Meet the Girls!!!

Whimsey

This is Whimsey, she was born on March 3rd, 2011.  She is a full Nubian. She is mostly black with white ears and a big patch of white on her side.  We hope to breed her to Brady when she is big enough and old enough, which is likely to be in the fall of 2012. I'm hoping between the spots on her and the spots that Brady's mom has we will get spotted babies. We'll just have to wait and see. I liked her name so we decided to keep it.

Windy

Meet Windy, she is sister to Whimsey, also born on March 3rd, 2011.  She is a full Nubian. She is a light brown in color with her white ears.  She will also be bred to Brady when so is old enough and big enough, likely in the fall of 2012.  We also decided to keep her name.

Priscilla & her baby girls

We are lucky enough to be offered Priscilla and both of her baby girls.  Priscilla is a full Nubian and we are told she is around 2 1/2 years old. She is a darker red color with white ears. She gave birth to these beautiful baby girls in April.  Once she is here I will start milking her.  I am hoping to teach myself how to make cheese, yogurt and even maybe soap with her milk.  She will also be bred to Brady hopefully in the fall and then her babies will be the first babies we will have here at our home!! Which I think is just wonderful and very excited about.

The little girls do not have names yet. We are still thinking of some. They are both full Nubian.  Their color is called Strawberry Roan.  They are a very light brownish red color with white ears.  They also have spots on them too, which I hope will help produce spotted babies.  They were born on April 18th, 2011 and are doing well.  We are able to have them come live with us so young because the mama will be coming with them to be able to continue to nurse them until it is time to be weaned. 

These darling girls will also be bred to Brady when they are old enough and big enough, which will likely be in the fall of 2012.

If all the breeding's work out, we will have a very busy spring of 2013 and I will have 4 does in milk to make lots of goodies.

The girls, as I call them, should be here within the next couple of weeks.  We will be giving them time to get accustomed to their new home and us, their new family.  I will be spending lots of time in the pasture with them to help them get to know me and be comfortable.  Once they have been here for a while I will post on their personalities like I did for the boys.

Check back in a couple of weeks to meet our OTHER new family member,  it's a surprise!!