worming to stay on top of. The garden will start bearing  soon, first squash, then the most loved of all, tomato.

It's another filly

It's another filly, the sweetest soul. Out of Aifric. I fund her outside the gate early one morning, she was still wet, but had gone through the fence. Mother was standing on the other side waiting for her return. It's been a year of females, only 2 buck kids and 4 ram lambs. But, I have 14 yearling bucks to market. Was surprised when I sheared them at how good the fleeces are, most will make good breeding bucks. Got them shorn and moved down to summer pasture. They await their new homes for fall breeding.

Yearling does for sale

I have a dozen yearling does for sale. All freshly shorn, feet trimmed, deloused, vaccinated and dewormed. These does will be ready for fall breeding. Prices start at $350 and I have a few unrelated bucks that can be bred to them if you want a breeding flock. The second clip fleeces on these does was much better than I thought they would be. Most of the time spring clip is not good for handspinning and the fleeces are usually stressed, especially with all the rain. First clip does not always tell the true story, but second clip will tell the tale of what type of fleece that goat will have.