It’s kids aplenty this spring at Jim and Stacey Young’s farm south of the city.
While Stacey reports they have one miniature goat the rest of her herd are dairy or meat goats.
“No! We don’t eat them,” she said. “But, my plan is to milk them, to make soap and such, and to possibly sell goats milk to those in need of it. I have to do a little more research into that though, because I’m sure there are guidelines and such to follow.”
While there are a number of kids on the ground already this spring, it is something new at the farm in general.
“This is our first year having baby goats,” said Stacey. “We just got a billy goat (a male) last year, although we’ve had the nannies (females), for years. They make great pets.”
And the nannies are proving prolific.
“So far this year we’ve had three sets of twins, so that’s pretty exciting,” said Stacey.
“We put them all in our old chicken coop to have their babies, and as soon as it’s nice out and the babies are a bit bigger, they will go outside to the goat pasture.”
“Addison (their granddaughter), she absolutely loves the babies, and follows us out there all the time, they are all super friendly and love being held.”
