Tanglefoot Welcomes Baby Goats! This year, Tanglefoot Farm welcomed two baby goats to our herd; Lavender, a doeling, and Broccolini (Brock), a buckling. The proud mama is Whimsy’s Sugar Snap, one of the three siblings we bought last Spring. Because our original three were not handled a lot before we bought them, they took a long time to warm up to us. So we’ve made it a point to give these babies lots of love and attention, and they give it right back to us. Lavender is a lap goat, and loves nothing better to climb up into a lap and just curl up and be loved on. Brock is a bit more adventurous and likes to play. …
Category: Small Livestock
Introduction: One of reasons we bought our micro-farm was to gain control of our food supply. Our ultimate goal is to grow or raise our own healthy food to the fullest extent we can. We started, as most folks do, with a vegetable garden. Then we added laying hens, and after that, meat chickens for protein. We hope to add pork next year. But this year, I decided to address our lack of dairy animals. We are dairy junkies; milk, butter, yogurt, sour cream, and cheeses are part of our daily diet. Unfortunately, our farm is far too small for cows, or even full-sized dairy goats. Happily, we can support a small herd of miniature goats. Among the…