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Yesterday, we went to the goat farm where we got Clover and Nutmeg….. And we came home with two bucks, Eclipse and Rhett. You know what that means, Clover?
Wait a minute. That’s not Clover.
That’s Cookie Doe, Clover’s sister. I’m always amazed by how much she looks like Clover. That’s Clover in the top photo here and Cookie Doe in the second and third. And again, this is Cookie Doe. (She is such a Clover look-alike!)
They’re identical twins except that Clover has a white half-moon on one side and Cookie Doe has the half-moon on both sides. Plus, Cookie Doe has more of a beard. Cookie Doe’s beard:
Clover’s beard:
Clover: “My dear sister Cookie Doe, they make PRODUCTS for that, hon.”
I love seeing all their gorgeous goats over there…and Admiral, their Great Pyr. Admiral and his goaties tried to have a synchronistic portrait moment here.
I love this sweet creamy-white doe.
And this one.
Wait! That’s not a goat!
They have a new pony!
I couldn’t fit her in my pocket, though, so we had to leave her there.
But we took home two boys……
Everyone was fascinated.
Especially Clover.
She’ll get a closer look SOON.
SPRITE! Don’t look, you’re too young!
Poky: “What about me? When do I get a boyfriend?”
You don’t know Jack….. (You’re too young, too, Poky.)
As for the boys…. (Eclipse is the all black one. He and Rhett are the same age, though Rhett is much smaller.)
They’re still mostly hiding.
Rhett has some seriously pretty coloring.
And they both have blue eyes.
I’ll show them my cookies soon. And then…. Yes, then….. CLOVER.
I’m setting goals for you!!!! AM TOO. And do you SEE? I brought TWO BOYS to the dance for you.
I understand that you are too much woman for one man!
Clover: “Thank you, Woman. I see you can learn. Now tell them to fight over me and then I shall think about it.”
P.S. The dance begins soon. Stay tuned for all the romance! Goats are pregnant for five months. I WANT JUNE BABIES!
Looking for Nigerian Dwarf goats like Clover, Nutmeg, Eclipse, and Rhett? They have more! Contact Pete and Missy!
Want Fainting goats like our Sprite, Fanta, and Mr. Pibb? Contact Bob!
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on January 24, 2010
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They are all beauties in my book!
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I want to know what a ‘manure bunny’ is. The name brings to mind all kinds of animals but none of them seem quite right.
Have a great Sunday!
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Hugs Granny Trace
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Personally I prefer the dark hair, blue eyed ones myself!
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Carol Langille, I think a manure bunny is one that is used for its manure (great gardening fertilizer) – as opposed to rabbits raised for meat or fur (spinning).
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I added in dried cranberries and chopped candied ginger when mixing the ingredients. I was hoping for a result like Whole Foods’ cranberry ginger bread, although I was worried that my ginger was too sharp, but the ginger was virtually undetectable after baking.
I think next time I’ll lightly put the ginger on the outside of the loaf before baking, which is what they seem to do. Although theirs does seem milder than mine. I also realized I have to use about twice as many cranberries as I did this time; looks are deceiving before the rise.
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Is there anything better than drinking your cup of coffee on Sunday morning and reading Suzanne’s blog? Didn’t think so.
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The trick to using whole wheat, but still having it rise and be “foldable” is to use “Vital Wheat Gluten”. I find it in the baking aisle near the flour. We actually have two brands here – Bob’s Mill and Hodge’s Mill to choose from. Each is in a different area than the other, but still near the flour.
I use 1 TBS of the gluten in 3 cups of flour for my bread machine and it works really well. If you are not kneading the bread, then you probably need to use 1 TBS PER CUP of wheat. The only other thing could be that your wheat flour is not from hard wheat, but from soft wheat which is a lower protein, lower gluten wheat. Because of the gluten level soft wheat is used for pastries, pies and baking cakes. Hard wheat with it’s higher gluten level is good for breads. People also usually make cracked or whole wheat cereal from the hard wheat.
HTH,
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Did you just borrow these boys or are they your’s to keep? They are beautiful!
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I get April babies, we had a billy here for the whole month of November.
Sure hope those 2 pretty boys smell better than the billy we “hired” it was such a relieve for our noses to bring him back home.
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I have ND’s and both of mine bred at 7 months no problem…
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I do hope you get your spring babies.
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Blessings from Ohio…Kim W<
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Oh me, oh my…I can’t wait for love to be in the air and then to see the lovely goat babies…..
can you hurry this up please???? hahahaaaaa
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Too funny! Alanna Ps. Clover is too cute! She could be a “Pin-up Goat for a calender!