Clippity-clip

The past few days I've been busy clipping my does in order to update my Nigerian web-pages. Here's Veliraf TW N'utmeg after she's had her spring haircut. I always forget how elegant the goats looked once they are clipped, not that they appreciate it. Spring is finally here after an interminable winter, and the last couple of days have been quite nice. Our barn is filling up with lambs, we have pure Finns, Romanovs, Shetland and Icelandics this year- so there is always someone interesting to look at. Our last group of Nigerian Dwarf Goat kids should be here any day. We are waiting for the following does to freshen- Veliraf P's Thistle, Veliraf P's Thorn, Veliraf MP Nadia, Veliraf P's Tupelo, and Veliraf SUG Tickseed. Little Tupelo is as big as a house right now, and spends much of her time sitting on her haunches, like a dog. She looks so darned uncomfortable!!

Frigid Weather

Not too sure how long this will be- between putting the kids down for a nap, and attempting to get things done, there is just never enough time in a day! November had a very nice red Dexter bull calf born here- so far he looks quite nice. Nice topline, nice head. We'll have to see how he develops over the next six months or so- I've posted a picture of the little guy when he was about a month old.
Our Romanovs that we purchased last year are due to lamb in the last week of January- looks pretty exciting- though it looks as though one slipped her lambs early on in her pregnancy. The rest look like they are all going to twin, though as it is my first lambing with them- I could be mistaken.
In the summer, the day I was due with our fifth child- I sent my husband off to New York to pick up a starter flock of Finnsheep. Much work and planning went into this importation, and it didn't happen without tons of effort on both my part as well as the breeder I purchased from. They did manage to get here though, as well as a group of seven Finnsheep that were brought in from Alberta. We have a nice flock of Finns now- we are starting with 12 ewes and 2 rams- one of which is a Silver Badgerface- absolutely gorgeous!!