Can you tell my handsome husband bought me this milking system? I'm so excited! I had sold most of my darlings because my hands are shot, but this is going to allow me to keep up my favorite thing- and also try milking dairy sheep. I'm looking forward to spring and milking my little herd! Down from well over 20 goats down to 7 and 2 pregnant ewes. Everyone is pregnant so there will be some gorgeous kids for sale. I used Laz-E Acre Jump Off Joe exclusively this year and I'm very much looking forward to some outstanding kids.
My herd is small, clean, and closed. I raise these beautiful goats for milk
These goats really work. I use the milk for cheese and soap, and other things. I milk by hand and expect lots of good tasting milk and nice manners on the stanchion.
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
The basics of your simple PULSE
Can you tell my handsome husband bought me this milking system? I'm so excited! I had sold most of my darlings because my hands are shot, but this is going to allow me to keep up my favorite thing- and also try milking dairy sheep. I'm looking forward to spring and milking my little herd! Down from well over 20 goats down to 7 and 2 pregnant ewes. Everyone is pregnant so there will be some gorgeous kids for sale. I used Laz-E Acre Jump Off Joe exclusively this year and I'm very much looking forward to some outstanding kids.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Welcome Miss B
We have a Nubian doe again!
Welcome to "Miss B" She is very well bred, feminine and lovely with brown moon spots.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Monday, October 24, 2016
Congratulations Laz E Acre!
Laz E Acre's Evan Almighty
Breeder/Owner: Debra Otta
This is our own Laz E Acre's Jump Off Joe's sire
He won Grand Champion Senior Buck on the fall 2016 MDGA V Show
So happy for them!
We are sad we forgot to enter Joe in the Jr. buck division. What were we thinking??
Monday, September 26, 2016
Maremma LGD puppies
Caesar above. Mishka below
Regal
I have two litters of Maremma LGD pups. The we own the parents. None are registered but all were bred off working farms/ ranches.
The sire is pure
The older dam Mishka has 1/4 Anatolian blood
The younger dam is almost pure with maybe 1/16th Anatolian and Great Pyrenees and that's why she sometimes throws colored pups.
Taking NON refundable $50 deposits on pups.
Males $400
Females $500
Ready to go to country/farm/ranch homes ONLY in minimum 8 weeks maximum 12
Monday, September 19, 2016
Sad Day
Today was a sad day here. We lost our beautiful herd queen, Luci. She was not only sweet natured and patient with the human children that loved on her, but she also was a valued member of the ranch. A high volume, high protein and butterfat producer of milk for our family, she will be missed.
She kidded without trouble more goat kids than I can recall off hand.
Rest in peace LuLu.
Monday, September 12, 2016
For Sale
I have hand milked my goats for 13 years now...it's been a time I treasured. Time I was able to sit quietly in the barn with my animals; the goats of course, barn cats, geese, chickens, and my dogs and horses. It's been therapeutic really.
Sadly, it has to mostly come to an end. My hands have hurt terribly this year and I finally went and saw a hand specialist. I have a genetic predisposition for arthritis and joint breakdown, and the more I milk the worse it gets. He said I need a new hobby, because this one isn't kind to me.
I can't see my life without them, and I believe the raw goat milk really is the healthiest choice. I enjoy making cheese and soap. I guess I'll just do it on a much smaller scale. So...that leads me to this post- I am selling quite a few of my goats. I already have. I will be keeping 2 milkers and my new buck, besides the older girls I wish to keep as pets because they deserve their retirement.
Cowboy is an amazing buck, and he did good work for me here. He sired 14 kids, all gorgeous and not one birthing problem. He is a beautiful animal and it pains me to sell him, but I will just no longer have a use for him here and he's young. See his page here:
The other goat is also a 3rd generation Miniature Nubian. This little doe was a first freshener this year. She kidded independently and without a hitch. Her little doeling was drop dead pretty and Bella Anna was a fabulous and loving mother. She had quite a lot of milk for such a small girl. Milk genetics are a strong point. Her faults are that she isn't friendly (but she stands perfectly still for milking on the stanchion) and her teats are very long.
See her page here:
Thank you
Saturday, June 25, 2016
2016 Bucklings for SALE
~All SOLD~
**As of July 17 there are 2 bucklings remaining. Both of Gigi Marscapone X Cowboy,
the last ones born. These are loud colored, with great milk genetics behind them.
Check out some of the bloodlines in their pedigrees and you will see they have good stuff behind them.
Dam: Little Angel's Farm Tasha Tudor (3rd gen)
Sire: Paradise Rhinestone Cowboy (3rd gen.)
SALE PENDING thank you Corey H.
