Update on babies

HOLY HOT!!!!! We have been having some record heat this past month....it has been pretty rough out here and I am sure for others as well. I have been outside everyday spraying the trees down and and shady spots trying to keep everyone as cool as possible. So far we are okay but keeping a close eye on everything. We opened a new pasture around the pond for our ewes and now we rarely see them..just some baas every once in a while when they are trying to find each other. I am so glad we are able to offer them this full pasture and shade at this time. We have other pastures closed off so they can find those when it is time.

All of the animals are doing very well...a few hot spots on the dogs that we are on top of. Nothing to complain about (except for the heat)!

Here are some updated pictures of our babies for sale...

ABBEY SOLD!!!

PAXTON SOLD!!!

NIBBLES#1

 NIBBLES#2

ROMAN    SOLD!!!  I must add that I can not believe how dense his fiber is. He is our youngest little guy. That is is mom next to him (Truckee genetics)

ARABELLA'S BOY-Jake    SOLD!!!

CLICK & CLACK from Cameo and Comet

I must leave you with a picture I took a while back. Every Doe gets their own birthing stall and then we move them into a larger holding area and after that the pasture. I was out feeding one morning, I came around the corner and in the holding area shelter I saw Eloise and Roman taking a nap.... These are the little moments I seize and love...these are the moments that make the losses (at times) worth it.

Now it is once again hoof wrestling...I mean trimming time for our farm. I wish everyone else well and that everyone who needs rain that they get all that they need and those who are getting too much I hope it comes this way and give you a break.

Busy!

We have been running around shearing the last few goats (bucks). They are a lot stronger than I remember but if you only wrestle them a few times a year I can see why I chose to forget. I will post some pictures of them soon, we are still trying to coax the last boy (George, no pun intended...yes I did) into the stand and then we are done for another six months WOOHOO!

We are wanting to sell a few of our 2011 kids. I am really happy how they have turned out...so pretty and soft. Here are a few pictures of what we have available...

This is Abbey, she was our first doeling of the year. From an Indian Springs Doe (Alice) and Stoneywoodsfarm Buck (Pi). She is very soft, nice curl and friendly.

This is Paxton (closest to you), He is darker than his twin Piper. Extremely soft and is from Dry Creek Natural Cloud (Doe) and Nook Comet (buck). I love the dark tip in his tail.

These twin boys I call nibbles 1 and nibbles 2. Whenever I go near the pasture they are calling out for attention and love to nibble on your jeans. They are starting to grow out of it but not their names. I Love their curls and coverage. That is something that I have noticed with most of our babies this year. These two are both males.

Here on the left we have Roman. He is a nice Apricot out of Crazy Horns Cami (Doe, seen there) and Nook Comet (Buck). He is going on a month. He is also very soft.

These two boys belong to Dry Creek Arabella and Stoneywoods farm Luther (first place Buck in Texas last year). One of these boys will be for sale but not yet. Also they will be at a higher price than the other boys. They are extremely soft and full of curls.

These final two boys are from Dry Creek Cameo and Nook Comet. A very nice, fine fiber. Please contact us at bluegoosefarms@gmail.com if you are interested in any of these fine Angoras.

Time sure Flies!

Yes it has been a long time again between blogs. I must say that being back on dial-up sure discourages a person to post. Excuses Excuses I know.

Well, we have survived our kidding this year. We have a lot of babies and most of them are bucklings (eight out of 11) and all are healthy and doing well!
































Before that though we had a fun winter of snow and cool weather. I believe I was one of the only few that was cheering it on and asking for more. I know that sheep loved it as well...






















A big reason why I wanted to blog today was to post some pictures of scissors and goats...you don't want to run with either I promise you. I have been asked a lot lately what I shear with....the answer is Fiskars! These scissors are wonderful for me and the spring back so you do not have to force them apart and blister your hand.















These two goats were sheared a few weeks back...you may not like how they look compared to what a clipper can do but it is an option. I personally enjoy doing it by hand and talking with the goat (occasionally wrestling). I also really like how the scissors fit in my hand compared to hand shears. If you have any questions please ask away I will try to help you out as best as I can. On a side note...While taking this picture I tried to get as close as possible BUT I have a very muddy dog sniffing my butt and trying to jump on me. I have two dogs that test my patience every day by trying to dig out of their pen...sometimes they succeed and today they did...Grrrrr

Happy Shearing!

Baby it's cold outside

Well on the coldest day of the year (so far) we had an addition to the farm...10 little additions. It is hard to find them all but I promise they are all there.


















We had my Family for the Christmas season this year
and we travelled all over the place from New Orleans to Nashville.





Mom and Sister in the chicken yard...

































Outside the Opryland Hotel..


















We had a blast and now back to the holiday season and looking after the animals.

More Sheep for sale

Here are some more pictures of Shetland Sheep for sale...


Lilly (can be registered)

















Another picture of Gretl (registered)

















Avery (registered)


















Rhodes **SOLD**

















Slate (registered Grey)

















Charlie (registered Grey)

Sheep for Sale

We are starting to sell off most of our sheep so if you see anything you like please contact us. I can also take more pictures and send fiber samples if needed. We will be adding more so keep checking back. bluegoosefarms@gmail.com


Here is Marta and her first ewe lamb (registered ewe, lamb can be registered)

















This is Gretl (Marta's sister,registered)

















This is Avery's little Ram born 2010 (can be registered)

















Here is Avery's other lamb (ewe, can be registered)

















Patience's ewe lamb they both produce a lot of fiber (can be registered).

















Cocoa's twin ewes (can be registered)

















Baby Ruth and her ewe lamb (Shetland, Lincoln and Icelandic cross)
















Almond Joy's ewe (cross breed)

















Two wethers both are Shetland, Lincoln and Icelandic crosses. They are from Almond Joy and Baby Ruth.

Lambing and few other things...

Here we are...four more Ewes to go! We started with the lovely doeling from Molly.




Then we had a litter of puppies...we did not expect all eight of them!!



















A VERY close third was Baby Ruth with her twins




















Then it was Gretl later on in the day.















Patience suprised us all when she lambed, we thought she would be later.





Leise lost her ram lamb but Almond Joy had her twins the next day.













Those four ewes can take their time because we have a lot going on already!