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It is that time of year . . . when a "young" goat's fancy (or lust) . . . turns STINKY!!! AND oh boy does he ever reek!! I am so glad that human males aren't like male goats!! The human population would be long gone by now!! I applaud you female goats! What you have to endure!! OH MY!!
To attractive the female goat, the male (or buck) pees on his beard several times a day, 7 days a week starting in August and this goes on until probably the end of October/early November. So by November, he is smelling pretty "ripe" (if you know what I mean!!). Trust me, I prefer Old Spice any day!!
Obviously, it must work because come Spring time, I usually have a bunch of baby goats.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Sometimes Life Happens . . .
I hadn't realized that I had been gone so long. I hope you didn't miss me too much!
Summer is always extremely busy on the farm. Besides taking care of the critters, I have my farmer's markets and all the activities associated with that PLUS being a wife and a mom. So that sometimes leaves very little time for much else.
Life on a goat farm remains pretty much the same. The drought hasn't hurt us too much. The goats still function - heat or no heat. Their milk production does drop down some and there are days when the temperatures go into 3 digits that I only do one milking a day. It is just TOO hot to do that evening milking!
The chickens do not like this heat at all and my egg production has dropped significantly. Not much I can do about that except to put fans in the chicken house and make sure they have plenty of water.
Where the drought will hurt us most is in our feed and hay prices. So far, I haven't notice much increase, but later on this Fall and Winter I will notice the change.
I have been doing some experimenting with my goat's milk and have been trying several goat's milk yogurt recipes. Results have been mixed. One recipe is pretty good - not great but will work. The others, well . . . the chickens seemed to enjoy!!
Only doing one farmer's market this year which keeps me busy. Maybe will do two next - maybe not - I will have to see how "energetic" I am next year!
As always, life goes on at the Goat Farm!
Summer is always extremely busy on the farm. Besides taking care of the critters, I have my farmer's markets and all the activities associated with that PLUS being a wife and a mom. So that sometimes leaves very little time for much else.
Life on a goat farm remains pretty much the same. The drought hasn't hurt us too much. The goats still function - heat or no heat. Their milk production does drop down some and there are days when the temperatures go into 3 digits that I only do one milking a day. It is just TOO hot to do that evening milking!
The chickens do not like this heat at all and my egg production has dropped significantly. Not much I can do about that except to put fans in the chicken house and make sure they have plenty of water.
Where the drought will hurt us most is in our feed and hay prices. So far, I haven't notice much increase, but later on this Fall and Winter I will notice the change.
I have been doing some experimenting with my goat's milk and have been trying several goat's milk yogurt recipes. Results have been mixed. One recipe is pretty good - not great but will work. The others, well . . . the chickens seemed to enjoy!!
Only doing one farmer's market this year which keeps me busy. Maybe will do two next - maybe not - I will have to see how "energetic" I am next year!
As always, life goes on at the Goat Farm!
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