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March 29, 2026 — Our Little Blessing
Meet Hezekiah (Hezzy)—our little Nugget! We chose this name because it means ‘God strengthens,’ a constant reminder of how far he has come and who made him whole.
March 29, 2026 — Sold 2 baby goats
Mr. Whatsit and Hawkins found their new homes today!
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March 28, 2026 — The Little Nugget That Could 🐑
We landed on calling our little lamb “Nugget” for now. I think he likes it!
He is such a joyful little guy. He loves our attention and I bet he understands how gentle we are with him and appreciates it.
He is so strong! We’ve been bottle feeding him raw goats milk, and he had been standing on his own and even taking some uncertain steps by mid morning so we were hopeful! But when he would fall, he still had trouble getting back up.
So we spent the day working with him; feeding him, standing him back up, and running paces in front of him to encourage exercise. We even handled the “dirty work” of his digestive health that his momma normally would. By later in the afternoon, he was actually starting to try to run (albeit wobbly) 🥹
Around 8pm we decided that since he’s looking stronger and more able to get about on his own, we were going to try to put him with momma one last time. So we got Hana into a private pen with her other ram lamb that she’s been raising since yesterday, and brought little Nugget in as well. She was very confused (I’m sure because now he smelled more like Jeff and I and some baby goats than like her).
After about 15 minutes of her running from him and knocking him down, we were able to hold her still long enough for him to get some good swigs of momma’s milk. He was a happy guy! But ultimately, seeing how he would fall and take a while to get up, and that she clearly wanted nothing to do with him, we decided to call it.
Nugget would be our first little bottle lamb and WE would be his momma and daddy!
March 28, 2026 — Sold 5 baby goats
Derek, Benny, Yuri, Joyce and Erica found their new homes today!
March 27, 2026 — All Heart, No Quit
Our last ewe had twin lambs today, but one of the lambs had some issues with his back legs and could not stand up.
I came home for a couple hours to help Jeff and when I saw the little guy my heart just broke 💔
He was a perfect little baby, trying his hardest to reach his momma using only the strength of his front legs while his back legs trailed behind.
We took some time with him to get him stood up to see if his strength would build, and he would stand for a few seconds, wobble, then fall down again.
It was devastating but we were not going to give up on him.
We made an executive decision that it was safer for him to be in the bottle baby pen rather than with his momma and the other mommas (for fear of him being trampled by accident while he’s crawling around on the floor or resting from over exertion).
His first day was a hard one, but he is not alone, we milked his (crazy) momma to get a bottle full of her colostrum for him, and he got lots of cuddles and love from Jeff and I.
March 27, 2026 — Sold 2 baby goats
Robin and Suzy found their forever homes today!
March 23, 2026 — Twins (1M, 1F)
Crunch had twin Mini Alpine/Nubians today!
We named them Jim Hopper and Scoops.
Scoops has wattles 🤩
March 23, 2026 — Twins (2F)
Daisy had twin Mini Mancha’s today!
Joyce and Erica
March 22, 2026 — Twins (2M)
Star had twin Mini Alpine/Nubian boys today!
We named them Murray and Eddie.
March 20, 2026 — Videos
Can you guess what theme Jeff used in naming our 2026 kids?
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Lorraine Penner
Shepherd of Sheep and Goats
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