(Photograph copyright 2012 by Dan Routh)
First kid of the year with mom at Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
New Kid in Town
Category: Goat
Angora Goat
(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
An Angora goat from Rising Meadow Farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
They’re Kidding Again
A stop by Goat Lady Dairy this afternoon for a kid check (I think they are up to 27 or so) produced these images of a newborn.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
You’re Kidding
For my friends at Goat Lady Dairy here in Grays Chapel, North Carolina, March is a very busy month. The goat moms are starting to have their kids, and because they were all bred at about the same time, they are all delivering at about the same time. Lee Tate of Goat Lady handles most of the kidding supervision, so that means she is going to have to watch about 27 does deliver around 50 or more kids in the next month at any time day or night, and then take over the young goats’ feeding. Fortunately she does have some volunteer help such as Alice Jenkins, who was at the dairy today helping with the feeding chores.
Alice feeds the new kids born today.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Willie the Goat
(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
“Willie”, a ram, photographed recently at a neighbor’s farm in Grays Chapel, North Caroina.
Dinner with the Kids
Spring means renewal and at the Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina it means new kids. For the folks at the dairy, it means those baby goats have to be fed twice a day. Makes for an interesting time in the nursery.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Goat Lady Dairy
(image copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Temperatures are starting to rise locally, and hopefully this weekend we will catch our first glimpses of Spring. This time of year brings on revival and new life. The photograph above of young goat kids comes from Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, about 1/2 mile as the crow flies from my home. Goat Lady produces some of the best goat cheese I have ever tasted. My favorite is their Sandy Creek, an aged goat cheese with veins of grape vine ash running through it. To die for. The folks at the dairy provide their cheeses to many Greensboro area restaurants and they sell to the public at the farmer’s markets in Greensboro and on Sandy Ridge Road. They also host dinners and brunches featuring locally grown and sustainable foods. For more information, go to http://www.goatladydairy.com/
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