Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The Road To Being Certified Organic

Below is a link that should be helpful in the road to being certified organic.
Join us as we proceed in this direction, perhaps we will meet alone the way to living heathier lives.
http://www.luresext.edu/goats/training/organic.html#term

Monday, February 21, 2011

saanen doeling and prospective goats.

Here is more photos of the saanen doeling and  prospective goats.

Here is our doeling at about 5 months old in late summer 2010, now near a yearling and breed for July 2011 birthing.
Hope to get new photos of her soon.
Peaches is breed to a regerstered Nubian belonging to Faggard/Armstrong families in Vancleave Mississippi, so Peaches will have Snubians from very good milking lines on both sides.

Below is Sahrina from Aafke van der Zalm Parker's farm.
All but Peaches are from Rock Point blood lines, we are not sure but Peaches could be from the Rock Point lines in Ga.
We have made arrangments to pick up Sahrina this spring 2011 when she freshens (have babies/kids).
Sahrina will be eight years old this year, and has a wonderful temperament.  Aafke said Sahrina is very sweet and eager to please.  She is a very steady milker and gives 10 – 12 pounds per day. She is a little short on leg, but otherwise a well put together doe with lots of body capacity.  Her udder is nicely shaped and she has nice, straight teats.  She is very easy to milk by hand or machine.  She will be in milk by early April 2011.
We hope to breed Sahrina and the others Saanens with a regestered Saanen buck next fall/winter from Aafke van der Zalm Parker's farm.



Below is another shot of Peaches in her temporary Mississippi home, she is recieving wonderful care from the Faggard and Armstrong families.
Thanks so much you all, we love you guys.



Below is Mirage, we hope to aquire this one.
 Aafke van der Zalm Parker's older doe at almost nine years old now.  She has good bone and a nice, wide stance. Her longer body gives her lots of room for babies.  The last time she was on milk test, she milked around 10 – 12 pounds per day.  She is a consistent milker with a sweet temperament.  She Linear Appraised at 87 points.  Her dam milked almost 16 pounds per day.
 Here below is Mocha Latte’s dam's name was Cocoa and she milked around 12 pounds per day.  Mocha is a coming eight year old, and she is quite tall and long.  Her udder is not pretty (not well attached and the teats point out), but she milked 12-14 pounds per day during her last lactation.  Aafka said Mocha really likes being a milker.