Farmer Maternity Leave

Could this become a thing?

Hey farm friends,

Every year as spring time rolls back around we have such high hopes of staying on top of things better, but very quickly it starts to spiral out of control again 😅

So I thought I’d send this quick note as a bit of an apology (as well as an explanation!) for my unintended “farm maternity leave” from our newsletter!

💡 In an ideal world, there would be such a thing as paid maternity leave (from our full time jobs) to take care of all the babies during baby season!

First, the explanation…

…we’ve had so. many. BABIES!

Here’s our 2025 Baby Season numbers (so far)

• 5 baby goats landed in February

  • Our Valentine’s Day triplets already found their new home in Raymond!

• 13 lambs arrived in March

• 10 more baby goats have already arrived in April…

  • Penelope (triplet Nigerian Dwarf goats)

  • Sweet Pea (twin Nigerian Dwarf goats)

  • Cinnamon (twin Mini Manchas)

  • Cookie (triplet Nigerian Dwarf goats)

• At least 2 (possibly 4!) more sets of goats are still to come

  • Star

  • Crunch

  • Ginger (not confirmed, but hopeful!)

  • Padme (not confirmed, but hopeful!)

• Note: Meet all of our dairy goats on our Raw Goat Milk page

• To round out the baby season, our 3 cows should also be calving in summer

Second, here’s the apology…

PHOTOS!!!!!!!!

Momma Penelope showing her triplets around the pen

They officially found their favorite spot to cuddle on the rocks

Cookie had Easter Sunday babies yesterday!

We decided to retain one ewe lamb this year to add to our permanent stock of Blackbelly’s, so everyone meet the wonderful Jasmine!

We’re still knee deep in the thick of babies everywhere, but we will do our darndest to keep you updated (at least with Photo Friday) until things calm down a little more on our end.

But for now, here’s some quick updates from the farm!

• Our Rams as well as our Dairy Goats are already enjoying some time on the pastures this spring - and we are SO thankful for more rain yesterday!

• This weekend, we started making our Summer Seasonal Recipe for Goat Milk Soap

  • Here’s a hint of the flavor: 🍊🌿

• In just 3 days, we sold out of our 2025 lambs

  • If you’re interested in baby goats, make sure you’re signed up for our Baby Goat Waitlist or you might miss out too!

• Oh, also - in that March ice storm, the farm was out of power for 2 days! 😲 We learned a lot and are better prepared if it ever happens again

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Poll Time!

We’re in the planning stage of hosting a raffle for a pair of registered baby goats with 100% proceeds going to one of our favorite local nonprofits - The Hope Venture.

Any feedback from today’s update is appreciated!

Drop us a comment, reply via email, or share this post with someone who might be interested in the raffle!

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