Our Pride & Joy....
Zuri blessed us.......... There's a saying 'saving the best for last' and that is exactly what our Zuri did. At 1 a.m. on July 1st our Zuri blessed us with a very precious little 3.5 lb doeling....
View ArticleNew Girls!!!
Though almost a year in the planning we finally can make an exciting announcement!Quarantine is over! Testing negative for TB, CL, CAE, Johnes, & Bangs!! These two girls have literally been ALL...
View ArticleCulling.......Can or Can't?
OK, culling, it’s a topic many don’t want to talk about. Who can blame them, when you see those sweet littles being born the last thing you want to think about is culling them. We are probably going...
View ArticleHot as Heck, than add a little hell......
Ok, ok, we see many of you rolling your eyes as we complain about the 90’s & 100’s we’ve been having all summer, but hot for you can be a world away from hot for us. It’s all in perspective, what...
View ArticleDrying time.....milk that is
As many of you know, you can’t have milk without breeding your does. That is just the way things are….some of us are very lucky to have does that ‘milk through’, meaning they can milk over a long...
View ArticleCocci?.........Crap!
Ok, every ones’ herds get worms from time to time. There are things you can do to limit your herd’s exposure, but regardless of how you handle it, sometimes worming just isn’t enough. Sometimes...
View ArticleNasty Nematodes……
Now even though we were excited about the Coccidiosis results we shared with you in a previous blog Cocci?....Crap!, we still ended up with a worm problem. This one however we have had issues with...
View ArticleWhat choice do you make?
Choices, we all have them. Covering our day to day lives – should we do this today, or this needs to be done soon. Constantly making the ‘easy’ choices, you know the ones that just affect you and...
View ArticleCast Iron......Keep or Toss????
OK, cast iron, many of you want some and many have them sitting in the garage because of rust or more. We have to admit, it’s been awhile since we have used cast iron. Part is because we bought ‘new’...
View ArticleKalispell Kinders Kidding 'K'ontest
OK everyone, here's a challenge just for all you goat lovers out there. Kalispell Kinders is having a Kidding 'K'ontest!!!! Try saying that fast, three times!!!! Got your attention yet? So what's...
View ArticleEverybody does it……really?
OK, first off, before we offend some people, we want to clarify some things first. We aren’t saying that everyone else is wrong! What we do, and have always tried to do, is share how we do what we do...
View ArticleKidding 'K'ount 'K'ontest winner is.......
Even though we had over a thousand people view our Facebook post, only 4 people participated in the Kalispell Kinders Kidding ‘K’ount ‘K’ontest. Of the four, no one was able to guess BOTH Naavah’s...
View ArticleSOLD! Maybe........
Who isn’t excited when someone wants to buy your goats!! Remember how excited you were with your first goat purchase? Ah, memories………all those little hooved bundles of love you just had to have.So,...
View ArticleThey have NAMES!!
If you remember recently we had a Kalispell Kinders 'K'idding 'K'ount 'Kontest. Though we didn't have a grand prize winner we did have some 2nd and 3rd place winners.Our third place winners Patricia...
View ArticlePolitical trash talk 101
We have quietly kept to ourselves as this year’s political drama has unfolded, like a ‘bat upside the head’ to say the least. We’ve listened to one friend or another, in length, argue the finer points...
View ArticleInbreeding & Line Breeding………
“………….nature doesn’t especially like homozygosity. In hundreds of studies, in many different species both plant and animal (including domestic animals), there is irrefutable evidence that homozygosity...
View ArticleKid 'K'ount 'K'ontest winners
Alright, alright!!! Finally, our second place winners have their prizes!!!To Kimberly Thompson who guessed RSR Naavah's twins, homemade from Kalispell Kinders: Silky Skin Please cream, Goat Milk...
View ArticleOur longest Goodbye....
Goodbyes……in its most benign form, a mere formality as we go about our day to day lives. Never contemplated but a small moment in time, almost an afterthought in passing.Then there are the goodbyes...
View ArticlePoop and the possibilities
Many of you with goats should already guess where this is going………..pretty obvious. Let's be perfectly clear, we aren’t giving you medical advice, but we are going to talk about kids, kid goats that...
View ArticleMilk safety or politics?
Many people want raw milk, yet find that the laws in their respective states make it impossible to purchase raw milk.We, the state of Montana, tried passing some legislation recently that would allow...
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