Hidden Acres Farm was originally supposed to be a dairy goat farm. We were going to start a small goat herd and make cheese; that's it. We've read every goat related book in publication, taken cheese making classes, been to "Goat School," visited numerous goat farms and creameries, and even took a goat soap making class. Roughly four years later we have a small vegetable farm and CSA, a great hand painted sign with two goats on it, but no goats. It's not certain how that happened, but it may have to do with running out of goat books to read and getting lost on the internet. Regardless, we are finally getting goats! We put a deposit down on two Nigerian Dwarf goats (isn't everything better in miniature?) from Sunflower Farm. The owners are very nice and knowledgeable, their goats are healthy and happy, and their barn is so clean (we have a thing for clean barns). The kids should be born around April and ready to come to the farm in June. We still haven't decided if we want to start with two wethers in order to get into goat husbandry without the added stress of milking, or if we want one wether and one doe, to breed and milk within the next year or so after we've had some practice. Either way, they'll be an adorable addition to the Hidden Acres Farm family.
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