I had a great day milking goats and sheep on Saturday as you can see below all the girls were lined up ready to go. I was eager for as much information as I could as I knew I didn't have long till my goats had kidded and I would be up to the arm pits with goats milk.
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The Girls all lined up for milking
Well as you can see from the picture below I am now in panic motion as one of my goats kidded on Monday and I think the other one is not too far away. I stayed home on Monday as we had quiet a few farming jobs to get done namely fencing and bringing the sheep in the house paddock as they had started lambing and to my excitement my first kid was born. |
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Baby born 1/8/11 |
He didn't take long to jump to his feet and mum was up eating and drinking straight away.
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Up on its feet |
After all the excitement of the day the reality hit when I started thinking I only have a week or so before I will start my morning ritual of milking the goats then storing the milk in my single fridge and start making cheese. I have written a list and am now running around buying the necessary equipment needed for my adventure as well as a second hand fridge. I will keep you posted as I stop to take a breath.
3 comments:
Congrats - sounds like you've started an avalanche!
Oooh! Feeling some anxiety for you! But you will do just fine. I look forward to future posts about your dairy goat ventures. :)
~Lisa
Hi Michelle and Lisa thank you for your encouragement. I'm glad to see everything is all good in your part of the world. I will keep you entertained in mine:)
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