Each year, the end of April marks one of my favorite seasons of the year. It’s not summer, but it’s show season. The first show of the season is always the Weld County Goat Extravaganza held in Greeley, Colo. This show allows me to show both Boer and dairy goats, connect with other breeders and hopefully bring home a few ribbons. Usually I head up to the show on either Friday night or Saturday morning. However, this year I was in Alamosa for a very special occasion. For the past 20 months, I have been involved in a program called the Colorado Agricultural Leadership Program. Through this program I have…

Finally, I am almost done with kidding season. It has spanned since the beginning of February, and I have had babies born nearly every week since that time. There are only two dairy does left to kid, and I can’t wait for those babies to hit the ground and to be done with birthing babies. I love the process, but I’m ready for it to be finished. To date, I have had 31 live babies born on the farm. It certainly seems like a lot, but at this point is not overwhelming. The dams do a good job raising their young, and I have only had to assist with a…

This last month has been one giant waiting game, which has left me with little sleep every night. However, that’s what it’s like when it’s baby season. This past month has been busy. I had five wether does kid, two purebred Boer goats kid, one fullblood Boer doe and one Nigerian Dwarf kid. All together I had 19 goats born, which included three sets of triplets. We had seven born for show wether and four percentage does that will likely be retained to grow the wether program. Most of the does were able to kid on their own, and I only needed to assist with three total. The first was…