23/06/2024
We are working on getting Grey Owl used to being milked.
I took this photo because...BRISKET!
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23/06/2024
Tamen on her way out to the doe's loafing shed after this morning's milking. I think she is afraid she will melt.
23/06/2024
Hey Kevin, Check out these photos! Wyl with your girls; Miss General, McNugget and Buffalo
23/06/2024
Marilyn and family at Stomping C Farms are doing good things with their Old Mountain Farm goats!
I recently learned that Old Mountain Farm Brave Naomi was Grand Champion Junior Doe at a show she attended.
Thanks Marilyn and family for helping Naomi to put her best hoof forward.
23/06/2024
Speckled Sussex
22/06/2024
21/06/2024
I did a thing! A very irresponsible thing! A very exciting thing!
I have always admired the Dreahook herd. Kathy had been on my kid waiting list for what seemed like forever. This year I was able to finally send her a beautiful buckling and that opened up conversation between Kathy and I. I told her that I did not need more goats but I kept having this niggling idea in the back of my brain that it would be fun to get a silver doe. I don't usually fall for fads when it comes to goats, my favorite being a plain gold goat. Perhaps I have been drawn to the silver more because my very first miniature goat was a silver that was sold to me as a Pygmy. It was before the Nigerian Dwarf had separated out from the Pygmies. At that time all small goats in the USA were called Pygmies but he was definitely from the stock that ended up being named Nigerian Dwarf.
Anyway, Kathy and I talked about silvers and her goats in general. Several weeks went by and over that period of time, I had gone to Kathy's website a few times and each time my eye went to one doe in particular. I finally got brave and asked Kathy if she might consider letting her come here to Old Mountain Farm. Kathy said "yes". Then a couple more weeks passed and I started thinking how much easier a move it would be for two adult does to move together. I had a doe from her herd in mind but I thought, "no way will she let her go". I asked Kathy and she said "yes".
Then, I thought, "what have I done?". You see for years now I have pretty much made it a point to only buy goats that were born here, goats that someone has offered back to me. Even then it is only occasionally. I am too much of a biosecurity freak to want to do that too often. Besides, I tell people all the time I am on the downhill side of the slope when it comes to being a goat farmer. I really should be thinking about downsizing, not adding more.
The second doe caught my eye for so many reasons. She has an amazing udder among other attributes BUT she is sired by *B Old Mountain Farm Sayomis. Up until last night when both of these does arrived (thank-you Brian) I only had one Sayomis relative, a grand daughter named Bold Ersa. Also, Sayomis' grand dam is my all time favorite Old Mountain Farm Doe; SGCH 2* M ARMCH Old Mountain Farm Nutmeg 2*D 'E' AR 1897.
Introducing "Dreahook QS Silver Vireo" and "Dreahook SAY Grey Owl".
20/06/2024
Barnyard Mix
CHICKS (mixture of ages)
👀 4 new 🏠
18/06/2024
Pullets
Barnyard Mix
👀 4 new 🏠
17/06/2024
What do you notice about this milk?
It’s a full gallon of unhomogenized raw milk from grassfed Jersey cows that’s been sitting long enough for the cream to rise to the top.
I’ve been drinking it every day for two years and I’ll keep drinking it regardless of the bird-flu fearpron.
Just shake it up before pouring!
I have beef cattle on my farm, not dairy cows. But I own a herdshare in a herd of Jersey cows and that’s where this comes from.
Store-bought pasteurized milk upsets my stomach, but this does not. If you think you’re lactose intolerant and had to stop drinking milk, try raw milk!
16/06/2024
Happy Heavenly Father's Day Daddy, you are loved and every day, you are missed immensely. The world felt safer and life felt fuller with you here.
16/06/2024
Thanks Dorothy for making the trek east, having confidence in our herd genetics and giving DewDrop a loving home.
16/06/2024
Found Wyl four more girlfriends today 😁
15/06/2024
We have some pretty thoughtful neighbors. Thank-you Amy for gifting us with this beautiful bouquet of peonies and for the tasty goodies too.
15/06/2024
I was very pleased when I got a message about a week ago from Zoe Ann asking if she and her daughter; Cindy could come visit us and the goats. Zoe Ann moved away many years ago but when she used to be a neighbor, she and I would trade milk for soap. Zoe Ann made wonderful soap. When Zoe Ann arrived here the other day she handed me this towel which she had made for me. I love it! Thank-you Zoe Ann! I hope when you are in the area next year that you will visit us again. Safe travels.
15/06/2024
I am waiting for someone to guess what this is.
14/06/2024
This news is so very sad. Out of all the people I have met over the years, especially during our many years of showing, there are a small handful that truly made lasting impressions. Allen was right at the top of that list. I quite often think of him while I am out doing my chores and always get a warm feeling just recalling our interactions. He was a kind, gentle compassionate soul. He was knowledgeable and had such a quiet easy manner about him. I loved showing my goats under him because I always knew that I would learn from him. RIP Mr. Allen Cunningham
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14/06/2024
This is Old Mountain Farm Indica Dream.
