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Category Archive for 'Goats'

A Frosty Start to the Day

In Nelson, a frosty start like this generally melts into a gorgeous day.. which it has.

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Lulu Has Twins

A very excited hubby squealed at me from the paddock early this morning.. Lulu had just given birth to twins.. a boy & a girl.  I think I will name them LindyLu & Luwis (coz I have this thing of naming babies after their parents so I can remember their lineage later).  Anyway, they are […]

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Babies .. new and coming soon

Just thought I’d share a few pictures I’ve been taking today…   I showed you Lulu & her man visitor back in August.  I am delighted to say we are fairly convinced that she is not just fat this year & that we are expecting kids in January.  I couldn’t actually capture her size in […]

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Lulu Had a Visitor

I forgot to tell you… back in August… our 3 year old goat, Lulu, was getting VERY vocal about wanting a romantic liason so a kind friend offered the loan of her Saanen buck.  We just had him here for 3 days as it was love at first sight for Lenny & Lulu.  Jane, our […]

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I’ve been having a bit of a bake up this week.. the banana loaves are very popular with everyone here & disappear quickly.  They are very handy for the boys lunches.  In case you are wondering how I have such a big supply of overripe bananas… I buy bags of salad bananas when they are […]

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Planting By The Moon

This season I’ve decided I’m going to follow the moon calendar with my plantings & see how it works out.  I started on July 20 by planting some root vegetables.. swedes and carrots.  I have got handy hubby on the job of making me a plastic covered cloche to keep them warm… and.. to keep […]

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No Baby Goats :(

Well, it seems that Lulu is not going to produce any babies for us after her 6 week visit with the buck last year.    She is giving us 3 litres of milk a day, bless her, in spite of never giving birth (its called a maiden milker).  Im quite disappointed tho .. aside from […]

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Feeling Better Friday

Well, we are coming to terms with ZhaZha’s loss earlier this week & are now looking forward to choosing a new member of our animal family. I’ve been talking to some lovely local goat breeding folk, learnt a bit more, & there are several girls for us to inspect over the next few days so […]

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A Sad Day

Well, doesnt look like we are going to be having any beautiful coloured baby goats as I’d hoped. Lulu looked to be in season earlier this week .. she was bleating & rubbing up to Andy, our male donkey, so guess the 6 weeks she had with the buck was unsuccessful AND she’s come into […]

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Things have been busy around here… We’ve had a nice (but smelly) buck visit our 2 young goats, ZhaZha ( Saanen/ Nubian) & Lulu (Toggenburg/Saanen).  Im hoping for some coloured babies. Our old Saanen goat, Rosie, who came from the SPCA at an unknown age, we decided was too old to be mated again.  She […]

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