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Goats

[Golden Guernsey Goats]

Gilly the goat arrived with Gemma her kid late in November 2007 and settled in well. They are Golden Guernsey goats and are very affectionate and have a docile nature. Gemma is very playful and loves clambering on the straw bales.

Gilly had a kid named Samuel during our Easter Monday 2008 Open Day. See the pictures in the photo gallery.

We milked Gilly every morning and usually got between 750ml-1 litre of milk every day. We used this ourselves and any milk remaining at the end of the day was used to feed our bottle fed lamb, Crocus. We also made some goats cheese, which was mild but delicious!

[Georgina the Golden Guernsey Goat] [Georgina the Golden Guernsey Goat]

Unfortunately Samuel had to be put down at the end of September 2008 as he had complications with his waterworks. We were given another female Golden Guernsey, Georgina, who is about the same age as Samuel, so we take her out instead.

[Gilly and Stephen] [Jenny and Stephen]

Gilly gave birth to Stephen in March 2009 and Gemma had Jenny a few days later. Stephen has been castrated so we will be keeping both goat kids.

In March 2010, Gilly had Jacob and Gemma gave birth to James & Jerry. They have been castrated so they can join the herd.