Well we wanted animals and boy oh boy do we have them! The end of Oct/2006 Zack got back from the local feed store (he was picking some sunflower seeds for the wild birds) with an ad from the bulletin board. It was for Nigerian Dwarf goat kids, now I had previously read all about these being the perfect small homestead animal, they are miniture dairy and or meat goats and could produce between 1 and 2 quarts of milk a day. Yet they eat 1/3 as much as there larger counterparts. They were even chosen for the Biosphere 2 experiment in which 8 people spent 2 years along with 3500 plant and animal species without any outside supplies or support other than electricity. It was designed as a space colony  model, though ecological research became its primary, scientific goal. When Zack had mentioned (before our homestead purchase) that he would like goats I told him about Nigerians and he said no way, they would be to small to eat down any brush and that was why he wanted goats.

Anyhow he came home with this ad and was excited and of course I said well call cause those are the breed I want. So he did and him and his father went to"look" at them that afternoon, he came home with the cutest, smallest goat I had ever seen. Who we now know as Speckles and Annabelle.

Now that is a regular sized coffee cup and small dish pan. These two sweet goats were just a beginning to a new life for this SAHM, but more on that later!

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Posted by meadow

They sound much easier to handle than my big goats! If they still give that much milk, and meat, too, maybe I should switch breeds! Our Saanen gives a few quarts per milking at her peak, but she can be a pain to wrangle...and don't even get me started on the Boers!

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Posted by anoldfashionedgirl

They are so cute. They look very soft. I love having little goats. they are great to have around. Enjoy them.

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