Her 2Leg; Marilyn at Stomping C Farms contacted me recently with the good news about Indica. She had been awarded Grand Champion Junior Doe under judge; Erica Noble at the REDGA (Redwood Empire Dairy Goat Association) show in Santa Rosa, California. Thanks go out to Marilyn and family for helping Indica put her best hoof forward.
13/06/2024
Each year, during National Dairy Goat Awareness Week, I enjoy making these graphics featuring our does. This year, I am just not finding time to make one so I thought I would make a post showing the previous year's posts.
13/06/2024
Today's episode of "Is that goat dead?" featured Smaht Pill.
13/06/2024
Brian Murdock's 135-year family farm legacy could be in jeopardy as Idaho issues its largest water curtailment in state history.
13/06/2024
Cades Cove Cantilever Barn
“When those hated tax men finally made his way up to Cades Cove and started pokin’ around and assessing property tax on the folks who lived there, they quickly realized that it was the footprint square footage that determined the tax rate on each building. Well, the w***y mountaineers quickly changed the design of their sheds incorporating a smaller footprint with a larger overhang, and just like that, they cut the property taxes on the building in half and the Cantilever Barn was born. At one time, there were nearly 200 of these barns in Sevier and Blount Counties. The barn had additional benefits such as allowing for storage for tools and even provided a place to get out of the rain for the smarter cows.” -Squire Elroy
13/06/2024
I am so proud of my little ZoeRoe. She really stuck to her strict diet this spring and has lost all the extra weight she has been carrying around for the last couple of years. Now if her 2Leg could only have the same resolve and lose that last ten pounds that she wants too.
13/06/2024
Old Mountain Farm ZvetLana
13/06/2024
8th of May
13/06/2024
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Tamen on her way out to the doe's loafing shed after this morning's milking. I think she is afraid she will melt.
Tamen Quinn...another "itchy brisket".
Seems like pretty weird behavior until you realize that Ty has a branch under her brisket bone which apparently is the perfect way to scratch an itch.
Thank-you Josh for cleaning the "Great Room". The does were very grateful at dinnertime as was I.
Could it be true?!?! Pinch me!
Look at this weirdness I found this morning when I stepped out the back door onto our patio. These bugs were skimming along the wet surface of the cement. We could not figure out what they were.
Helpful Hanny
I think it is so sweet how happy they can be just because they get to dig in the dirt.
Cindie Collins the goats wanted me to thank you for their new scratchy things 🙂
My sweet and funny little Quinoa. Who I believe is copper toxic. I have learned a lot over the past few years and definitely feel differently about supplemental copper than I used to. Since I have been learning about Copper/Zinc, I have managed to get Quinoa to show me huge health improvements although she is not all better and I am not sure if she ever will be. She did however conceive and kid out quadruplets this year (which she had not done for three years previously). Copper binds with Zinc and our Quinoa has all the symptoms of a serious Zinc deficiency/Copper toxicity. Foaming at that mouth is one of them. ADDED text: So many questions... In this doe's case she shows several symptoms of copper toxicity. Foaming at the mouth, dry, rough hair coat, intermittent weepy eyes, crusty, flaky skin with serum in the worst cases on backs of front legs, ears, muzzle and around eyes with balding in those places too. Sometime along spine also. The clincher symptom though is the seriously roached loin on a doe that used to be tabletop level. Copper toxicity means zinc deficiency. The fact that a zinc deficiency is often mistaken for a copper deficiency means that people quite often do the exact opposite of what the goat needs and actually exacerbate the situation. WHAT DID I do that has seemed to WORK? I did a bunch of stuff that didn't so I won't mention it here but here is some of the things that may have contributed to a recovery: I removed alfalfa and don't give kelp as often as I did (both are high in calcium). I tried to be better about keeping the zinpro feeder full. I tried so many human zinc supplements even tasty elderberry zinc chewables but no luck. Most of my goats, said "no way am I going to swallow that". So then I tried Liquid zinc about once a week. That was easier to make sure it got into her but did not see too much of a difference. I also gave Vitamin EAD injection twice yearly rather than once. What really seemed to do the trick is finding some
Wyl and I went out to the pond a couple of days ago and worked at breaking branches that were in the water so that the frog eggs that remained moist so far (but that were caught up in the branches) would stay in the water as the water continued to recede rather than stick to branches and dry out. While out there, Wyl scooped up a handful of eggs so that we could observe them for a moment and.. yay, there are some live wigglers in there.
Gives "boxing" a whole new meaning.
We lost several trees to this heavy wet snow and high winds. There is also a two large twin pines that are leaning and have me worried about our "mule shed". Trying to get a tree guy out here to take care of it. I don't think that is going to be easy. Also broken fences to contend with. ugh.
Old Mountain Farm I'm No Fool (doeling) Sire: +*B Old Mountain Farm Bravo Quinn Dam: 3*M AR Old Mountain Farm ZoeRoe
Zoe with her new daughter; "NottaFool".
They're back! (turn up the sound)
This time he was able to escape without much effort. Notice the big smile and thumbs up at the end of the video? 😄
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