This page tells a story about the animals and events around the farm. Unfortunately, the captions on each photo do not appear if you are viewing from a phone.
NICE VIEW FROM THE HAY LOFT
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EVENING SHADE
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Bucks may work from sun to sun but a doe's work is never done....goats are patient and caring mothers who put everything into raising their young.
GOATS DOING WHAT GOATS DO BEST....CLEARING BRUSH!
FRONT: Sweet yearling faces
FROST SEEDING PADDOCKS WITH "LEO" BIRD'S FOOT TREFOIL AND "BOMBUS" LADINO CLOVER
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
AROUND THE FARM
CARMEN The Beautiful AKA Karate Carmen at feeding time!
SPATS - Quadruplet son of Naquabi Castana. He was sold to a dairy operation to beef up their market kids. Something his genetics did with ease.
Liebling November 2017 brings home Over all Reserve Grand Champion.RAWF
GOATS ARE A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN
CARMEN AND TOSCA
GOATS LIKE TO HANG OUT IN FAMILY GROUPS
THANK YOU TO ANNELISE FOR HANDLING AND FITTING BLUE. THEY LOOKED GREAT IN THE SHOW RING!
ZAMBEZI AND PRUDENCE
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SUMMER 2022 Clearing vegetation in the horse paddock
BACK: Still sweet
VERY PREGNANT DOES ENJOYING SOME WINTER SUNSHINE
SHAWNEY AND PUTNEY (Mother & Daughter looking like sisters.)
Summer time and the livin's easy... FRANGIPANI
Does like this are not made every day, Naquabi Edelweiss
TRAVIS showing off his show wether physique.
QUADS! A first for our farm.
Castana with her quadruplets April 2019.
DA BOYZ
HOW DOES A BUCK GET SOME ATTENTION AROUND HERE?
NAQUABI EDELWEISS "You look happy to me"
DAM AND DAUGHTER "VELVET AND BUNNY"
THAT'S MY GIRL FRANGIPANI! I KNOW YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE FAVES...BUT SHE'S MINE.
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MISS DELWINTER WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH OF HER MUCH ANTICIPATED SON. WHAT A BOY! AND HE IS LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT MAMA.
THIS NAQUABI BRED DOE IS MAKING US PROUD.
TIM SHOWING NAQUABI SANDY AT THE BARRIE FAIR
NAQUABI SANDY We can hardly wait to see her kids by Top Gear!
The Flash Mob. One never knows where they will appear next!
FARM NEWS WHAT'S NEW?
PLOWING UNDER BUCKWHEAT BEFORE RE-SEEDING THE GOAT PASTURE.
The proud bearing of a good mother is evident in this photo of Naquabi Topsy as she leads her triplets; Target, Saddle and Minnie on their daily constitutional.
DON'T MESS WITH LITTLE KAROO! Rest in peace our dear little Roo.
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3 generations Right to Left; Zambezi (grandma) Frangipani (Daughter) and Putney(Grand daughter)
HAY WITHOUT RAIN!
SCHATZI MEETS A FLEDGLING
NAQUABI SANDY VG87 BRINGS HOME RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION PERCENTAGE DOE
SYNCHRONIZED GRAZING
BRINGING IN THE MIXED GRAIN.
A good natured buck is a pleasure to have in one's herd. Top Gear 2016 at NBG.
Naquabi Moselle the epitome of beauty and productivity.
DBB ROYAL BLUE. Our "blueblood" even competed at the Royal in 2017.
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"GOODBYE" TO KESWICK, OUR FAITHFUL FARM TRUCK
OUR QUARANTINE STATION
By putting care, knowledge, and affection into goat management, the keeper comes to perceive and enter into the oldest yet most vital experience of humanity, the nurturing cycle, and to reap its benefits and to contribute to its process. In actuality, the goat economy can be microcosmic; in implication, it is universal. -Billie Luisi
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Ain't She Sweet? NAQUABI BARBERTON DAISY
TRISTAN showing off his beautiful booty.
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WEIGH-IN TIME FOR NAQUABI MOSELLE
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Granny knows best....a more natural approach to raising goats.
We look to the future of goat keeping and use modern tools such as type evaluation and production parameters to help lead us to better genetic choices. We cannot help but be drawn to time tested wisdom from the past when it comes to a more natural way of raising goats. Goats are creatures of the mountains. Given the opportunity they will forage and treat themselves to mother nature's cures especially if they have been taught by other herd members what should and should not be eaten. Most goats are intensively raised which in itself is unnatural. Lack of land, cold winters and the convenience of the farmer have a lot to do with how we keep our goats. No system is perfect but we do the best we can with what we have.
When our buck kids are weaned they are lucky enough to go to Granny's farm for summer vacation. We noticed that the goats in Granny's care always looked fabulous! What was she doing differently that made these animals thrive? Turns out that these goats were getting Dandelions to cleanse their livers. Then closer to fall they were being offered Goldenrod daily which acted as a conditioner. The moral of this story is that if your goats are confined and do not have access to forage, you, the goat keeper must forage for them! This year we are expanding our garden to include plants from which the goats will benefit.
We have used sage tea to help dry up does. Red raspberry leaf as a daily tonic for does in late gestation. We have seen success with clove tea as an appetite stimulant. No more glycol -P for our goats.
Apple cider vinegar has many documented benefits. Even if you don't believe in anecdotal evidence, you can't deny that most goats just love it in their drinking water. We have found this to be an excellent way to make sure that the goats drink enough water in the winter. In sub zero temperatures we offer the goats warm water at night as much as they will drink.
When our buck kids are weaned they are lucky enough to go to Granny's farm for summer vacation. We noticed that the goats in Granny's care always looked fabulous! What was she doing differently that made these animals thrive? Turns out that these goats were getting Dandelions to cleanse their livers. Then closer to fall they were being offered Goldenrod daily which acted as a conditioner. The moral of this story is that if your goats are confined and do not have access to forage, you, the goat keeper must forage for them! This year we are expanding our garden to include plants from which the goats will benefit.
We have used sage tea to help dry up does. Red raspberry leaf as a daily tonic for does in late gestation. We have seen success with clove tea as an appetite stimulant. No more glycol -P for our goats.
Apple cider vinegar has many documented benefits. Even if you don't believe in anecdotal evidence, you can't deny that most goats just love it in their drinking water. We have found this to be an excellent way to make sure that the goats drink enough water in the winter. In sub zero temperatures we offer the goats warm water at night as much as they will drink.
NATURE PATIENTLY WAITS AND WE HAVE ONLY TO TURN BACK TO HER TO FIND RELIEF FROM OUR SUFFERING - DR. BACH
TOPSY THE HERD QUEEN BABY SITTING KIDS.
Pumpkin inspects the goat breakfast ingredients; Beet pulp shreds, carrots and apples. YUM!
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TOPSY'S TRIPLET, MINNIE, SNEAKING A SNACK.
Sisters; Knikjie and Summer sunbathe in the sand.
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