Getting Lonely Around Here
Posted by Farm at May 27th, 2008
Well, the saddest and happiest time of year is here - the days when new “goat families” are born, and kids start going home to their new families. Siblings get lonely, mommas get worried and I get sad, at the same time I’m delighted that we meet so many people interested in Nigerian dwarf goats.
We’re not done kidding yet. Chami is due this week, then Mudslide, Dolce, Cinnabar, and Miracle are still yet to show us what they’re hiding. Show season starts up soon, and hard decisions for who stays and who goes are already facing me. We don’t keep based solely on show, as production and genetics are a big focus here. We have customers waiting for their milkers, and others still thinking about it, but deciding who we’re going to part with is hard for me.
I’m not complaining though. By and large, our goats head to “forever homes,” where they are valued as pets, and productive members of the farm. Most of our does to go to milking homes, and some of our wethers ease their new families in “goat addiction,” and their owners come back the following year looking for a doeling. We meet some wonderful people, and are seeing a trend toward more self-sufficiency in our customers. It’s very exciting to see small farms growing with “small farm goats,” like ours here at Hames & Axle Farm.
