Bella Vita Canyon

05/23/2024

It's Heritage Breeds Week! Photos are selected images of my San Clemente Island Goats, and my Mottled Java chickens.

04/19/2024

Little Solare (Italian for solar) is learning how to do a selfie! I told her she needs to stay farther from the phone...😍😂😉

04/18/2024

Baby goats rule this morning! 12 days old and so cute! Eclissi and Solare.

04/07/2024

Good morning! Announcing the arrival of two doelings! Dam is Henz&Houndz Mary Jane (aka Emmie) X Prodigy Farms Pelle (aka Flash). They are 92.2% New Hampshire line and granddaughters of the famous Felicity! I will keep them here for now. I know, it's blatantly very selfish! They are Bella Vita's Eclissi and Solare (Italian for Solar Eclipse).

04/01/2024

Welcome to Spring! I'm loving my small herd. Each one is unique in personality and I am cherishing them. 2 bucks, Flash & Valentino. 1 adorable, sweet wether, Manolo & his dam, Molly. 3 adult New Hampshire line does: Emmie (due in 5 days), Charlotte & Pearl. The twins, Paolo & Perla, and the teenager, Veloce. I'm thankful for each and every one of them, and how they make me happy just watching them.

12/27/2023

Please welcome our newborns, Bella Vita's Paolo and Perla! Born today and thriving. Dam, Diamond J Farm Pearl x Sire, Bella Vita's Amando. They are 67.2% New Hampshire line.

12/21/2023

We've had 3 inches of rain in 3 days and more coming today. I'm so glad the goat pens are not as muddy as they would have been. We have stall mats in the right places and a French drain at a notoriously bad spot in the past. The goats all have their shelters and are mostly staying dry. It's all good, and a Happy Solstice!

12/15/2023

Miss Pearl is due to have babies on 12/26. The suspense is building! She is getting wider!
She is the Herd Queen. She is 4 years old and was born here as one of triplets. So far she has had 3 sets of twins and one single.
What will she have this year? She sure is looking big...

12/04/2023

Introducing the Bella Vita Canyon online storefront for San Clemente Island Goat tee shirts and sweat shirts! A portion of all sales is donated to the San Clemente Island Goat Breeders Association to help this special breed flourish!

Multiple colors and multiple sizes. The buck featured in this artwork is Bella Vita's own Phoenix - a majestic and gentlemanly buck.

10/30/2023

Oooohhh! Halloween! Goats!

10/14/2023

Help to save a Critically Endangered Goat breed, become a Friend of Felicity for $10 and get this high quality, vinyl sticker!

WHY DONATE?

To be part of an effort to increase food security by saving genetics that may be needed to combat future pests, diseases, and environmental shifts. DNA testing shows San Clemente Island Goats as a distinctly unique breed unrelated to other tested breeds. “The Felicity Project” and the SCIGBA’s genetic strategic plan will ensure the breed’s genetic diversity is available in the future.

If everyone reading this post were to donate $10 to become a "Friend of Felicity," Step 1 in our genetic preservation would be fully funded. In a show of our appreciation, receive this logo sticker.

The San Clemente Island Goat Breeders Association is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.

10/10/2023

Oh, look how I used my Felicity Miracles tote bag - picking up some art supplies for a new student! How will you use yours and show your Goat Pride? Comment below for how to get yours.

10/05/2023

What is "The Felicity Miracles" Project? Learn about this Ground-Breaking Genetics Project, using current technology to infuse a rare Line of this Critically Endangered goat breed.

The San Clemente Island Goat Breeders Association's Genetics Committee has launched this exciting project to preserve the genetics of our last living 100% New Hampshire Line goat, Mack Brin Farms Felicity, who is in NY. We need everyone's help to raise the funds needed to pull it off. Choose your gift and donation level. How about a Felicity Miracles Logo Tote bag?

06/11/2023

Oh! Starting the day with a kiss from a baby goat is so precious! At 3 weeks old, Veloce is big enough to get on the shed where her mama likes to have breakfast, at face level with me - she's been a little timid but this morning decided I needed a goat kiss💋

05/25/2023

Announcing the birth of Bella Vita's Veloce! A beautiful doeling, to Lucky Clover Isabella x Prodigy Farms Pelle aka Flash. She is 90.7% New Hampshire line, granddaughter to Mack Brin Farms Felicity, our last surviving 100% New Hampshire Line San Clemente Island goat. She has a white flash on her side, just like her daddy. Thus her Italian name for Flash! (pronounced vay-LOH-chay). She is staying here with us for now! Too cute to part with.

03/20/2023

I was sitting with Pearl on Thursday while she was getting through the first stages of labor, and we were listening to Yo Yo Ma... watching the clouds and just being there. It was so meditative! And then she had perfectly gorgeous twin doelings! Welcome to the world little beauties! Contributing to preservation of the New Hampshire Line. Meet Flora and Frezia!

03/06/2023

Meet Fiorello!

03/06/2023

The little buckling has already been scooped up by a new SCIG breeder in my county! I'm very excited! She named him Fiorello, love it!

03/06/2023

Our newest arrival, a gorgeous, vigorous buckling, born to Little River Charlotte on Friday. True to the breed there were no issues or complications, even for this 12-year-old doe!

10/18/2022

We have 3 does bred right now, and it is very exciting to be growing new babies! If you are looking to expand your herd next year, consider getting on my waiting list! I'm on the Central Coast of California and I have mostly New Hampshire line goats. One doe is due in December with high Tepper line percent kids, also. Here's a photo of Pearl, who was just bred today. She is Her Majesty, the Herd Queen.

09/25/2022

Here are photos of my current San Clemente Island Goats! 6 does, 2 bucks, 1 wether (puppy-goat).

02/14/2022

Please welcome our new babies, Valentino and Valentina! Born to Little River Charlotte's Daughter today. Our last kids for this year, so precious.

01/23/2022

Update! 4 kids will be going to Idaho! I have 3 baby San Clemente Island Goats still available, who will be old enough to go to new homes mid March. They are very healthy and adorable. We are in California, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco near the coast. PM me at Laurel Sherrie. Email at [email protected]. Thanks!

01/18/2022

Having the honor and pleasure of raising baby goats once a year is hard to put a value on, and occasionally there is one that is even more special than the others, the way it takes time to relate to a human. Manolo is one and brings so much joy. He is one of eight babies right now, a San Clemente Island goat, an endangered breed.

12/24/2021

Here is Verona! Born on 12/13/2021, she is 69% NH and quite unrelated to Antonio (below). Here's your Christmas present you've been hoping for! 🌲

12/23/2021

I will be offering a buckling, Antonio, born 11/12, and a doeling, Verona, born 12/13, as a breeding pair. They are quite unrelated and are both of the New Hampshire bloodline. Inquiries welcome! The one in front on this photo is Antonio.

11/18/2021

Isabella is the best mama to these two.

11/13/2021

Please welcome 2 new San Clemente Island bucklings, born 11/12/2021! Amando on the left, Antonio on the right. Born to Lucky Clover Isabella and Bella Vita's Cabrillo. They are 84% New Hampshire bloodline.

10/31/2021

Hi there, just a reminder that I will have SCI goat kids soon. I'm in California. Let me know if you would like to get on my Waiting List. I specialize in the New Hampshire bloodline of the SCIGs and have kids due with 2 does in November, 1 doe in December and 1 in February. New kids are probably the very best part of having these goats, so it is exciting!