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The Belles of Briden Farm

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The Belles of Briden Farm

It’s that time of year when all good Goat Herders put bells on their Goats! Don’t get me wrong, I am all in favour of hunting, wild game, and wouldn’t be insulted at all if someone brought me some! Having said that, there are those, not so apt, hunters who have the bad habit of shooting before they have a clear view of what they’re shooting at! Thus, once September rolls around, it’s time for our Belle’s to don their Bells! 

Pictured above are Eve, our 11 year old Saanen Doe. Nanna, and our new little girl, Stella. The later two are Nigerian Dwarf Goats. 

We Now Have Two Goats Milking

Two Goats Milking At Briden Farm

Not quite sure what we’re going to do with the extra milk, but now that Nanna’s kids, Robbie and Nickie, have moved to their new home, we get to milk Nanna. We really wondered how that would go!?  Thankfully, while she put up a little struggle, She gave us a litre of nice creamy milk, on the first milking, Nanna is our only remaining doe of our Nigerian Dwarf Goats. Her ease of milking, my ability to milk her, and the incredible taste of the milk means we’ll be holding on her. Our other Doe, Eve, is an 11 year old Saanen Dairy Goat who continues to give us nearly two quarts of milk a day; even though she hasn’t been bred in over two years! 

So, now that we’ll be getting about 3 or more Quarts of Milk a day! What do we do with it all? We’ll drink what we can, make more cheese, and with Nigerian Dwarf Goats, in this case Nanna’s, milk ranging in the 6-10% Butter Fat, we’ll even try our hand at making fresh butter! 

Do you have any suggestions for other uses for milk? If so, be sure to post them in the Comments or give us a call 902-907-0770. 

Expanding Our Woodland Pastures

Hauling Cages For Fencing

Today we’re working to move nine loads of 9 old mink cages toward the back of our Pasture area. These cages will be used to make fencing for our Nigerian Dwarf Goats and Berkshire Tamworth Hogs. 

The kind of exciting thing about this is, up till now, we’ve been turning all the previous little rotational pastures, averaging around 1000-1500 sq ft each, into garden plots. This new area will be the first actual woodland area that may get turned into a forage and pasture feed area. 

It’s also getting me to Wonder, where next! The area beyond the current pasture area is where the old hay field was, or is, and it needs to be rejuvenated. However, across from the current pastures is a possibility as it is thicker an would make a good goat and pig pasture. However, it’s probably also where I can get the most accessible firewood. The other possible area is right up hill of our house, which used to be gardens, and is also the easiest to get electric fencing setup on, which is also likely our next go to! 

As always, we invite you to leave your fears behind and come embrace the fun at Briden Farm, where the Tea is always on, and the Coffee is not far behind!