Goats
March 2010:
Kidding season is over and we've been blessed with TEN adorable, playful, funny kid goats.
And now we have VIDEOS of the little cuties!
See them here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRV9QHOxOXA
Photos of our new crew:
Friday Feb 12th, 2010 7AM EST ---- HALLELUJAH!!!!!!
ANYA HAD HEALTHY, HAPPY, ADORABLE TWINS!!!!
Above: Anya is such a good girl. She ignores that pesky camera as I snap a baby picture under her deflated furry belly.
Above: Anya's Doeling
Above: Anya's Buckling
We don't have names for them - yet! But we have time to consider them as we watch to make sure these two stay warm and dry, and we are keeping an eye on the other does as they are all due within the next few days.
Above: Feyleen's beautiful udder Feb 11 2010 - before she kids.
Above: Annabelle Feb 11 2010 Very Pregnant
Below: Annabelle from the side on mornign of Feb 12 2010. Her stomach has really dropped and she may surprise us with twins this year!
Above: Indiana (bottom black and white doe) and part of Idaho (top brown and white doe) - Feb 11 2010 and very pregnant. These two girls were part of a set of triplet kids (!!!) out of our beloved Sully and Pinecone.
Below: "Did you just *KICK* me?!" Indiana asks her unborn goat kid(s) ;)
Below: Indiana's deep belly.
Above: Ashley's udder - Feb 12, 2010 - before she kids for this season and she has a very nice, rounded, tight udder. She may even have twins in that belly! ;)
Below: Ashley today Feb 12 2010 with a side view of her stomach...
We are working on a seperate site just for our goats here:
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(If this link doesn't work, try typing www . dumansarkgoats . webs . com into your browser - just remove the spaces. Thanks for your patience while we work out some kinks here!)
Goat Herding --- by Car
With the roll in of a new century, the world has seen many changes: the replacement of typewriters by desktop and portable computers; carrying coin-&-paper cash and writing checks to debit and credit cards made of plastic; the use of the human workforce to machine... and now dogs can't even keep their jobs.
That's right.
Goat herding is no longer done by a lone shepherd and their dogs. Instead, it's becoming easier to herd goats by car.
You saw it on DumansArk.com first ;)
Just kidding! With gas prices as they are, it'd be cheaper to feed a pack of herding dogs...
These are our wonderful goats - we came upon them one day as we were driving home. We were quite surprised to see them - almost as surprised as they were to see us.
We told them to go home and carefully continued to follow them there - in our car.
Above: Faleen and Autumn Mist
Below: Autumn Mist checks out the camera - to be sure it won't hurt her baby goats!
(Above: Jace, our Alpine Buck)
We have hardy (hearty?) Alpines with amazing color; adorable, mischevious Nubians; and some stellar crossbreds that we are really enjoying.
All kids are due around Valentine's Day and should be a real treat this year - we'll keep you updated with plenty of photos. Soon.
A little bit about our herd:
We have ADGA Nubian and Alpine goats.
We also have A pair of Angora/Boer/Alpine crosses, & a Saanan/Nubian/Lamancha cross
Questions? We may have answers.
Email us at staff@dumansark.com
