New Additions To The Farm

We made a couple of new additions to the farm yesterday. Three to be exact. :)

These are yearling Saanen goats and it is going to take me a bit to be able to tell them all apart, but in the mean time, they are as follows:

Red collar - Haley
Blue collar - Sophie
Aqua collar - Mattie

They are sure pretty little girls. :)

Working In The Gardens

Chrys has been working on getting compost spread onto the gardens over the last week or so and this afternoon he started tilling it in so........the first till of the season is now complete! :) Now he will go back and do a "deep" till (but not to deep) and then finally another shallow till.

This is the yard garden. It was windy enough today that Chrys no more than got it tilled and the dirt was all drying out already by the time I got my camera.

The two pictures above are of the South West garden. The soil looks very nice......sure hope that it grows some "very nice" veggies.

The South East garden hasn't been tilled yet, but Daddy has been working on it this winter doing some leveling so that our irrigation works better.

The pictures above are of the plants in the greenhouse. It has now been almost three weeks since we started planting in the greenhouse and our little plants are growing nicely. :)

Tapioca Finally Kidded!

Tapioca finally kidded, of course she couldn't have done it on Monday when the temperatures were in the 70s. She had to wait until yesterday morning when it was SOOO cold! Both boys, yes....more boys, are doing great and so is their mom. :) OH! And notice that these two AREN'T black! LOL

These two little (actually BIG boys) are sired by Tecumseh whose sire is CBC Farm TKE Star Gazer and whose dam is The Wagoner's Farm Truffles.

Their dam is RC Goats Tapioca whose sire is Haven-Hills Fox Trot and her dam is Haven-Hills Meadow Gold.

These two boys are available for sale.

Sakara Had Her Babies!

Sakara just kidded with triplets! 2 boys and 1 girl. All three babies are good sized and all are healthy...........and black of course. LOL

No control of their little bodies yet. Seems to be heads and legs EVERYWHERE! :)

The top one is the little girl and the the bottom two are the boys.

These kids are sired by Tecumseh who is sired by CBC Farm TKE Star Gazer and whose dam is The Wagoner's Farm Truffles.

Their dam is RC Goats Sakara whose sire is Nashama's EXR Influence and her dam is R C Goats Silver Aspen.

Both of the boys are for sale. We are undecided yet on whether or not the little girl is for sale.

Boogie Kidded!

Boogie kidded yesterday with one very gorgeous little doeling. I'm kind of disappointed that there was only one, but she is a nice big healthy little girl so that is what matters. :)

This little girls sire is Tecumseh whose sire is CBC Farm TKE Star Gazer and his dam is The Wagoner's Farm Truffles.

Her dam is RC Goats Boogie whose sire is Coyote Springs DVR Evolution and whose dam is RC Goats Salsa.

This little girl is available for sale.

Ditto's Babies

And.....right at chore time, Ditto blessed us with two gorgeous little bucklings......and of course, they are black. :)

These two little darlings sire is Tecumseh whose sire is CBC Farm TKE Star Gazer and whose dam is The Wagoner's Farm Truffles.

Their dam is Ditto whose sire is Lucke- "H" Trident and whose dam is Canyon Ridge Farms Thunder. If you haven't read the story about our Livestock Guardian Dogs, read it here http://www.canyonridgefarms.com/lgd.html . Ditto's dam was one of the does that was so badly injured in the attack in our barn.

These two little guys are available for sale.

Sugar's Babies

Sugar kidded early this afternoon with twin girls. FINALLY! More Girls! :) These are also the only babies that we have had so far this year that are not black(ish) in color.

Aren't they sweet?!

These precious little girls are sired by Woody whose sire is Longman's SA Arousing Cheers and whose dam is NuFlower Enchanted Rose.

Their Dam is Canyon Ridge Farms Sugar whose sire is Lucke- "H" Trident and whose dam is Good-New PS Adrian (call name is Maggie).

These two little darlings are available for sale.

Seedlings

We did some planting in the greenhouse about a week ago. Just as always, once the seeds were in the dirt and all watered in, we go out everyday (and sometimes two or three times a day) hoping to see the first signs of new plant life. Yesterday we were rewarded with quite a few new little seedlings. :) Hopefully this is a sign of better gardens this year.

The picture below is not very good because......well, because I'm not a very good photographer, BUT if you look very closely, you can see the little heart shaped green seedling. mmmm....I am hungry for fresh produce already.

Sarek's Babies

About 8:30 this morning Sarek blessed us with twin bucklings.

Gorgeous little bucklings with frosted ears and white top knots. The second buckling looks like he is going to be a very pretty roan color.

Sarek delivering the first buckling. You can see a little hoof and his nose and if you look closely, you can see his little tongue sticking out. :)

His full head is now out.

Both boys after the trauma of being born.

Sarek "thinks" she likes them.....she just doesn't want to actually touch them yet. LOL

Sarek is sired by Coyote Springs DRV Evolution and her dam is RC Goats Rowan.

The bucklings sire is Akin Hills Tecumseh whose sire is CBC Farm TKE Star Gazer and his dam is The Wagoner's Farm Truffles.

Both of these boys are for sale.

Patty's Babies

Patty presented us with two absolutely darling little bucklings today.

Patty is actually the first Nubian that we ever got. I can remember that when we got her our kids were upset with us because they didn't like "those long floppy ears". LOL They love the "long floppy ears" now. :)

Patty was about 2 months old when we got her and she was as WILD as a March hare! Oh my goodness! With a lot of work and dedication (mostly on Megan's part), Patty turned into one of the sweetest girls you ever met, she also gained to status to herd Queen. Patty is now almost 10 years old. Patty miscarried last year and I was sure hoping for a girl from her this year, but the boys are sweet too.


Patty cleaning one of her boys

Patty cleaning and loving both boys. :)

These boys sire is Woody and he is the son of Longman's SA Arousing Cheers and NuFlower Enchanted Rose.

Patty doesn't have a pedigree.....We don't care though. Her daughters and granddaughters that we have in the herd milk wonderfully. :)

Both of these boys are for sale.

The smaller of the two boys went to his new home. Thanks Heather!

2012 Kidding Season Has Now Begun

.....And the 2012 kidding season has now begun!!!!!

This afternoon Wings kicked off the season with first a nice little buckling born around 4:30 pm. Over an hour and a half later, she presented us with 2 gorgeous little doelings! Wings had no problems at all with the deliveries. I guess she just wasn't quite ready for the girls to be born right after the boy. LOL This is our first kidding with Wings and she is proving to be a very attentive mother.

Sire to these kids is Woody, Son of Longman's SA Arousing Cheers and NuFlower Enchanted Rose. Lots and Lots of milk in the pedigree of these kids. :)

2 doelings pictured above.
At this time, both of these little girls are being retained for our own herd.

The buckling went to his new home on 01/07/2012. Thanks Jonna!

Wings with her triplets.

Wings sire is Coyote Springs DRV Evolution and her dam is R C Goats Sabaka.

The little boy went to his new home. Thanks Jonna!