Golden Acres Ranch

Six new goats were born in these last couple weeks. We've named them all "uh-oh." We found the escaped Nigerian buck in with the registered Myotonic females last July 28. They are all really cute and should stay reasonably small and may be more docile than Nigerians. Nigerians are not a large goat but they are a little ornery, the Dad being a case in point.

None are showing the myotonic gene at this point. We have asked the grandchildren to be sure to play with them so they will make good "spoiled" pets.

There are six of them altogether and they will be ready for sale in March 2010. You can see more photos on the Livestock Page. Triplets (2 male, 1 female) were born Dec 23rd, twin doelings were born Dec 30th and a single black female was born on Christmas Day. The female's mother Tonks is letting one of the triplets nurse with her. This is highly unusual but the triplet's Mom surely appreciates the relief.