I'M GETTING ANOTHER MILKER!!!!!
i'm so excited i'm so excited i'm so excited i'm so excited whoooot!
and here's the best part..... SHE'S FREE FREE FREE!
i cant wait - this weekend we are driving over to get her from our breeder friend who we got Vita from.
she's an older (7 yrs?) la mancha doe with a huge udder. she kidded about a week ago so she's ready for action.
our breeder friend has a LOT of goaties and is a little overwhelmed right now. so we are gonna take of his favorite gals for the summer - and then take her back in fall. just like we've done with Vita for the last couple of years. while we own Vita this gal is more like, 'on loan' but i'm thrilled.
he gets the kids - which he sells (the doelings) for a lot of $$$$ as his gals are all prize winning show girls.
whats the catch? nothing.
it just pays to be nice to people.
he's always said that Vita looks great when we bring her back - and so i think he trusts us.
this works out great for us. we dont really want or need the kids - we just want the milk. and he could use one less milker.....but wants the kids. so its a great arrangement.
i'm so happy i've been doing backflips all day (in the mud mud mud and more mud).
ohmigosh.
i'm gonna need a bigger milking bucket!
yipeeeee!!!!
all i can think about is all the cheese i'm gonna be able to cut all summer. once we reduce our dependence on foreign (store) cheese we'll save millions. or something like that. i'm gonna made a provolone, and a swiss, and a gouda - or like 50 goudas...
and we got the shots for Nibbles' babies done today. they squeaked.
so thats us. work work work and more work and dreams of free goats.
yay!
