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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 29 2012 : 6:07:54 PM
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My sweet girl Peggy and her 7 mo old doe kid Pixie.
 
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
www.nmbarrelhorses.com |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Dec 29 2012 : 9:39:54 PM
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Laura: I love your pictures!! Thanks so much for sharing such cute faces with us. Peggy and Pixie are too cute for words! I'd love to just hug them. Hugs to Pixie and Peggy!
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2012 : 06:23:31 AM
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I love pretty goat faces!
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farmgirl sister #922
I am trying to be the person my dogs think I am.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2012 : 07:07:09 AM
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what cuties they are. i like how affectionate goats are. they have such kind vibes and heart. they are as white as the snow.
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2012 : 2:41:53 PM
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Peggy is the ranch hairdresser. Chews the manes and tails off every horse she can get next to. She can have them gone in about 10 minutes. But other than that shes pretty nice and a good milker.
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
www.nmbarrelhorses.com |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2012 : 6:16:20 PM
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They are dolls! Someday I'll have fiber goats...some day!!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2012 : 6:36:52 PM
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Hahaha these are Saanen milk goats, they just have a thick winter coat cause I live in a cold climate. My horses look like this right now too. :)
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
www.nmbarrelhorses.com |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2012 : 6:48:14 PM
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Oh, I just went off on a daydream tangent and thought of my wish for fiber goats. I don't think those girls in the photo look like they would want to give up any wool of their own...brrr.
My horses have their teddy bear coats on too. They are gonna need them...looks like snow in the forecast!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
http://www.etsy.com/shop/StrawHouseDesigns |
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3492 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
3492 Posts |
Posted - Dec 30 2012 : 6:49:09 PM
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Laura, They are just darling..I want goats one day too, can not quite get dh to commit yet.
Blessings
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2012 : 10:07:31 AM
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Oh I see Paula. I just thought maybe they looked like angoras. I have had some part angoras and they do look very similar to saanens, especially in the winter. Some of the Navajo in our area crossbreed them and actually get hair and milk. The ones I've had in the past gave good milk but their bags were very soft and bulbous. They would give a good half or 3/4 gallon of good tasting milk but a strange looking bag. Definitely not something that would place in a show, lol, but served the purpose. They have the funniest crumpled droopy ears too, and skinny funny looking horns too. Out on the reservation one sees entire herds of these funny looking goats. I hope you get your fiber goats. My girls are recently getting into fiber crafts and a friend of our has a herd of wild llamas that she inherited from a renter. 14 of them. Anyway the plan is to shear them in the spring, hahaha we'll see how that goes. I guess if anyone can do it my girls can.
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2012 : 12:44:42 PM
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I really had my heart set on cashmere goats, but thankfully passed on a very good opportunity to get some last year....with our weather, lack of feed and hay, the heat last summer...it would have been a real challenge to get them set up here and keep them healthy. From what I've studied, the angora goats have some more health risks than cashmere goats, which supposedly are very hardy. They are all really special though!!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
"Look deep into Nature, and then you will understand everything better."--Albert Einstein
"A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food." --Queen Elizabeth I
http://www.etsy.com/shop/StrawHouseDesigns |
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crittergranny
True Blue Farmgirl
1096 Posts
Laura
Lindrith
NM
USA
1096 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2012 : 2:27:29 PM
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I dont really know a lot about fiber goats but I had a nubian saanen cross that I had bought from the same lady that I bought the angora saanen cross goat from and she had an undercoat that would only grow at a certain time of the year and I was told that it was cashmere and that any breed of goat can have it. It was very soft and we would just pull it out easily. But like I said I really don't know much about it.
Laura
Horse poor in the boonies.
www.nmbarrelhorses.com |
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
1311 Posts
Linda
Manchester
Ohio
1311 Posts |
Posted - Dec 31 2012 : 8:36:17 PM
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Oh they look like fuzzy little white angels.....they are just missing their wings.They have such sweet faces. Thanks for sharing your wonderful pics of your goats. I love seeing everyones goats.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
Nubian Dairy Goats |
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2349 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
2349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2013 : 04:26:13 AM
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Your girls are so pretty. The pic on the right looks like Peggy is smiling....mischieviously.....like she just chewed off one of those tails you were talking about.
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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Barnyard Buddies: My sweet goats |
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My sweet goats
