Happy Little Hooves Farm LLC

01/19/2025

01/18/2025

"🐐 Farm Update 🐑
We will be bedding down all the goats and sheep today for this upcoming nasty blast of cold air coming in on Sunday!
I have been sick the past few days, but thankfully my amazing Abby has been holding down the fort. Working a full-time job AND taking care of all the goats and sheep. You're a rockstar! ❤️

01/16/2025

Well, Bella decided to surprise us at 2 a.m. with three bouncing baby boys! 🎉 I tried to go live, but of course, the barn internet said, “Not today.” 🙄

This little adventure was not part of our plan. Turns out, last August, Legacy found the one doe in heat after the new gate between the boys’ and girls’ pastures wasn’t latched properly. Way to go, Legacy. 😑

So here we are, celebrating our very first oops babies on the farm. Congrats, Bella—you rocked it, even if this wasn’t on the schedule! 😂

01/14/2025

🌟 Exciting Conservation News! 🌟
Three days ago, our beloved Lucy blessed us with two healthy Arapawa bucklings! These precious kids represent more than just new additions to our farm - they're vital to preserving one of the rarest goat breeds in the world.

Arapawa goats, originally from New Zealand's remote Arapawa Island, are critically endangered with only a handful of breeding populations worldwide. Each birth helps secure the future of this unique heritage breed, known for their remarkable adaptability and distinctive characteristics.

Lucy's boys carry forward important genetics that help maintain breed diversity - crucial for the long-term survival of Arapawas.
Stay tuned to watch these little conservation ambassadors grow!

01/13/2025

Lucy one of our Critically endangered Arapawa Goats just gave birth Saturday evening to twin bucklings

01/13/2025

30 Days of Happiness!!!
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Day 6
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Thank you for nominating us 😊 Blooms & Blessings Farm! ♥️🫂♥️

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Today's picture~ our main barn at sunset. ♥️ We are very thankful for the shelter it provides 🥰

Today's nomination is The Witch's Way Homestead ♥️🫂♥️

Please go check out their page & show them your support!
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01/13/2025

30 Days of Happiness!!!
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Day 5
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Thank you for nominating us 😊 Blooms & Blessings Farm! ♥️🫂♥️

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Today's picture~ I can't help but be mesmerized & completely, utterly in love ♥️ with these 2 precious little nuggets! 😍

Lucy is being an ever doting mama, & our 2 latest Arapawa bucklings are sweet as pie; not a clue in the world of just how important they are to their critically endangered breed's continued existence.

Today's nomination is Flintrock Ridge Farm ♥️🫂♥️

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01/11/2025

Lucy is will be kidding today.

01/11/2025

Happy Saturday y'all! So. Due to our love of all things goat, especially our Arapawas, this 👇 is what our days continue to be filled with. Today, 150 days in, is Lucy's due date.

Current status: the childrens continue to refuse to join us, basically holding their mama & us hostage. Something about "it's too cold out there/no, we don't care that there's heat & milk available for us/we will see ya when WE decide we'll see ya/this is OUR show/go away, we're trying to get some sleep here" Pshhh....they're already divas. 🙄😒😮‍💨

We're praying they change their minds & join us fairly soon here. 💕🙏💕

What are you up to today? Comment below; we'd loved to know! 💕😊💕

01/11/2025

Lucy's kidding cam might 6

01/10/2025

30 Days of Happiness!!!
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Day 4
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Thank you for nominating us 😊 Blooms & Blessings Farm! ♥️🫂♥️

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Today's picture~ a beautiful bowl of food I collected around the farm earlier this year for my sulcata tortoise, Harland Clover. ♥️🐢♥️

Today's nomination is House Goat Haven ♥️🫂♥️

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01/10/2025

Celebrate a special moment by sending a Goat Gram! Brighten someone's day with a personalized video featuring our adorable goats, guaranteed to bring smiles and joy.

01/10/2025

Lucy's kidding cam night 5

01/09/2025

30 Days of Happiness!!!
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Day 3
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Thank you for nominating us 😊 Blooms & Blessings Farm! ♥️🫂♥️

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In support of her Homestead, & of Shirley the Nubian 🥰, I give you a Halloween glamor shot of Mr. Luke Duke, who is a full size nubian dairy buckling (I say that to distinguish him from a mini nub; as you see, he is MUCH smaller than normal "full size" babies his age). ♥️🥰♥️

Another group (besides our Arapawa goats), that we have a passion for, is our special needs goats. ♥️ We currently have 5 with special needs~ we firmly believe that they deserve as wonderful & long a life as our healthy goats. Their lives matter, & they deserve love.♥️

Luke Duke is the youngest of our special needs babies; he was around 5 months old in this pic, & he's almost 8 months old now! He was at least 1week premature, born to a first freshener (FF) that really didn't know what was going on. No way to completely verify how her kidding went, as he was found after she had him. We are pretty positive it was a rough birth, & that he possibly was stuck for a bit in the birth canal, resulting in blood oxygen loss/temporary cutoff. When they found him, his eyes were bulgy, & he had rear end weakness issues. I'm thinking either spine &/or nerve damage/swelling. When he drank his bottle here that first day, basically the only way he could move his tail was by literally vibrating it. We also thought he was partially to fully blind early on. But all things develop slower & behind schedule with a preemie. I still (& probably always will) call him my neuro baby ♥️🫂♥️; bc, well, he is. Even though my little darling is doing much better than when he first came here this summer, his precious little brain will always be a little broken 🥹 It doesn't matter one bit to us; he's perfectly imperfect, & we love him to the moon & back.

A few weeks ago, he was healthy & stable enough for us to wether him, which he's doing AMAZING with 🥰 He was released to us by his owner, & currently resides in my office; we don't know if the situation will ever allow for him to be outside FT. He definitely has & will continue to get outside supervised playtime! ♥️🥰♥️

Today's nomination is Black Single Mom Homestead On the Bayou (love & support you girl! 😘)

Please go check out her page & show your support! ♥️ Make sure to say hello to Shirley for me ♥️😉🐐♥️
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01/09/2025

Lucy kidding watch night 5

01/08/2025

I don't know about y'all, but this offends me as a farmer.🤪😅🤣🤣🤣

If we are keeping track of unfair advantages here, we're at rats- 4, humans- 0. God, I was SO much happier NOT knowing this. 🤦‍♀️😅

01/08/2025

30 Days of Happiness!!!
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Day 2
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Thank you for nominating us 😊 Blooms & Blessings Farm! ♥️🫂♥️

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August 2023~ Bringing our Arapawa buck, Black Phillip, home. ♥️🥰♥️

Today's nomination is The Goats That Cud (We ♥️ Eugene!) 🥰

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