Meet Our Nigerian Dwarf Goats

We have a small herd of Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats, three does, a buck, and now two kids. We got into goats with the idea that we would milk them, but we haven't actually gotten around to the milking yet, and by "we" I mean I haven't quite gotten up the nerve to saddle myself with daily milking chores.

The cream colored girl in front is Ginger, our foundation doe, she's the herd Queen. The golden boy in the middle is Apollo, our buck. The black doe is Isis, she has moon spots. Isis is Ginger's daughter

Ginger 

That's Ginger again on the milking stand. The black doe (below) with the white hind leg is named Legs, she's my favorite with the sweetest personality, and that's her buckling being carried by my husband Mike. Legs kidded with twin bucklings on Valentines day this year. Apollo is in the background, he's the buckling's sire.

Newborn Baby Goat

 Ginger, our Nigerian Dwarf goat herd queen, was generous enough to give birth to a gorgeous doeling, (that's a baby girl goat) just in time for the launch of our new blog! Wasn't that sweet of her? Most goats like to carefully wait for the most inconvenient time with the worst possible weather to kid. They are masters at this skill, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this little girl in the goat pen yesterday morning. 

Isn't she cute? She's our first doeling on the new farmstead, Ginger is the last to kid this season, so there won't be any more baby goats until next year. Our other two girls, Legs and Isis (the black doe seen below) both had bucklings (that's baby boy goats) Isis is Gingers' daughter from last year.

I'm super excited this baby is a girl because that means she's a keeper! Now we just have to come up with a good name for her. What would you name her?