Note from Sue, Martok’s human mom: Martok agreed to share his annual Christmas letter to his beautiful Nubian mother, Ozark Jewels Peppercorn, again this year.
Nowadays, reindeer are the Christmas critters du jour, but we goats used to bring on Christmas cheer! Jultomte and juleniesse wear red, but they’re still small—not big and jolly like Santa Claus—and they deliver gifts in sleighs drawn by goats or carry the presents pack-style on a goat’s back.
It’s only December, but it’s really cold in the Ozarks this winter. Our water buckets keep freezing and that worries Mom a lot. That’s because us bucks and rams and wethers need to drink plenty of water year-round. Not drinking enough can lead to a deadly condition called urinary calculi.
Namaste Farms’ Natalie Redding demonstrates how to safely and efficiently shear a sheep.
Use these tips to keep your show animals healthy and safe before, during and after competition.
Mom wrote an article about raising ultra-rare chickens that you will be able to read in the March/April 2011 issue of Hobby Farms. To do it she talked to Marjorie Bender of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, who told her all about the ethics of raising rare breeds.
Did you know goats might have contributed milk and cheese to the first Thanksgiving feast? It’s true. The first Thanksgiving took place at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Mass., in 1621.
Last Wednesday morning, when Mom put the Boer goats out for the day, big, fat Salem stayed behind.
Meet my newest sons, Biscuit and Bijou. Aren’t you surprised they were born in October? So was Mom.
Remember Othello, the Scottish Blackface lamb that Dad got Mom for her birthday? He grew a new horn!
