Animal Profiles: Lady Goats
I’ve been asked a number of times to do little introductions of our farm animals, so here they are!
We will begin with our two mama goats. Tansy and Rosemary are sisters, two girls from a set of triplet Nigerian Dwarf does (a doe is a female goat). I jumped on the waitlist a bit before Michael, before they were ready to be weaned and leave their mama— who was gorgeous! They came from Bellemeadow Farm, and their breeder, Becky, is a treasure. She has never hesitated to offer goat advice, and has been an enormous help with the occasional sick goat, or weird goat birth situation.
Despite being twins, the girls are remarkably different. Tansy is darker in color, quiet, and sweet. She is shy with strangers, but once she trusts someone, she is loyal and sociable. While I’ve never administered an IQ test to our goats, I suspect she is the brightest. Tansy is also an incredible mama, and has given us our sweetest goat on the farm.
Rosemary is lighter in color (a gorgeous color, with the prettiest markings), and is brash and intense. She knows what she wants, and goes for it, no matter what is in her way. Rosie is extremely food motivated, and will socialize with anyone if she gets cookies out of the deal. She is one of our loudest goats, which really saying something. The only goat louder than her is her son, Sage. I wonder where he learned it… 😉
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