Five Acres Farm: Just kidding about kidding

Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Just kidding about kidding

Three of today's new arrivals, barely 30 minutes old, at the milk bar.

Helen may not have kidded today, but Kim gave birth just after 3pm. Cliff now looks to be the winner of the "Who Can Father The Most Children This Season" competition, though Roger still reckons he's in with a chance if Helen gives birth to quintuplets. Everyone suspects Albie would be happy just to be able to enter the competition.

Maybe tomorrow, then...

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Marigold10 August 2011 at 02:43
They are cute, but baby goats are better.:)
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staples10 August 2011 at 07:55
Everyone except Cliff and Kim agrees wholeheartedly, Marigold!
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How it all began...

Originally the East Friesian Ewe Fund, this blog began as a fundraiser to replace dairy goats with dairy sheep. Despite the brilliant milk-producing efforts of the Saanen does, and my equally brilliant cheese-making efforts, when our electric fence broke and the garden became too tempting for the goats, Mr Farmer put his foot down. The goats had to go, he said. We needed to stick to sheep, since sheep don't demolish fences to demolish vegetable gardens (something of an over-exaggeration; Katie was curious, and the others just followed because no goat wants to be left on its own). Dairy sheep seemed like an excellent compromise, but true dairy breeds are rare in New Zealand, and cost upwards of $NZ 250 each. Mr Farmer was finally dissuaded from his anti-goat status in early 2011, and the East Friesian Ewe Scheme was laid to rest. A goat quota of two was set, and Helen and the buck of her choice were given full residency status…

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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Just kidding about kidding

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