Last Friday we drove over by Mankato and looked at 2 bred ewes. One was black and named Popsicle and the other brown named Ginger. Popsicle is an Icelandic and Ginger is a Shetland. They are not very big, probably only 30 in tall. Our dogs are bigger than then. For time being they are living in the round corn crib, they seem to like it in there. Llamie the llama, Goat, and Aber the pig were quite interested in them when they arrived, ears all perked up and looking through an over the fence. They are still a little skittish, but with time i think they will come around. The guy said that they would probably lamb around mid April and should both have twins.
For the past few weeks I have had an add on Craigslist looking for some bottle lambs and bottle kids(goats). I have gotten a fair amount of calls on it. One guy will have 10-20 bucklings the end of March thru the end of April. Another guy called saying he has 45 Boer does, and if he has triplets he'll give me a call, since its hard for does to care for more than two kids. The goat market is very good at the moment so I am hoping that I can sell them when they are weaned for a fair price. Maybe even make enough to buy another Icelandic ewe or ram :) I have enough room in the barn for 20-30 babies, but I am hoping to sell all the hay and use the other 2/3 of the shed. Come spring I want Travis to help over haul my out door pens so that they are more efficient. Right now I have 2 pens that are electric fence, but our goat doesnt seem to like to stay in, and I dont know how well Aber will do with just an electric wire. He's kind of a pushy pig, but come spring he'll probably be living in the freezer as long as "2 daughters" dont make a big fuss about it, beings he's thier pig.
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