NEWS!

Both of the crossbred nannie kids have gone to a new home which is really good; the billy however is still with us if anyone is interested in him....he is a really nice,easy to handle boy. The little British Alpine kid has now been registered with the British Goat Society as: Tangarn Bronte & will be off to some shows this year, the first of which being Tregaron Goat Show on May 28/29th. I have also entered her mum in the milking competition, Bramwell who is a goatling now, and  Anglo-nubian milker( Patch or Guneryhite Bhangra!). Hopefully we will do well! The kid will have to be worked with to get her to walk & stand correctly but she is very sweet natured so i do not think she will be too much trouble.
All the goats were tested for CAE last week which is Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis & they are all Negative which is really good news. CAE is a virus which is highly contagious & kids can catch it from older goats.It becomes evident in kids in the form of paralysis but in older goats as arthritis which obviously will cause a lot of pain & usually death. All goats have to have this test done before they can be shown at a BGS recognised show & also most other shows will put non-tested goats in seperate areas so that goats do not come into contact with infected ones.
We are really keeping our fingers crossed that Danaa kids on the 20th May or close to as we have had disasters with two of the goats not turning out to be in kid! It was quite difficult to tell with Annie who is a goatling,which means that she has never had a kid yet; she has always had quite a round stomach which was deceptive.She did not return to service after her mating so we hoped she would have kids....better luck next time! Snowdrop, who is an 8 year old milker, also should have been in kid & wasnt. Alot of goat keepers have their goats scanned but this is just another expense in an ever increasing invoice!!
I really have high hopes for Danaa as she really is a very well grown goatling who did quite well last year the couple of times we did show her. She has got a very good pedigree & hopefully will produce good stock.
I shall post again when she has kidded!
Please take a look at this link for some further information on goat keeping http://www.allgoats.com/

This is Strudel who was rehomed by us; she had once been savaged by a dog which ripped her throat & left her with bad scaring. She is a Saanen x boar goat which is why she is so chunky!