If you need some land cleared, goats are the way to get it done. They love brush, knapweed,
and thistles. They have done a wonderful job of opening our forest up. We can see through
the trees now!
They make good pets, too. Very friendly, and they love to see what is happening all the time.
If you want a dual purpose animal, cashmere goats are good. They are great weed-eaters that
just happen to have that luxurious cashmere fiber all over them!
PINE NEEDLE FARM CASHMERES
This is Mariah, at a day old, the first one born this year.
A beautiful dark brown girl! She is out of Maggie, who
has a beautiful fleece, and Rusty, who always throws
great fleeces in his kids.
Here's Luna, who is Arianna's kid. She was
born on April 14, 2011 around 9pm. The moon
was shining on her, that's why she's named
Luna. She's a very feisty kid who doesn't let
me get near her. Long legged and wild! She's
like her mom in that respect. She's going to
have some nice fleece in a brownish color.
Here are Astrid's kids. They were born on April 25,
2011 sometime around noon. I missed this birth,
too! She had twins, which was surprising since she
got her head stuck in the fence a couple months
ago, and got bashed by all the goats pretty hard. I
was sure she lost the babies. Obviously not!
Oksana is the black girl and Socks is the brown
boy. He's going to make a really nice wether!
Mariah at three and a half weeks old.
She's going to be a really nice looking
adult doe!
Luna jumping off the spool.
Socks and Oksana running with mom.
Mariah enjoying the sun.
What do you think of this color
combination in a dyed yarn? Poppy,
iris and poppy leaf. I might get brave
and dye a skein of yarn in these colors!
Or, this color combination, pink peony
and blue flax with some green?
PHOTOS
2012 kids will start popping out the last
week in March. Pictures to follow!
There are 16 does pregnant, so there
will be lots of babies!