A friend of G sent him a Facebook post from someone she knew who was downsizing their hobby farm. All the animals listed were free: a rabbit, two whethered goats, two female goats, three turkeys, four ducks, and a bunch of kittens.
We got the turkeys and ducks for my dad and got one goat for us. Svetlana is an Alpine (known for milk production) crossed with a Nigerian Dwarf.
You can definitely see both breeds in her appearance! The other goats accepted her right away. She is a little skittish and settling in to our homestead is taking a bit. She loves to jump and be on top of things... Last night she discovered the blue dog house as a perch, and now we often hear clattering as she jumps up to survey the pasture.
She is also less picky than the other goats. We have a few bushes in a windbreak we planted earlier this year. The other goats pretty much leave it alone. Every once in a while, they eat a leaf or two to remind themselves they don't like that plant and then move on. Svetlana will eat a whole mouthful!
I tried putting chicken wire fencing around wood posts to keep them out, but they broke the post. Guess that's what happens when you use pine. Stay tuned for our solution to that problem!
Here you can see our three ladies: Ilsa in the back, Gerda on the left, and Svetlana on the right.
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