Be fruitful and multiply. God told Adam and Eve to do that. They did. After the flood, God told the same thing to Noah and his family. They did. Later, God told essentially the same thing to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and guess what? They did.
Our goat family has taken that message to heart as well. It all started with one goat and now we've got a herd of them. This spring Mocha gave birth to Blackie and Callie gave birth to Betty and Agnes gave birth to Abby. It is like a goat rodeo in the pasture 24/7. Our little pasture is just too small to handle all of the goats, chickens, and cows. I told Tricia, "We've got to sell some of these goats." She doesn't want to. Tricia loves the goat family, but understands the space limitations.
They are dairy goats and Tricia milks them. We have a goat milk smoothie every morning with fresh berries. Delicious! I think we've shown you photos of Blackie and Abby, but I'm not sure if we showed you Betty. Betty has an interesting "paint job." Look at the spots on this critter:
She started out as being very small as compared to Blackie, but she has quickly caught up. It is entertaining to watch the babies play out in the pasture. They hop around and dart this way and that. Fun to watch, I tell ya.
Their playfulness catches the attention of people passing by on the road. In fact, someone stopped and wants to buy Betty. They've called twice letting us know they were coming by to get her, but each day they haven't shown up. I took this photo of Tricia and Betty in the event she got sold - Betty, that is. (Tricia is NOT for sale.)
We'll see what happens. One way or the other, we've got to get some goats off the pasture. Cabrito? That would be very hard since we've named them!
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