4th generation buckling $300
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~SALES PENDING~
Dam: Proverbs 31 Collette Crottin (2nd gen)
Sire: Paradise Rhinestone Cowboy (3rd gen.)
2 very nice 3rd generation bucklings
$200 each
the one with rust colored heavy eyebrows and single dot in belt front pictured is sold (sale pending)
thanks Kate Bagwell of Dancing Nanny Dairy Evermore, Wa
Thank you to Danielle Devlin of Rusty Roof Farm in Washougal, Wa
for adding one of these very fine bucklings to your herd. Congratulations and may you enjoy many years of spots and milk on solid, good animals!
(sale pending)
the one with rust colored heavy eyebrows and single dot in belt front pictured is sold (sale pending)
thanks Kate Bagwell of Dancing Nanny Dairy Evermore, Wa
Thank you to Danielle Devlin of Rusty Roof Farm in Washougal, Wa
for adding one of these very fine bucklings to your herd. Congratulations and may you enjoy many years of spots and milk on solid, good animals!
(sale pending)
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Two super nice little loud colored boys with the same great breed character I've seen in all my kids this year. These are 2nd generation boys $150 each
Dam: Proverbs 31 FB Gigi Marscapone (1st gen)
Sire: Paradise Rhinestone Cowboy (3rd gen)
I take cash, Paypal and Square
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**This year I'm dam raising and I'd like to leave the boys on their dams as long as possible so I don't have to milk 700 goats :)
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**This year I'm dam raising and I'd like to leave the boys on their dams as long as possible so I don't have to milk 700 goats :)
Last kids of 2016 born
Tasha had a gorgeous 4th generation buckling. He exudes and oozes breed character.
So do the 2nd generation twin boys out of Gigi and Cowboy born a few hours before Tasha's.
My little farm kid barn helpers are always involved.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Luci had Triplets
Luci had triplets and her udder is looking dang nice for a 9 year old lady who has had many, many kids!
Friday, May 13, 2016
Another Girl!
Bella who is wild as a hare just gave a darling little girl. This doeling is flashy as heck and reserved for Betty B.
Bella surprised me by having a cute little ff udder and very nice tears for hand milking.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Goat Milk
Did you know that goat milk is an alkaline- forming food? Helps keep the ph level of your body at the proper level.
I'm thinking this is extra good news for all of the people who still love milk in their morning coffee like I do, except they add a pinch of baking soda to theirs to make it less acidic😄🐐
Drink raw goat milk line I do and you won't need to add baking soda to your morning cappuccino or latte!
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Milk Queens
Miss Kay and Phoebe are both giving over a gallon of milk a day in their 2nd month of lactation.
Miss Kay, below had triplet daughters in February- two are retained and one is sale pending. She's giving over a gallon.
Phoebe is giving well over a gallon at #8+ to #10 pounds a day. She had twin boys again.
Both of these girls are 1st generation Miniature Nubians. They were two of triplet girls and their sister at Breeze Creek is also giving a gallon and more a day.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Goat Milk Facts
Interesting Goat milk facts:
Goat Milk and Health:
A Dr. Jensen discovered a common denominator in his 70-year study of people over the age of 100 in 90 countries.
It was goat milk.
All of these people lived on goat milk.
Goat milk neutralizes acids and toxins.
Goat milk is easily digested, making it the perfect food for children, elderly people, those with digestive difficulties, those recuperating from a disease or health conditions, and pets that have been weaned from their mother.
Goat milk is high in healing enzymes and has a superior form of calcium than cow milk.
The DIFFERENCE between Goats Milk and Cows milk:
Goat milk breaks down in the stomach in 20 minutes; it takes an hour/+ for the stomach to break down cow milk.
Goat milk may be drunk by people who are allergic to cow milk, but it contains lactose, so it may not be for people who are lactose-intolerant.
The major difference between cow milk and goat milk is that goat milk has smaller fat globules than cow milk, which makes it naturally homogenized and more easily digestible than cow milk.
Goat milk also has a higher butterfat content than cow milk.
Goat milk is a highly nourishing natural food for people who are allergic to cow milk.
Cow milk is mucus forming for many people. Goat milk is not only non-mucus forming, but actually helps to neutralize mucus.
*From MDGA
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
First Chèvre of the Year!
I had just 2 quarts of extra milk to play with but I made the first chèvre of the year anyway. A sublime peppered chèvre!
Shocking!
Lola, who usually has triplets and last year had quads had a large single buckling! Black with moonspots and frosted ears. His ears are nicer than her kids generally have. She has airplane ears herself and that's been a struggle.
In the meantime spring is here in the high desert region of central Washington and we are happy about it!
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
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