Sweet Ellie Mae, Goat Milk & Cheese

I just think shes so cute...

She was peekin around the doorway of the goat barn

Been gettin 1.5 quarts of milk a day. It really starts to add up heres what I've been makin with some of it & the whey... Amish White Bread

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~Updates~

I think I can

Our Little Goat Barn

Our Little Goat Barn

Is finally done... We recycled alot of stuff to build it that had been given to us. We need to add a door & later down the road we are gonna put a window or two in it. We built it off the back side of the chicken shack. We made the chickie door to the chicken shack smaller so Porkchop & the goats cant fit through it anymore. It took acouple nights but when I went & check on em last night they were snuggled in their spots in the goat barn.

Its 8 x 12.

Brian put 3 stalls in it so the animals can pick where they want to sleep

Hung one of the hay feeders in it

Already gettin cozy the 1st day it was done :)

Tulip & Star checkin it out

I put a whole bale of straw in it and everybody had to come & check it out.

Hello

Everybody Loves Straw

Even Tulip

I've got more pics. posted on my Our Little Farm fan page on fb

I think I can...

Keep all 4 of my goats... Been doin some thinkin & if we have the room, which I'm pretty sure we do then my sweet Annabel & Ellie Mae are stayin here on Our Little Farm. As I was walkin Tulip & Star over to the neighbors pasture acouple days ago I got to lookin around our yard & thought out loud (cause I like to talk to myself, Oooo & I like to talk to my animals, I know Tulip & Star was listenin to me, lol)... "IF" I could talk my honey into fencing this whole side of the yard off it would be plenty of room for all the goats & they would have plenty of grass to eat...

Dontcha Think?

*Also I know my nice neighbors will keep lettin me bring the girls over to eat if I need to... & hes got more land down the road that he needs cleared next spring/summer so I told him he could borrow Annabel & Ellie Mae for the job.

P.S. We got the goat barn built... stay tuned post coming this week.

Sometimes the grass really is greener on the other side...

Just look at all that pretty green grass waiting to be eatin...

My nice neighbors let me walk Tulip & Star over to their pasture to help their cow eat all this nice pretty grass. Yesterday was their 1st day over there, I walked em over around 1:00 & walked em back home around 4:30... today I walked em over around 10:00 & I'll bring em back home around the same time as yesterday, guess this will be our lil schedule.

I think its very nice of my neighbors to share their pasture... the girls & I really do appreciate it. I could just keep em down in the barnyard & feed em hay, but my neighbor says why when they have all this grass to eat, lol. Guess all that grass is helpin milk production... they gave me 2 quarts this mornin. Usually they give me 1.5 quarts, so go ahead & eat up girls ;)

Happily munchin away when I left...

Hummm... wonder what the cow thinks of Tulip & Star?

Heres some lil updates on whats goin on here lately... we are buildin a goat house (addin it on to the chicken shack), I've been collectin 15-16 eggs a day. Princess Porchop is doin great, shes still the boss of the barnyard. Annabel & Elli Mae are doin just fine too, they are lil sweeties... I've been doin some thinkin lately & I may have to find these two a new home, makes me alittle sad but I have someone nice in mind who I know would give em a good home & I would still see em almost every day. The reason I've been thinkin about all this is because I know I cant have alot of goats here & I really really want to keep dairy goats... Annabel & Ellie Mae are not dairy goats, I wish they were since they are my 1st goats... I've got some thinkin to do & stuff to straighten out... keep ya posted.

PS... The Goodwife & her family came over to visit last Sunday, she got to see the girls & she trimmed their hooves for me.

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My Milkin Stand...

My wonderful handyman husband built a milkin stand for me on Tuesday & I'm so thankful to finally have it, makes milkin time go so much easier.

He took part of our back porch down, recycled & turned it into a milk stand. Jake (our nephew) takin it all in, he had to show his mom the goat stand when she came to pick him & his sisters up, lol

He still had to add the rest of the head thing & feedin tray but for now it gets the job done...

See... So Much Easier! Thanks Honey.

* As of 9/10 we've gotten alittle over 2 gallons of milk, I think thats pretty cool. Goats milk is the only milk I've been drinkin since Sunday mornin, I love it. I made my 1st goat cheese this week, need to make some more was gonna do that today but didnt get around to it, might make some tomorrow.

Linkin up with... Fall Farm Friend Friday #2

My Adventures In Goat Milkin...

Update on the 2 Kinder kids: I sold em yesterday mornin to a very nice, sweet family who lives in the same area. I thought I'd be really sad but actually I'm not & I know why... because I know they went to a good, loving home, I'm so thankful for that. So Thank You Vincent Family for makin it easy on me to sell the kids. Tulip & Star did really good when we took the kids away, that makes me happy too.

Look what I got to do yesterday

I got 3 cups from both girls

Tulip was alittle rowdy but over time I'm sure we'll do just fine.

Star was pretty calm about the whole milkin thing

I am gonna come up with a better system for milkin the girls... in the next few weeks we are gonna build a goat house & a milkin stand. Then things will go alot smoother. Right now I just have to do what I gotta do to milk em. Thank goodness I had 2 lil helper yesterday.

I just drank my 1st cup of Kinder goats milk... not bad. I could tell a slight difference from the skim, 1%, lowfat or fat free cows milk we buy from the store. Gettin ready to go out & milk again.

Update on my new goats...

Tomorrow night will make a week since we brought Tulip, Star & kids here... I really think they like it their new home. They get along pretty good with everyone, they are gettin more use to Annabel & Ellie Mae (Tulip & Star like to chase & bump them). They are scared of Porkchop still, they run from her, lol. I havent got to start milkin yet, Brian has to build me a milkin stand. I'm also tryin to sell the 2 kids... it makes me alittle sad because they are so cute & they are startin to get use to me, I get to pet them here & there. But I know I can breed next year & have more babies... & I'm sure I'll keep one or two. I'm also sellin some of my hens, mostly bantam, extra roosters & all 7 ducks from the may hatch. I'm tryin to make the money back from buyin the goats, that was the deal I made with Brian :)

Happy Barnyard

Porkchop, Ellie Mae & Annabel munchin away

Sweet lil face

She likes me, lol

The rest of the pics I took H-E-R-E