I’m embarrassed to admit it’s been a long while since I did a post. Last year ended being a whirlwind as I worked at our local Dollar General for 7 months. But in September I came back to work from home and have been extremely busy ever since!
In November of last year, Collin and I road-tripped down to Goochland, VA to pick up my newest additions to the farm. Goats!
I brought home 3 Mini Nubian does on November 2nd, 2023
Cornflakes, Galaxy & Cassie
So I grew up with goats, my mom has raised Mini Nubians since 2002, but first got goats in 1996. I got my very own farm name for my own goats in 2012, and had a nice little herd until I moved here to West Virginia in 2021. After giving all my goats to my family when I moved, I took a break from the goat world for almost 3 years. Now I’m back into milking goats and will be learning to make soaps in the very near future!
My Goat Logo my sister designed and hand painted for me years ago. I love it so much.
You may have noticed a new tab on my blog menu. That is my official goat herd page.
So I started with my original 3 does and when I got them they were pregnant. In Feb/March, within the course of 2 weeks I went from having only 3 goats to having 10 goats! Cassie first, she had triplet girls on Feb 24th! Cornflakes had 2 girls and a boy on Feb 28th. Then on March 5th Galaxy had a single girl.
I’m trying a new path when raising and taking care of these goats than what I knew/did growing up. I stumbled across a place called the Mineral Buffet and the Holistic Goat and instantly knew that was the route I wanted to take. The minerals have been amazing and this year was the first year I’ve ever not had to give Bo-Se (that’s a vet prescribed Selenium/Vit-E shot supplement) to the babies when they were born.
There is argument out there that “goats don’t know what they need” and “you’ll kill your goats that way” but I disagree. My goats are doing great on this mineral buffet and I will continue to use and monitor as well as research and observe others using it. It might not be for everyone but it works well for me.
I’m very excited to have goats again and be on this natural journey in raising them!
I’ll try better to keep everyone updated on my farm/life happenings and share stories and events along the way.
Thank you to those who have waited so patiently for my next blog post.
I have another one planned for my new craft adventure/endeavor I’m starting as well!