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Baby Jr.

Baby is one of the first girls we purchased. Actually, she should have been named Cry Baby. She is the first one to the gate whenever someone goes outside and is very vocal, liking a lot of attention. Since having her first kid, she has mellowed a lot. Of course, it could just be that her mama's most recent girls (Big Sister and Little Sister) have taken over the spot of being the most vocal.

Maggie

Maggie is our other first girl. With blue eyes and waddles, she appears to be somewhat shy around humans, but her personality is that of the sneaky kid. She is third in line to be the queen bee, behind Reba, then Queenie. She is constantly climbing to the top of things and butting others off her various perches. Maggie is also our curious girl, often standing with her head cocked sideways to watch what you are doing.

Reba

Reba came to us at almost 8 yrs old. No doubt about it, she IS our queen bee. She also likes the attention and doesn't want others to share her time. In addition to being Baby Jr.'s mama, Reba provided our first baby born on our farm - Little Bit. She has now give us two more girls, Big Sister and Little Sister.

Penny

Penny has blue eyes and waddles, with a little mouse voice. She is very shy and tends to stand back until last, often getting pushed around by everybody else. But she is very sweet and loving. When it comes times for brushing, she doesn't like to take turns. She thinks it's her turn all day.

Pepper

Pepper is our only polled girl and has brown eyes and is really small. She is more needy, wanting to be petted and noticed. Brush time, she doesn't take a back seat to anyone, pushing and shoving everyone out of her way!

Funny how things happen!

They do everything together!

Penny and Pepper came to us as a set and although they are not twins, you would think that they were. They are inseparable, often holding their heads across each others. When it came time for the put them in the stalls prior to birthing, since their due dates were only six days apart, we placed them in one stall so they could comfort one another. Once I realized Pepper was in labor, I left Penny in the adjoining stall with the door open between them so they could still see each other. Pepper had been in labor for a short while, up and down, pawing a nest, all the normal things they do to get situated. Once she laid down and starting to push, I looked over and noticed that Penny had started a mucous string. She had quietly also gone into labor. Remember, they were supposed to be six days apart. Here I was with two first timers in labor, my husband was at work. I'm starting to get a little bit panicky! Pepper gave birth and just five short minutes later, Penny gave birth. Both girls had to see each other's babies. Now that is what I call friendship.

Daisy

Daisy was purchased as a "milk" goat, one with bigger spigots! She is probably a Nubian and Alpine cross and came to us with very little information and was already bred. When we bought her, she didn't make any noises - no bleating, bawling, nothing. After an emergency separation, we found out she could, and did, make noises. Now she bleats just like the rest of the girls, although it sounds more like a cow mooing. And of course, while she was pregnant, she grunted - a lot! Now, she's added a few moans and groans with her grunts, so I guess it wasn't pregnancy after all. Maybe just her old age? She is the second oldest one here (currently 5 year old).

Little Bit (from Reba and 4Boot Farm Ben)

Little Bit was the first baby born to our farm. Watching her grow and learn was so amazing. It took us a while to figure it out, but she had a touch of the myotonic gene (that is, fainting goat) in her. It didn't happen often, but at times of excitement or whenever she would run seemed to trigger her "faint". Unfortunately, in August 2008 we lost her to anaphylactic shock.

Sassafras (from Daisy and BigUn)

Sassafras, or Sassy for short, was the second kid born on our farm. Born to Daisy, along with her twin buckling, Sox. In April 2009, she had her first kids, a buckling and a doeling. She is a very attentive mother. If her kids get out of sight, she is calling them back.

