Goat Share Program No comments yet

It’s official, we have launched a Goat Share Program.  You can read all about it here (or click on the “Goat Share Program” link on the left menu under PAGES).  If you are interested in owning your own share of a dairy goat so you can enjoy some delicious, nutritious, fresh milk, click on the link above, read about the program, then let us know and we’ll get you a copy of the boarding agreement.

Goat Feed (Part 2) 2 comments

I finally have my own feed. I wrote about the initial steps of the process here. This is the recipe I ended up going with:

800 lbs oats
700 lbs shelled corn
300 lbs roasted soy beans
150 lbs molasses
30 lbs ammonium chloride
25 lbs goat mineral
rumensin

Protein levels worked out to be around 16%-17%, pricing was a little steep as oats, corn, & soy beans prices have shot through the roof. Overall, I’m very happy with the feed and the goats have adjusted to it without incident. The other nice this is I don’t have to drive over an hour to pick it up, then back home an hour. It’s delivered right to the farm – the delivery truck backs up to my feed shed and it’s a few minutes and it’s unloaded.

The FLU No comments yet

Not goat kids this week, human kids (and parents too). Starting last Friday afternoon and still continuing 9 days later, every member of the Shippa family has had a “version” of the flu. I say “version” because each of us had different symptoms or variants of symptoms. For example, Greg started with a cough that turned bad so Jody took him to the Dr. on Monday, they actually said he didn’t have the flu, but “croup” instead so he went on an antibiotic. Jody, on the other hand, had flu like symptoms, starting with a cough, then sore throat, then aches and pains, then congestion and cough again. I, on the other hand, was fine until Tuesday night. I woke up Wednesday morning with all of the symptoms and they hit at 100%, no ramp up, nothing. The aches and pains are gone, but now I’m fighting the sore throat and the congestion is just starting to hit. Lauren, Ben, & Ashley, had more of a cough and sniffles and were just tired throughout the day. Lauren has gone through a couple boxes of Kleenex herself. Her nose is all red and chapped from blowing it so much.

Thankfully, everyone is on the mend and doing much, much better.