The Rancho

Ranchodutchie
888 Deer Chase Circle
Cedar Mountain, NC 28718
United States
ph: (828) 877-2659
ranchowellen@yahoo.com

Ranchocabra (goats)

Farm News

August was an eventful month for many reasons. We continue to keep the girls in milk and are watching to see how the fall will look as far as shows and fairs go. We are learning to juggle the college schedule with the farm work load and are deciding what we can manage and what we need to simplify. We brought in a new Oberhasli herd sire and are making our breeding line up for the fall. Our plan is to breed late for May kids in order to make sure Maggie is available for kidding season and the start of milking. It is likely that we will only keep one or two kids in the spring and all the rest will be available, including a few milkers. We will have to make some tough cuts. We hope to construct a milk shed off the main barn soon to streamline the process of milking and feeding as much as we are able.

Spring 2020 - We decided to keep just 3 kids this year. One Nigerian and two Alpines. We neglected to sell two of our milkers that we had on the list . . . not sad! While keeping our numbers in check, we are finding it diffcult to pick and sell who needs to be sold in order to keep kids in the coming years so we can watch them grow and know if our breeding plans are accomplishing what we are hoping they will. So while we kept several, we know we will have to make further cuts so check back once in a while and see what's available.

Retained kids for 2020

Ranchocabra Sperry (French Alpine out of Tiggy and Maddi)

Ranchocabra Amarillo (American Alpine out of CH Tempo Aquila Juggernaut and Kemma - thanks to Mark Cobble!)

Ranchocabra Chick-A-Dee (Nigerian Dwarf out of Pappy and Chick Flick)

Ranchocabra Thelma Lou came back to the farm as a yearling first freshener when her previous owner decided to get out of Oberhasli. See what I mean about keeping more milkers than we had intended? Still not sad. LOL!

KIDS from 2020