Sage and Juniper

Three new ladies came onto our homestead today, milk goats! A mama and baby for us and a mama in milk we transported for a friend.

Jip went crazy during the unloading. The first goat off the truck was pretty scared, so the next two got to go through the other pasture gate on the opposite side of the house. 

The three newbies stuck together for the rest of the day. They eventually noticed our herd in the back pasture but just watched. 

Later in the afternoon the two groups got closer, but still just watched.

New goats on the upper left side in the trees (you can barely see them), existing herd on the right. 

G milked them tonight, Sage (ours) and Juniper (friend's). Sage is a good girl and hopped right onto the milking stand (given to us by the people we bought the goats from). Juniper is more skittish and wouldn't be coaxed. 

While he waited for Juniper to come around, G eventually milked our goat Svetlana to see if she'd produce anything. 

As expected, she behaved while she ate the sweet feed. Once it was gone, she kicked and wouldn't stand still. Also as expected, she didn't produce much. Her kids are basically weaned and she's probably drying up. 

A few hours later, G finally got Juniper milked. I hope it goes better in the morning...

Total milk from the three goats: 

I expect their production is down from the stress of travel and being in a new place. If we want more milk, we can separate Sage's kid from her overnight. TBD if we'll do that or not.