One of the biggest benefits of making goat milk soap is that you get to keep a dairy goat farm. On that dairy goat farm you get to keep goats that have babies in the spring. Enjoy the photos of goats.
This is Gandalph the White. He helps make spider silk. From goats, right? Read all about the spider goats here in Cache Valley in this article.
Photos of Goats – The First Year
This was my first batch of baby goats. That is Marsha with her babies Jose & Buckley. That would be Faith over there eating and her mom Fadra. So many goats and years have passed since this photo was taken. And so much learned about the care goats.
All five of these little ones had their horns removed by the vet. Talk about a gruesome endeavor! After that bout I decided horns are perfectly fine tools for moving goats around. They don’t particularly like to be grabbed by the horns. If you don’t dehorn them, however, you do need to be careful around the adult males especially during rutting season.
What I learned Over the Years
Over the years I decided to let the baby males from the spring do their deed and then sell them in the late fall. That way I wasn’t dealing with males and their aggressive behavior.
Photos of Goats Hanging Around
That handsome guy there with the red collar is Jose all grown up! This is just a part of the herd. Goats do multiply fast LOL. They are also extremely smart critters. As you will notice by my fencing, it was always an ongoing battle to keep them penned in. My goats could jump the five-foot fence no problem! I always had to make sure I had lots of food in the pen with them or they would jump out and help themselves to the stack over on the side.
I did try to grow some fruit trees near their pen, but apparently goats LOVE tender fruit trees. As in they eat the whole thing!
This post is mostly to share my cute goat pictures. Because I have goats, I can make lots of different products from their milk. You don’t have to keep goats to make these products though.
The Backyard GoatGet it HerePractical Guide to small scale goatsGet it HereThe Joy of Keeping GoatsGet it HereThe Dairy Goat HandbookGet it Here
