2024 kidding season We have 10 healthy kids at Titan Ranch now! Five bucklings and Five doelings. Mocha went first Mocha delivered 3 tiny kids on March 29th. We had to bring them into the house to feed them and keep them warm. The smallest, Patch, was only 3 lbs. They are now healthy active… Continue reading 2024 Kids
Tag: New Zealand Kiko
Hard Decisions
Bad Year It has been a rough Year. Rough Years lead to hard decisions. Because of these factors, we had to make the hard decision to reduce our Kiko Goat herd. We always plan to keep the herd small because we like to give the animals as much attention as we can, but had planned… Continue reading Hard Decisions
Fall 2023 Update
It is almost time to put the bucks and does together for breeding season. It is time for a farm update for fall 2023. Sales Update Sales have been a bit slow this year. Everyone blames the drought in southern Alberta this summer and a resultant shortage of hay. So far we have sold 2… Continue reading Fall 2023 Update
GoodBye Loki
Loki moved to Saskatchewan to make babies with his own herd.
Keeping Up with 11 Kids
Adorable Goat Kids I am having so much fun with this year’s crop of goat babies. They are so fun and mischievous. It isn’t easy keeping up with 11 kids. At bed time, I have to get all 11 kids, as well as their mothers, into the goat shelter for lock up. One kid will… Continue reading Keeping Up with 11 Kids
KIDDING CHAOS
There was Chaos when 3 goats kidded at the same time
Kidding Pens Ready
The kidding pens are all set up in preparation for births.
Goats Love Trees
The natural diet of goats includes lots of leaves, bark, and branches. Unfortunately, it is hard to keep live trees in their pasture as they will eat all the bark off and kill the tree. So I provide branches for them to eat. Luckily we have lots of trees that are growing too close to… Continue reading Goats Love Trees
Fresh Pasture for the Bucks
I got a new shelter ready and moved the goats to fresh pasture.
2022 Kidding Summary
We are finally finished with kidding for the year! As we chose to start small, we only had 3 adult does to breed this year. We put them all in with EZK Pay to Play on Nov 1, 2021 and two of them kidded, as expected, in the first week of April. EZK Bat Chick,… Continue reading 2022 Kidding Summary