coming soon, Minelson.
I'll take pics of everyone while I'm at it. We have 2 full angoras, one is colored, one nipygora buck. (Mother is half pygmy, half angora, father half nigerian, half angora) And then a pygora who grows a self shedding cashmere coat in the winter. She didn't this year because we had a Saanen who beat the snot out of her and we had to sell. I won't keep mean animals. It went far beyond acceptable, normal "hey we are goats, lets butt each other silly." The Saanen doe nearly killed Violet, so we said enough is enough. All of her energy this winter went into healing, not growing cashmere. I'm so happy she is finally ok again.
I'll be getting another angora doe from Echoview Farm in NC in a few weeks, too, to further improve our line. We are going to be working with a man in NC on developing a triple purpose goat that would be good for small homesteads without much land so people can work toward more sustainablility. It's a project, we may fail, but it will be fun trying. But I figure, anything with muscle has meat, and anything with teats can provide some measure of milk. And if it grows a lovely spinning coat, well- so much the better!
My main focus here will be on the spinning coat and size- mini angora and cashmere typed goats are easier to pick up and flip around for shearing time, and I'm technically disabled but refusing the official diagnosis, because I don't want that label. Anyway, the smaller critters are FAR easier to handle for me, so when I saw just how SMALL Dosie was, I was over the moon. Right now I'm waiting for the fam to get home before I hobble out back to take pics. Just in case I need help, lol.
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