The Heart Family		Our first registered herd members, the Heart Family consists of mama Queen of Hearts (Queenie for short), SuzyQ and Minxy. Queenie is second in line for queen bee around here. She is black with frosted ears and white on her head between her horns and has blue eyes. She just loves being petted. If you don't pay attention to her, she will nibble on your clothing to get your attention. Or sometimes she will gently bite you. Ouch.
	SuzyQ is a two tone goat: the front half is brown and the back half is black. She also has blue eyes. She is more quiet than her mama and sister but still likes being petted as much as anyone else. Mama seems to favor Minxy over SuzyQ and I think this is sad, so I try to give her a little extra attention. No fair playing favorites, Queenie!
	Minxy is solid black with about six hairs tipped in white on top of her head. Although Minxy has brown eyes, when she looks at you with those huge eyes, she just melts your heart. She has had a personality change since having her first kid. Minxy used to be hard to pet but now loves the extra attention; maybe because she gets extra grain with no one to disturb her, a special sleeping spot, hay that she doesn't have to share, you get the idea. She is an extremely protective mama and appears to be really good at it. She will hike her leg to allow you to milk her with no reservations about it. When it's time for mamas to get their extra feed, they are penned up and fed individually. Minxy gets so excited her whole body wags along with her tail, like a little puppy dog.

	Big Sister (from Reba and Brock)	Big Sister, born in December 2008, is twin to Little Sister. She is our newest jumper. If you are anywhere near her, she likes to see just how far she can jump. And if you are bent over, she will be on your back and especially loves being on your shoulders when you stand up. I guess she is not afraid of heights. She would rather be on your back than be petted. Now that she is getting bigger, I have learned to discourage that trick.
	Little Sister (from Reba and Brock)	Little Sister (twin to Big Sister). When she was born, we didn't think she would survive as she was only 2.2 pounds to Big Sister's 4.6 pounds. She quickly grew and is only slightly smaller than her sis. Her personality is more laid back and reserved, totally opposite than Big Sister. Little Sister loves being petted. She has also taken Baby Jr.'s place for being the loudmouth of the bunch. She is the alarm clock for feed time and is very impatient about it, starting in when she thinks it's time and not stopping until her head is in the feed bowl.

Kuddles (from Penny and Buckwheat)

Kuddles loves being held, even for hours at a time. She will also paw at your leg or rears up and stretches for all she's worth if you don't pay attention. Mostly, she just jumps right into your lap whenever she gets a chance. Kuddles is extremely fond of Baby Jr. for some reason and often sleeps with her instead of her mama (Penny). Of course, sometimes she sleeps with Kisses and Pepper. Guess she likes sleep overs.

Kisses (from Pepper)

Kisses looks like her mama. And like her mama, she is somewhat shy. I think it is mostly because the others are more forward and she gets pushed to the back. However, she will paw on your leg to get your attention. Before she began to eat grain, while the mamas were eating, Kisses would go down the row and try all the faucets. When the mamas would lift their leg and push her on, she just went to the next one. She wasn't particular.

Peanut (from Minxy and Buckwheat)

Peanut was named because she was so tiny and has remained small so far. I don't know what color you would call her, but her hair is black next to her skin and white on the tips with a tan tint in there somewhere. She has black markings over her eyes that reminds me of Morticia (of the Adams family) and her eye shadow. Peanut races around like Speedy Gonzales and hides her nose when she is afraid. At one week old, she had already started learning all the bad things - like jumping on backs, crying for attention when she is left alone, demanding extra time. When mama is out of sight she stands there and cries. Mama will hear her in the distance and mama also stands there and cries. Neither one will give in and go to the other one. Peanut usually wins the battle. Stubborn as she may be, I think she might be a keeper!

Glory (from Sassy and Buckwheat)

Glory, twin to Blaze, was the smallest of the two at only 4 pounds (she is part Alpine/Nubian and part Nigerian Dwarf). When Blaze was born, Sassy decided to stand up for her delivery - both of them. I caught him as he was being born. In the process of helping mama clean him up, precisely four minutes later, still standing mind you, we hear a kerthunk, and Glory had been born. She just jumped right out onto the floor. That must be why she is pretty tough around all the other girls, having started life in such a rough manner.

All the girls loves to be brushed and do NOT like taking turns. Most of them have to be pushed away in order to brush someone else. They also loves treats of any kind. You could probably get them to turn cartwheels just to get a treat.

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