Is she a Goat or a Dog? Whatever she is, she's got a little thing called SWAG!

Let's go for a walk...

I know, I am a goat, not a dog, but I love walks.

You get dressed up, they put  on fancy stuff 

 and everyone  admires me.  People go crazy 

when they  find  out  I'm  a  goat,  not  a  dog!  

Yes, I could get used to being a goat-dog, 

dog-goat, whatever they want to call me...

I just love, the love, and all the attention

I  get  on the  block...They  say, 

 I've  got  a thing  called  swag,  

and  swag is  good  for  me!        

New Kids on the Farm!

You have to check out the new kids on the farm. They are SO cute!  

Click on Link:

http://www.carolinamediastar.com/ShakyTail/ShakyTail1/Shaky_Tail_Farm_-_Animals.html

Nigerian Dwarf Goat Kids Have Arrived at Shaky Tail Farm!

Darling Little Doeling...

Newborn kids basking in the glow of the heat lamp!  

 When this little doeling was born, she didn't move,  she just laid there in the shavings under the heat lamp.  Two days after she was born, I went to the barn nursery hoping she was still alive, and there she was, leaping like a lamb. I was beside myself with joy...I knew this  little girl was going to make it.  Ping!  There she goes again.

Brrrr...I just love the heat lamp!  

Shaky Tail Women are Just like Miss Kay at Duck Dynasty; Proper!

Duck Dynasty 

Nigerian Dwarf Goats

Shaky Tail 

Nubian Goats 

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Shaky Tail Farm-Animals
Martha and Diego de la Vega

Friends

I get by with a little help from my FRIENDS!  

First Freshener

Fiona, a feisty little goat visiting our farm from End-O-Way Farm.  She is a Nigerian Dwarf dairy goat and a first freshener who came to teach me a thing a two about milking a goat!  Together we are learning!  She is learning how to stand still on the milk stand, and me, I am learning how to milk a kicking crazy dwarf goat that knows how to bust a move when I am trying to milk her.  She is pretending to be innocent and sweet looking  in this picture.

Fresh Goats Milk

Karen Stanger from End-O-Way Farm  gave Katerina, Mylena, and I  hand milking lessons and then we were on our own...This is the result!  Not bad for first time hand milking maidens Katerina and Mylena!    Poor Ellie, she did not eat on the stand, she kept bleating, and looking back at us.  On Karen's farm, all her goats stood on the stand and ate, no bleating!   I know we were not doing everything right on our own, but we did have fun doing it!  Poor Ellie will have to endure until the girls get the hang of hand milking a goat.   

For Sale-Nigerian Dwarf Goat Wether

Bandit-Black & White Wether

To cute, so sweet, and when you see him, you will want to take him home as a pet! Don't pass up this little guy! He is playful, loves kids, follows you everywhere, and is just plain adorable. This Nigerian Dwarf goat wether will be a playmate to your doe, a buddy for your buck, or a pet for your kids. He is a must see! Serious inquires only!  ShakyTailFarm@aol.com

Sold

Thank you Russell Family! 

 Bandit has a wonderful new home, 

 toys, food, new playyard,

 and a family that thinks

 the world of him.  

He is one lucky little goat!  

Caroline with Her Namesake, Caroline

This is Caroline with her namesake Caroline,
 an End-o-Way Nigerian Dwarf Dairy goat

 born at Gillis Hill Farm.  She found sweet Ellie
 in labor and delivery in her stall with 

one goat on the ground and Caroline
 about to be born.    This little girl 
 has come by the  barn   everyday  to visit

  her  little  namesake.  
 <3   Aren't they cute together?   <3

Frolicking Goat Kids!

The baby Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats, just a few days old, are already frolicking about in their stall.  Mama Ellie just looks on, amazed at what her kids are able to do in just days after being born, not months, like human babies.  Climbing, running, jumping...leaping like lambs!

A Buck and a Doe for Sweet Ellie!

Sweet Ellie gave birth to twins today at Gillis Hill Farm! It was so exciting, especially to one little girl named Caroline! Everyday since Ellie'e due date she has come by the barn to see if Ellie had given birth and I had to tell her, "no" not today, but this day promised to be different! I had errands to run and was not there when Caroline came by the barn, so she peaked in the stall, and there, laying in the straw, was a little baby goat buck. Caroline was beside herself with joy! She ran to the farm house to tell everyone that Ellie had given birth! That is when I got the phone call that I was a goat mama! I could hardly get to the barn fast enough! I arrived just after the birth of the second baby goat, a doe! I am happy that Caroline was the one to find Ellie, in labor, and yet to give birth to a little doe that we named after her! I know one little girl that has baby goats dancing in her dreams and know that her heart yearns to come by and see her little namesake...Until Tomorrow, Cindy

Big and Chunky!

No, I'm not coming out of the stall! 
I am B-I-G, I am C-H-U-N-K-Y,
a little Round, a little PLUMPY, P-L-U-M-P-Y!
There's somethin-something,
Happin' to me...
This goat is kidding, I say a double...
The way she walk, walk
The way she bleat, bleat,
Could be a triple, T-R-I-P-L-E!
When she due? Now-Now!
This girl is B-I-G, This girl is C-H-U-N-K-Y,
a little Round, a little PLUMPY, P-L-U-M-P-Y!

Tune to Madagascar 2: Big And Chunky

Goat Milk: The other white milk by Daniel Peterson from the July/August, 2005 issue of Dairy Goat Journal. Presenting information, ideas, and insights for everyone who raises, manages, or just loves goats.

Goat Milk: The other white milk by Daniel Peterson from the July/August, 2005 issue of Dairy Goat Journal. Presenting information, ideas, and insights for everyone who raises, manages, or just loves goats.