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04/14/11, 04:18 PM
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New Alpines are home! It's my birthday!
So, my DH is a SMART man. He, like many primates, exhibits learning behavior and we have been together long enough that he KNOWS what I like...
Christmas? Buy her goats.
Anniversary? Buy her goats.
Birthday? Buy her goats.
To heck with a bunch of diamonds and Hallmark; say it with goats!
SO! The new babies....two wethers to do carting and packing:
This one I think will be named Ash.
This one, I think will be named Alder since he is the same coloring as the Alder we sold:
This is my little doeling. Her registered name is Swede Farm Princess Luling. I don't know what her barn name is going to be yet. Suggestions? She is very prissy; a "carry me!" goat.
She is younger than the boys by 2 weeks or so.
This is the last of my goat buying for a while, unless some *amazing* deal comes up on a registered Alpine doe or doeling... but I will no longer be looking for goats this year.
I want to say that LeeAnne and Katarina at Swede Farms were terrific! Their goats look healthy, "well conditioned", and friendly. The farm smelled like a CLEAN farm, hay and straw. LeeAnne and her family were helpful, sweet and honest, and I couldn't have asked for a better conversation.  Even the children were knowledgeable!
If anyone is in the market for Alpine, Lamanchas, Mini-Manchas or Nubians somewhere near Hempstead, Texas, I very much recommend Swede Farms.
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04/14/11, 04:27 PM
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To heck with a bunch of diamonds and Hallmark; say it with goats!
LOLOLOLOLOL
love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04/14/11, 04:29 PM
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Already said it in an email but I'll say it again...
Awwwwwwwww!
I'm so happy for you and your new babies are precious!
Alder is colored very similar to Sam....just thicker black trim
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04/14/11, 04:32 PM
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More dharma, less drama.
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She's definately LuLu.
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04/14/11, 04:34 PM
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Cutie patooties! I love the suck face!
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04/14/11, 04:49 PM
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Very sweet and what a great birthday gift!
But . . . are you sure Ash is an Alpine? Looks like a Saanen to me! :happy0035:
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04/14/11, 06:16 PM
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She who waits....
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He is a white Alpine. His sire is the same. You cannot show a white Alpine (color is a show disqualification) but you can register one. ~chuckles~
I think he is going to be SO pretty in front of a cart!
His sire (as well as the doeling's sire) is "Soldier Mountain Jarvis Dixie Gent", and he is also pure white.
Alice, it has been decided....the doeling is Lulu!
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Caliann
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04/14/11, 06:18 PM
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Farming with a Heart
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Quote:
Christmas? Buy her goats.
Anniversary? Buy her goats.
Birthday? Buy her goats.
To heck with a bunch of diamonds and Hallmark; say it with goats!
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I know how that feels! My husband knows this well
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04/14/11, 06:40 PM
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Well Happy Birthday! it sounds like you got everything you wished for this year & they are all so darned cute!!
Love all the names, even LuLu but I was going to say she looked like a Dutchess.
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04/14/11, 06:58 PM
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Lulu is PERFECT! (much better than suck face LOL!!!) Those babies are darling! I LOVE Alder...spectacular! I'll trade you him for a ND doe (age unknown) that comes with a mare for him?? hahaha! 
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04/14/11, 07:10 PM
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She who waits....
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Alder IS way cool. So cool that I have asked LeeAnne if he is able to be registered, and, if so, how much I would owe her if I kept him as a registered buck instead of wethering him next week.
But about that mare and doe........
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Caliann
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04/14/11, 07:19 PM
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ADORABLE!!! Happy Birthday! I have GOT to get my hubby in the habit of buying me animals for my birthday.
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04/14/11, 08:17 PM
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Enabler!
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Too cute Congrats 
So the woman who did a poll and decided on Nubians went Alpine, lol.
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04/14/11, 08:22 PM
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So so cute! I like Dutchess for a name for the one.
Or...
Birthday card - 3.59
cake from the store - 12.99
goat for your birthday - priceless.
So my imput for a name is - Priceless.
Last edited by Oat Bucket Farm; 04/14/11 at 08:24 PM.
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04/14/11, 08:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO
She's definately LuLu.
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EXACTLY what I was thinking!
They are all adorable! Congrats! Your hubby is a smart man!
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04/14/11, 08:34 PM
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I missed the post were Lulu was suggested. I agree,its a good name too.
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04/14/11, 08:35 PM
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Too cute!!!! Thanks for posting pics! I have one registered Alpine doe. She is the matriarch of the herd! The rest are Nubians, LaManchas, Boers, LaBoers. Happy birthday!
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04/14/11, 10:44 PM
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Hey, I just wanted to say...
*THUNK.
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04/14/11, 11:03 PM
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The more time I spend with my Alpines, the more I appreciate their attitudes. I would love to throw some Soldier Mountain genetics into our herd.
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04/14/11, 11:33 PM
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How great!! Happy Birthday!!!!!
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