GOATBABIES! Goldie Jr.

What did you do today? I delivered goatbabies at 11 am today (after an entire night of laying away listening to Goldie Jr paw the floor.). I did my best to record the event with my new Coolpix camera.
Please note…. some people may find this a bit “intense”. To me it is just a wonderful [...]

Candace: another remarkable kidding!

If you have not already, I invite you to please read the story of Candace the Tiny’s birth here.
Now the story continues ….
At three years old, Candace is the size of our yearling does. She weights under 100 pounds, but is one tough cookie and stands by her somewhat dim mom and is a [...]

Goatbabies ‘07: Little Miss Moto

I’ll tell ya, it’s bad when the first thing you think when you get out of bed in the morning is, “Man, I have got to get some sleep.”….
The last couple of nights were spent listening for signals of impending kidding and last night was spent wakefully listening to Little Miss Moto paw around her [...]

Candace The Tiny

I can recount many stories about the lives and experiences of the goats here at Fias Co Farm, but there are some that stand out as extraordinary. With these, I try to write the stories here so I can share them with more people than those who just happen to visit our [...]

Kidding Stories: Myrtle & Nikita

Friday, March 9th
Myrtle’s due date was March 8th and Nikita’s due date was March 12th. We start watching for, and are prepared for, babies 7 days before the actual due date and our herd usually has their babies about 5-4 days early. With our particular herd, we hardly ever have anyone actually hold [...]