She's finally dried off. I milked her yesterday and got less than a quarter cup of milk. What that means is that she's now going to be allowed to dry off and to eat as much as she wants to that she can be as heavy as possible for when we slaughter her later on this year. Who knows, if we get another cold spell in July like we did last year we might even do it then. I look forward to having goat in the freezer.
Which reminds me, Jed and I decided to make up our own anniversary day presents. We've been following a set of present guidelines but as we have been unable to find it since the move we decided to just make them up. We're thinking of a freezer put our livestock in once we're ready to slaughter. =) I think that sounds like a fabulous present we can give to each other.
What this also means is that we are lacking any milk producing animal right now. We might look into a Toggenberg doe or maybe a Dexter heifer. We'll see what we end up with. .. =) Maybe both.
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