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Congratulations Gloria, now you are gonna be hooked...:)

Bev

Gloria Morris wrote:
> Howdy, All!
>
> I ought to have included this on my New Year's Resolutions, but one big
> homesteading thing I am going to do in 2007 is to get into goats. I've long
> been interested in goats, but for various reasons I have not previously
> gotten my goat. <grin> Now that I am moving to my new homestead, and I am
> down to one horse who sorely needs companionship, and my new fencing can
> handle goats, it seems the perfect time to finally acquire goats.
>
> I have selected the first one, a grade Nubian bred doe. I will be,
> hopefully, picking her up the first weekend of January, with the kind
> assistance of my good friend Marie. THANKS, MARIE!!!!!!! The doe has in the
> past produced litters, so I will soon be up to my eyeballs in kids, likely.
> I'm pretty excited about it. I will be milking the doe. I hope I will be
> making cheese. Certainly, I will expand my soap making to include goat milk
> soaps, which I have long wanted to do.
>
> Of course, this decision will, in all likelihood, ultimately require my
> acquisition of a buck. And, in turn, he will require companionship in the
> form of a wether or a second buck (OMG!!!!). And, there will be more fencing
> for the boys. Hmm. Learning AI might not be such a bad thing ...
>
> Gloria
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