More Babies... More Bucks

It must be the year for buck kids.  We had another  doe freshen on St. Patrick's Day around 9:30 PM.  Raven, a beautiful black Nubian doe that we purchased as a kid finally freshened with no trouble at all.  She even has a perfect udder for a first-timer.  The only problem was that she had 2 buck kids.  I had been hoping for doe kids - so badly.  She is such a beautiful girl, and I wanted to start a line in our herd with her at the beginning.  At the very least, her boys, who we have named "Guinness" and "Bailey's" in honor of the holiday are extremely handsome.  My hope is that someone will see them and want to include their great features in another herd.  

You may notice that the photos of these boys do not have the barn as a background.  That's because these 2 lucky guys got to spend the night in the laundry room so that we didn't have to trek out to the barn at midnight.  How lucky are they?!

We now have a total of 19 babies.  There are 6 does, and 13 bucks.  There is still 1, possible 2 does due from now until the beginning of April.  Then, there will be 2 more due in June.  

We have started getting a number of visitors at the farm.  We love having people out.  This is the time of year we get to see neighbors, friends and relatives that we may not see very often.  Many people want to know when the best time to visit is.  We generally ask people to come during chore time (5-7 PM) since that is the time we are milking does and feeding kids.  Also, we are already in the barn, so having people there is not an inconvenience.  We do ask that you call us first, to make sure we don't have something planned.  Sometimes we do schedule larger groups (scouts, 4-H, etc.) and would like to put a limit on the number of people at that time.  Also, we do still have to get the work done here- so sometimes we may ask you to have a second choice of visiting time in mind.  Thanks for understanding - and we look forward to seeing you!