Let the little girls out today

[Cyngbaeld]

I've had the two little ones and the wether in the big poultry pen, but they were making it difficult to feed the birds adequately. The doelings are 8 months old now and as big as Meggie and Daisy were last yr when they were bred. So out into the herd with them! I don't mind if they don't get bred this yr, but at least I kept them back till they grew some.

I'll also be able to get into the storage trailer and work without "help"!

Just about two months till Glennis and Penny freshen. Then 3 more weeks for Lisle then boom, boom, boom with Meggie, Marla and Inger. Daisy is due the same time, but will be at my friend's farm. I'm to get a doeling back if she has one. I need to fix up the stall in the barn for bad weather kidding and to have a place to keep kids till they can go outside. There is a pen with a shelter right next to the barn for them.

[sunshine]

I'm down to milking just one of mine now, once a day. She's giving me about a quart/milking. It is nice to still be getting that. It's enough for our cereal.

I think she is hanging on while the others have dried up because she has resisted getting bred. The others should start kidding in February, I think.

My one little doeling, Tilda, is not bred, either, but it has been with some effort to keep her unbred. She's about nine months now, if I recall correctly, but not nearly as big as I'd like her to be. I figure I can give her another month before I turn the buck in full time for a month or so before kiddings.

[Valerie]

I think it's time for y'all to be posting some pics of these little sweeties.

[Cyngbaeld]

These are Mocha on the left and Lovey on the Right. They are my little doelings I just let out. THey are bigger now, they were just a few weeks old here.


Daisy and her doeling, Inger right after Inger was born.


Lisle, Lovey's mom. This was last spring before she shed her winter coat. She saw me out on the deck and ran to get on the milk stand. It wasn't milking time.


Some of my geese. They were helping with the laundry. That was before I got a washing machine and indoor running water.

[Valerie]

Thank you, Kim! I can't have geese and goats yet, but someday I will. Thanks for letting me enjoy yours.

Mocha and Lovey just look like you wanna scoop 'em up and rub their heads!
That's cute how Lisle got on the milking stand when she saw you.

[Cyngbaeld]

Mocha and Lovey get their heads rubbed a lot! They were bottle raised so get underfoot quite a bit. Lisle was dam raised, but LaManchas tend to be friendly and easily tamed. She's an eager milker.

[christy]

How very cute. Gotta love the geese. I raised turkeys a few years back. Most ended up in the freezer, but one was spared. We named him Baby. He used to "help" me like that.