Animals
Good news....our goats are getting fat....even O'Malley who isn't pregnant. I spent some time sitting and watching our gals on Sunday morning in hopes of capturing a Dwarf Nigerian run on tape. The difference between Dwarf Nigerians and our Fainting Goats is amazing. Fainting goats are so very non-athletic. O'Malley climbed to the top of her log mountain and then spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get down again. I was afraid that if she were scared enough, she might faint and just fall back down off the hill.
Star and Ash, our Dwarf Nigerians, are completely opposite. They run and jump and climb anything, no matter how steep. Even though pregnant, they are amazingly agile, as you will see in this video:
- Inquiring Minds....goat-a Know
On with the questions and answers... Lilly asked: "We are considering getting goats. What do they need in the way of shelter/protection from predators? Any particular breeds you would recommend? We just want them for pets although the topic of goat's...
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Here on the farm, we have two types of goats...fainting goatsand Nigerian dwarf goats. The fainters are calm and gentle...very peaceful goats who mind their manners and stay out of trouble.After all, trouble makes them "faint", so they avoid...
- Registration Time
Our babies are all grown up now. They are weaned and living without their parents. It all happens so quickly. Now that they are teenagers, it is time to register them. We register our goats with theInternational Fainting Goat Registryand the Myotonic...
- Goat Pregnancies.....exciting News!!!
If you all will remember, I had told you the story of our little fainting goat buck's first attempt at procreation.....in a nutshell, he attempted to mount and dropped over in a faint. Well, the good news is......HE DID IT!!! Three of our females,...
- New Additions
Bee Haven Acres is proud to present the newest members of our family! Meet Star and Ash. They are Dwarf Nigerian Goats and they are pregnant!! Dwarf Nigerian goats are a small goat breed that make excellent milk goats. They originate from.....Nigeria,...
Animals
More Goat Antics
Good news....our goats are getting fat....even O'Malley who isn't pregnant. I spent some time sitting and watching our gals on Sunday morning in hopes of capturing a Dwarf Nigerian run on tape. The difference between Dwarf Nigerians and our Fainting Goats is amazing. Fainting goats are so very non-athletic. O'Malley climbed to the top of her log mountain and then spent 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get down again. I was afraid that if she were scared enough, she might faint and just fall back down off the hill.
Star and Ash, our Dwarf Nigerians, are completely opposite. They run and jump and climb anything, no matter how steep. Even though pregnant, they are amazingly agile, as you will see in this video:
- Inquiring Minds....goat-a Know
On with the questions and answers... Lilly asked: "We are considering getting goats. What do they need in the way of shelter/protection from predators? Any particular breeds you would recommend? We just want them for pets although the topic of goat's...
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Here on the farm, we have two types of goats...fainting goatsand Nigerian dwarf goats. The fainters are calm and gentle...very peaceful goats who mind their manners and stay out of trouble.After all, trouble makes them "faint", so they avoid...
- Registration Time
Our babies are all grown up now. They are weaned and living without their parents. It all happens so quickly. Now that they are teenagers, it is time to register them. We register our goats with theInternational Fainting Goat Registryand the Myotonic...
- Goat Pregnancies.....exciting News!!!
If you all will remember, I had told you the story of our little fainting goat buck's first attempt at procreation.....in a nutshell, he attempted to mount and dropped over in a faint. Well, the good news is......HE DID IT!!! Three of our females,...
- New Additions
Bee Haven Acres is proud to present the newest members of our family! Meet Star and Ash. They are Dwarf Nigerian Goats and they are pregnant!! Dwarf Nigerian goats are a small goat breed that make excellent milk goats. They originate from.....Nigeria,...