Gallons and Gallons of Milk
Every year we have lots of new baby goats born. Lots of baby goats drink lots of milk. As baby goats get bigger, they drink more, which makes them get bigger, which makes them drink more. It’s a...
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Our dairy goats are not only foundational to Goat Milk Stuff, but they are a big part of our family as well. Each of them has a personality and during this series we’re hoping you’ll get to know more...
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We mentioned the new goat collars in the post about our goat photoshoot, but we didn’t explain why the collars all look different, and why that’s important. When we were talking about getting collars...
View ArticleMeet The Goats – Persephone
Our dairy goats are not only foundational to Goat Milk Stuff, but they are a big part of our family as well. Each of them has a personality and during this series we’re hoping you’ll get to know more...
View ArticleMeet The Goats – Hummingbird
Our dairy goats are not only foundational to Goat Milk Stuff, but they are a big part of our family as well. Each of them has a personality and during this series we’re hoping you’ll get to know more...
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Jamaica, Jemima, and Jiminy
I was walking on the treadmill desk in our basement, getting some work done and getting steps at the same time, when my phone rang. “Brett, there’s legs on one of the goats!” my little sister Jade...
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Sabor, Second, and Sicily
Not long after Jamaica, Jemima, and Jiminy were born, we were called out to the barn because Payton was in labor. Dad was trying to figure out what was going on – according to him, the kids were pretty...
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Halley, Hestia, History, and Hooligan
Emery, Andrew and I were in the barn, taking care of Payton’s kids and feeding the other five, when I noticed that Hazelnut had goo. Emery is training to deliver baby goats, so I told him that I’d feed...
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Varsity and Vereena
We had just finished watching the Super Bowl half-time show when we got the call from the barn. The Super Bowl was forgotten – well, maybe not forgotten, but abandoned – as we rushed to get to the...
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Parcells
About two seconds after I’d finished putting Varsity’s collar on, someone threw open the door to the milk room and announced that Persephone was kidding! Unfortunately, because I was with Varsity and...
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Tackled, Tebow, and Tickle
I abandoned Varsity, Vereena, and Parcells, knowing that Indigo and Jade would continue to dry them off, grabbed a stack of towels, and ran to kidding pen A. I was just in time to catch our first baby...
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San Francisco and Serenade
I rolled out of bed to turn my alarm off, stiff and sore and still exhausted. I picked up my phone and stared at it blankly – it wasn’t my alarm, it was my phone. “Brett? Siren’s kidding and no one...
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Hades, Hellion, Hidden, and Honey
Someone pounded on my bedroom door and announced, “Hummingbird’s kidding!” For the second time that morning, I rolled out of bed and pulled some clothes on, shoved my feet in my shoes, and ran. When I...
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Raphael and Renaissance
The weekly GMS meeting had just finished and I was working on writing Kidding Season blog posts when the call rang out through the soaproom – “Babies!!!” Everyone abandoned what they were doing and we...
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Baxter and Bedford
I ran over from catching Reluctant’s kids, Raphael and Renaissance, to kidding pen A, where Belle was pushing. Jade had towels waiting for me, and was letting Belle lick one of them while we waited for...
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Goat Collars
My mom has great ideas. Actually, she has A LOT of really great ideas. So many in fact, that she can’t implement them all. That’s where my dad comes in. Dad jokes that ever since he and Mom have...
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Zaria, Zebedee, and Zilch
I grabbed a stack of towels, leaving Baxter, Bedford, Raphael, and Renaissance in the milk room, and ran back out to the stalls. Zenith was halfway out of one of the regular kids, pushing her head...
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Feeding My Dairy Goats
When I was new to owning goats, I agonized over what to feed them. I poured over the internet finding out what everyone did. I read everything I could and the only thing that everyone agreed on, was...
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Vashti
When I got the “babies!!” call, I ran from the soaproom – but by the time I got there, our newest baby, a girl, was already being licked off by her mama, Vanish. We took her into the milk room to dry...
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Baby Goats Playing in the Snow
A couple of weeks ago, it snowed. A lot. And while the humans didn’t really enjoy the snow that made all of our jobs harder, the baby goats had a blast! Aren’t they adorable? Which picture is your...
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