For those of you who don’t know, we had something very exciting happen to us recently. We had kids! Well, we picked out two goat kids. They’re both does (girls), and we finally decided on names!
They’re Mini-Nubians, which means they’re a cross between Nubian (large dairy goats) and Nigerian Dwarf goats. Mini-Nubians usually get to be between 22 and 25 inches high at the withers (shoulders), which is about the height of your average German Shepherd. Our girls are both second generation Mini-Nubians, so they don’t have all of the desired features (their ears aren’t as droopy for one), but they’re adorable.
This is our girl, Rose, named for Rose Tyler (a companion in Doctor Who). Rose very much wants to be a lap goat and loves sitting in my lap.
Martha is less of a lap goat, though she still loves attention. She’s the more adventurous of the two and is named after another Doctor Who companion, Martha Jones. John picked Martha as one of our winners right away when we went to the dairy, because she was the first to stick her head through the fence and say hi.
The girls are both about 5 weeks old now, and still being bottle fed. It’s a lot of responsibility, but also a lot of fun! One day, we hope to milk them, but that at least a year and a half away. In the meantime, we’re enjoying our babies and looking forward to more goaty adventures.
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