Babies due April 28th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These 2 angels were hooting and holloring this morning for some goat love (I guess Lamancha did not get pregnant the first trip!) so we packed them in and headed to the farm.  Lamancha (Buttercup) was bread with a black and white Lamancha and the sannen/alpine (Cupcake) was bread with a colorful alpine buck yearling.  The due date give or take a week is April 28th.  We are very excited for our grand'kids'.  I'm thinking a baby shower around April Fools would be perfect!

Lamancha Success!

I think things went well for Lamancha (Buttercup) and this spring (in 5 months) we will be proud goat grandparents!  I'm hoping for girls so I can keep them :)  Cricket and Cupcake were not as enthusiastic, so we will have to bring them back to the farm when they are feeling a little more frisky.

Today was a wet and nasty day but we got things done and now I'm going to head out to take one of my nieces and one of my nephews to west african drumming in Willimantic, CT.  It is so much fun, I can't say enough about it!

This weekend I will be going to a local farm to look into adopting some laying hens to keep the store in stock with eggs (we just got eggs in if anyone is looking).  At the end of the weekend I will head to another farm in eastern Connecticut to check out some silkies and frizzles (these are hens) for my fancy collection!

It's a good life!

Be well!

We are closing early today!

We are closing our doors at 3:30pm today in order to bring our 'girls' to a larger farm to meet the fathers of what we hope will be precious kids this spring!  We are very excited and nervous!  I will let you know how it goes!  Be well!

Saanen goats

We went back to Oak Leaf Dairy today, I just had to see my favorite Lamancha again!  These little ones are saanen goats.  Both types are great milking goats and used by both Oak Leaf Dairy and Beltane Farms!

Beltane Farm!

My first featured vendor of the night is Beltane Farms!!!! The nicest people you'll ever meet! Go to http://www.beltanefarm.com/ to learn more about thier farm. They make the best cheese and the VERY best yogurt I have ever tasted! I mix thier yogurt in the morning with some maple syrup and homemade granola and it ...is HEAVEN on earth! Check them out on the internet and in our store!!!! Grand opening March 27, 2010!!!!!