A hobby farmer tells her tale of breeding Nigerian dwarf goats at CK farm happenings.
Our Nigerian does, Brie and Eliza, have also been in heat, but I consider it an adolescent heat.  They’re still under a year in age and are too small to have babies safely.
One lesson you learn more profoundly raising animals or [...]

There is a common belief in western culture that sheep are good and goats are bad.  Many religious sermons discuss separating the sheep from the goats (and the goats aren’t on the good side) and even in popular culture, goats are portrayed less wholesome than their ovine counterparts.  To be sheepish is to be shy, [...]

October 27th, 2009

The Wonders of Goat Milk

Ever wonder what you can do with all that extra goat milk?  Try making it into soap:
Originally, Shelley bought the goats to keep her pasture from overgrowing. Goats were easier to manage than cows or horses. She started with Nigerian dwarf goats, which produce milk with the highest amount of butterfat, ideal for making soaps [...]

and it sounds like she shares our  poultry problem .  But the article is primarily about Suzanne McMinn’s discovery of Nigerian Dwarf Goats and goats in general:
Then one day I received an e-mail from a reader of my blog.  She lived nearby and she had Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats.  Nigerian Dwarfs are miniature milkers that [...]

October 22nd, 2009

The Dance

The backdoor creaks open.  The backyard bleats in response.  Clunky rubber boots thud down the deck steps.  A widespread rustle in the woods rushes towards me.  Heaving an orange, painter’s bucket, water sloshes on my side, on my water-resilient boots, in my water-resilient boots.  Halfway to the barn, the wooded rustle catches up to me.  [...]

I found this article to be very interesting. I am pleased that here at Piscataway Acres, we have three out of the five highly productive, low-stress animals. I am allergic to bees, but still, I do love honey…  Perhaps something for the future?
Article can be found at:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/adventures/4331779.html