Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Girls! Girls! Girls!


2012 Doeling Crop
All of Highmeadows girls are now dispersed to other farms doing vegetative management. Rounds are made every day to check on welfare of does, feed guard dogs and fill water pans.
2011 Does

Several of our yearling does will be going soon to the Appalachian Kiko Invitational sale in September. Highmeadows is very pleased to offer a few of our "Champagne Ladies" for sale. They are primed and ready for their first dance!


"Working Moms"

"Goat Train  Passes By"
Our older does are working very hard to recoup after weaning off some very nice kids. The farm where they are working was overgrown with blackberries and honeysucke. This is the third year of rotation to this property and it is beginning to look like a hay field once again.


Wednesday, August 15, 2012

"Empty Nest"

  "Quiet Barn "
The barn stands silent and grass grows high in the empty barn lot. The play bridge is deserted and the root cellar roof holds no lounging goats. The goal of having most of the goats moved off the farm by weaning time has been reached and now the farm seems empty.
"Buck Wannabees"
"Empty Playground"
"Missing his girls"
 The does, worn out from months of "mamma" duty, found themselves in a land of plenty on a distant farm. There were headhigh wads of wonderful forages and acres of fresh forbes to help put meat back on their bones. The newly weaned doelings are in a ridge top meadow with waist high grasses and locust thickets for shade. The only goats at High Meadows are the few bucklings being watched for "buck" potential and our senior bucks in a field far away out of smelling distance. Chores these days consist of making the rounds to other farms to check on water pans, feed guard dogs,check fences and "eyeball" the girls.