Pygmy and Spanish Goats

These are our pet goats, we started out with a few goats to clear the jungle out around here and before you know it, we were hooked on goats. Scroll down to see some of our Spanish, Pygmy, Nigerian dwarf, and cross bred goats.

Lily (in background) is one of the first goats we purchased and is a Spanish goat. Lily's 2003 twin doelings (Oreo and Lilac) are pictured with her. Lily is very silly and is always amusing us with her antics. In early 2006, Lily had to have her udder amputated and was spade at the same time because of a serious infection. However, Lily is still doing great but just looks a little funny without that huge udder.

Toby was our first kid and was born via c-section. Little Toby is Pam's pet Pygmy wether and will follow her everywhere. Although Toby had a rough start in life, he loves to be hugged and scratched. Sadly, on July 19, 2008, Toby passed away after a long illness in which his rumen started to fail. It was determined that Toby had cancer in his upper rumen. He is missed very much and Pam was heartbroken at his passing.

We once answered an ad for "Nubians for sale" and traveled a long distance and bought three Nubians (two does and a buck) sight unseen. When we arrived we found out that the "Nubians" we actually Pygmy goats. Well, they were cute anyway and went ahead and purchased them. Mikey (pictured with her 2004 kids) is our herd queen, although she is small in size, she can push around some of our biggest dairy goats. UPDATE: Mikey gave birth to another set of triplets on Dec 6, 2005. All three kids have already been sold as bottle babies and made nice Christmas presents.

We purchased Snow along with her mother, Mikey. Snow is the most prolific goat on the ranch. She was bred when we bought her and her first kid (Toby) was delivered c-section. Snow has gone on to have three more normal births. She has had two singles, and a set of twins and always produced boys. Snow and her mother, Mikey will always live on the ranch, they are a lot of fun and are always up to mischief. In March of 2006, Snow passed away from poisoning when she took a liking to a poisonous plant, Elderberry, which is very toxic to goats. The vet did all he could but couldn't save her. Snow died that evening in Pam's arms.

Satin (pictured here as a kid living in the house) is what is referred to as a mini-Nubian. We bought Satin as a kid and she was raised in the house for the first two months of her life. We were told that Satin's mother drown in a pond. This little goat is very sweet and Hugh's favorite doe.

Midnight Star is Satin's little boy. Now a wether, Midnight looks so much like his mother that we often have to look at the "business end" of the goat to tell him from his mother. Midnight will always be Satin's little baby, especially when he still sleeps with his mama.

Bebop is a young Boar/Alpine cross wether and Buttercup's baby. He's very friendly and basically a pet but we will be training this big boy as a pack goat and to pull a cart when he is full grown.

Buttercup is an older mini-Alpine doe and can be a poster model for bad conformation with her small stature, sway back, narrow hips, broken horn, pendulous udder, and a permanent wide spread. However, Buttercup has a sweet nature and always seeks out children when they come to visit.

Little Darling is Mikey's young doeling and sired by New-Life-Acres Yuletide. She is what is often referred to as a Mini-Alpine. We decided to keep this little girl after falling in love with her when we were treating her for a broken pelvis as a kid. Little Darling turned out to be a great little milk goat and we have a waiting list of people who want her kids to be future miniature milkers.

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