The Whole Famn Damily

Now you've met the whole family. There are a few other important players.

Toni (Tratonia), I mentioned breifly in the first post, is my dearest goat friend. Okay, okay, I realize it sounds like I need a good therapist, but... Well, when you've had a bad day and you need to unwind there is nothing like spending time in the goat pen. And there is nothing like spending time in that goat pen with Toni. Toni will happily nuzzle with you or just stand next to you in quiet company. She also will crawl up in your lap (even as a full size goat) and snuggle. So, she's not for sale... but someday, get my goat I will!! At least for now I have her precious first-born daughter. Watsonia will hopefully share her mother's lovely disposition, but will (please, please, please) be a bit more steady on the milk stand than her tap dancing mom or her ticklish, jumpy grandma (Jamie, who is the french kissing goat - a story for a slow blog day!).

Charcoal is another grand goat, she has had her first babies, two small bucklings. I am hoping that her next pregnancy will bring me a daughter. She has a beautiful udder and the softest coat of any goat I've met to date. She also is a tad hardheaded and is negotiating with one other goat to be Queen of the Herd. I'm needing to limit my herd size, but believe I will find room for one of her daughters if I have the option!

Now that you've met the herd, I can concentrate on stories from the pen and have happy goat dreams tonight.