Horse Conquers his Demons
I could see that 27 y.o. standardbred Bowie wanted to go out free-ranging this morning, so I opened […]
Monkey Midge
Our Nubian/Boer goat Midge has a slightly overshot bottom jaw which gives her a bit of a monkey […]
Snubian
Smudge is half Saanen and half Nubian, which means she should be the perfect milker for us. The […]
Handy Horns
In the US, most goats have their horns removed – usually within 2 weeks of being born – […]
Settling In
One week after arriving, the goats are settling in and laid down for the first time today. I […]
Hay Feeder
I bought a couple of second-hand metal bed frames from a recent Busselton Lions Club shed sale. The […]
A Haughty Strut
The goats have a very deliberate walk, fully locking and extending their front legs making them look very […]
PIC
We are now almost like a real farm as we are registered with Department of Agriculture and have […]
We’ve Got Goats
After over 15 months of planning, and 2 months of preparation, I went to collect our two goats […]
Disappointment
I had a message from Andreas at Koonac today that Midge (Liponeura) had not fallen pregnant to Magic during […]
Finishing Touches
Brad was out at first light just after 6.30am putting the finishing touches to the Goat Mahal. […]
The Goat Mahal
The Goat Mahal (Palace) is taking shape. Brad brought over the 7m zincalume trimdek sheets which were left […]
View from the Goat Shed
We are building the goat shed out of bush poles and re-used and recycled materials. We have put […]
Here Comes the Capeweed
After only 8.5mm of rain a week ago, the Capeweed has started sprouting. This is our most […]
Finished Fence
The last jobs on the fence were attaching the mesh to the star pickets, running the top wire […]
New Knot
We watched a video on YouTube to learn the figure of 8 knot so we could attach the […]
Fencing
We rolled out the 8/90/30 mesh and it is 5m short! or more realistically, the boundary is 5m […]
First Box Strainer
We are putting up a good strong fence round the goat paddock. When we did the horse paddock […]
The Baby Daddy
Andreas from Koonac Goats told me that G026 – Liponeura had been put in with young Magic for Breeding. […]
Dairy Goats!
I had arranged to see some of the goats Koonac had available so we could choose our dairy goats. […]
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