Hawks Mtn Ranch Pygora Goats

Pygora baby in the tall grass

2011-06-01T22:07:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

Every Wednesday is dedicated as our "Herd health day". This is where we round up the goats and have a list of various items that need to be taken care of.
This Wednesday, we will be rounding up all the kids. We plan on taking updated photos and descriptions of about 30 kids. We will be checking heads for scurs and redisbudding if needed. It's best to catch scurs now as they are still small and easy to remove. Once this is done, we will be rounding our few sheep friends as it's time for them to be sheared. After that, the time will be spent doing a list of chores around the farm. Everything from washing buckets, to moving plywood to the hay barn. It will be a very busy day.

If you are on facebook or thinking about joining, don’t forget to check out our goat photos at: www.facebook.com/HawksMountainRanch

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Take care,

Lisa

Our Pygora kids at Play!

2011-05-06T00:52:00.000-07:00

Photo taken 5/1/11

Hi Everyone,

I’m happy to announce that our 2011 Hawks Mtn Ranch Pygora kid list is now complete and I have e-mailed it to the first 3 people on our deposit list this evening. Once the first person has picked their kids, then I will send the list to the 4th person to view and so on. Once everyone on our pre-deposit list has picked their kids, then our list will go public. It's not too late to still get on our deposit list.

We are excited about our crop of kids this year! A hint of little fuzzy fleeces are just starting to show up on many of the kids already. We have everything from white to all shades of caramel, light grey to dark greys, browns to blacks. We even have a few very striking black and white kids. If you are on facebook or thinking about joining, don’t forget to check out our goat photos at: www.facebook.com/HawksMountainRanch

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Take care,

Lisa

Momma goat with kid on board!

2011-04-17T22:37:00.001-07:00

Today as I was turning the momma and baby goats out to the lower pasture for the first time, I decided to take my camera with me. I couldn't believe what I saw. This mom was actually walking around with her baby "on board". What a good momma!

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Hello everyone!

It’s been a super busy time at the ranch! It’s amazing how quickly time is flying by! Kidding started exactly 1 month ago on 3/14. Since then, 134 Pygora kids have been born here! We only have 3 more Does left to kid. We have a very colorful herd of bouncing baby goats and all fleece types too!

This week, I spent writing descriptions for all of the kids for our kids list. As each kid was handled and critiqued, I was really impressed with the quality of kids we have this year!

I have photos of all the kids now and I've been busy cropping them down to a size for easy and quick viewing on the internet. I will be spending a lot of time at the computer over the next several days.

My plan is to spend most of my time putting all the pieces together for our kid list. I can't give an exact date when my list will be available as I have a lot to do out in the barn still but I will give an update when I have it ready for our pre-depositors.

Thanks everyone for your patience and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I can be reached via e-mail, facebook, text or phone at: 503-539-0295. Please leave a message and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Take care, Lisa

Sarah's favorite Pygora doelings

2011-04-05T21:59:00.000-07:00

120 kids on the ground so far with 19 more Does still left to kid.

Busy, busy, busy taking photos for our Pygora kids list.

Kids arriving is just the beginning. The real busy work continues as we care for the kids and mommas. I thought I'd give an insight of what we are doing on the farm right now:

Once kids are born, they are brought into the barn with their mom and put in their own private kidding pens. They are in these pens for 2-3 days so they can bond together and to make sure babies are doing well and mom has enough milk for them. Also during this time, the kids navels will be dipped in iodine to help prevent infection, moms teats will be stripped to make sure the waxy plug is removed and milk is coming out. We also give each kid a selenium and vitamin E shot. We take a photo of each kid at this time and they are given a temporary farm eartag for identification. All moms are given a wormer and are hoof trimmed. Once everything is checked off, then the moms and kids are turned out into our nursery area with other moms and kids.

While in the nursery area, all kids will be tattooed with their own unique identification number, disbudded and band (neuter) boys. We will also do our "3T's" check. The "3T's" are; "Teeth", Teats, and Testicles".   We do the "3T's" check to ensure our kids qualify for our breeding stock standards. We want to make sure the mouth is aligned properly, they have 2 teats, and that the boys have 2 testicles. The "3T's" is an ongoing process as the kids get older too.

Once everything is checked off, the kids and moms then leave the nursery area and are turned out to pasture and it's play, play, play time for the babies as they investigate their new surroundings. It's my favorite time of year watching the kids take off leaping, hopping and skipping down our hilly green pastures.

Inbetween everything that is going on, I will be working on putting together my Pygora kids list. I have been taking photos of each kid before they are turned out to the nursery area. I still need to take photos and get descriptions for them.   I'm hoping to catch some sleep in there somewhere!

Feel free to contact me.   I can be reached via e-mail, text (503-539-0295 or facebook or phone. Please leave a message if you can and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Take care, Lisa

Happy Sweet 16 Birthday, Sitka!

2011-03-24T01:15:00.000-07:00

We all took a time out yesterday from the fluffy of baby goats to celebrate Sitka's 16th Birthday. Sitka enjoy her bran muffin birthday cupcakes.

Kidding season is in full swing! We had 31 kids born yesterday for a total of 69 kids so far. A HUGE THANK YOU to Julie, Jessie, Morgan, and Erika for all the help yesterday. By the end of the evening, all 31 kids and mommas were happily tucked away in their pens.

It is a busy time right now so I will try to give a brief update every few days. You would like to contact me, I can be reached via e-mail, text (503-539-02950 or facebook

Take care, Lisa

Our 1st 2011 Pygora kids have arrived!

2011-03-20T09:29:00.000-07:00

During my night time barn check last night, I was surprised by tiny little squeeky noises coming from the back of the barn. It was our Pygora goat, Fudgesicle,with 2 very curly twin boys! Fudgesicle is the first Doe to kid on our farm this year. She has been the first on to kid 3 times in the last 5 years.That’s all for now. Check out our website or facebook page as I will be giving updates along the way.

Take care, Lisa

Annual Scrapie audit done.

2011-03-10T14:20:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!

Wednesday, 3/9, we had our annual Scrapie audit. Once again, the department of Agriculture has certified us as a Scrape-free herd.
After the Scrapie audit, we spent the rest of the day shearing goats. The momma goats are in great shape under all that winter fleece!
Kidding time is almost here! The momma goats are getting bigger by the day. Soon baby goats will be bouncing around the farm!
Our first kids should arrive around March 19th and continue through the middle of April. I have a very good feeling that this will be our be our best year ever. I’m feeling very prepared for the first arrivals. All pen cards are printed out and ready to be filled out as the kids arrive. Kidding bags are all put together stuffed with supplies. Some local school kids have volunteered to come up and spend some nights with us during Spring break. This will be a heavy kidding time for us. It is always really exciting for the kids and I to share this experience.
We are now on facebook. If you would like to see photos of the baby kids as they are born, we will be posting photos on facebook. You can find our facebook page at:

www.facebook.com/HawksMountainRanch

That’s all for now. I will be giving updates along the way.
Take care, Lisa

Pygora Does get their annual CDT vaccination

2011-02-26T15:37:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!
Kidding time is almost here! The momma goats are getting bigger by the day. Soon baby goats will be bouncing around the farm!
Our first kids should arrive around March 19th and continue through the middle of April. I have a very good feeling that this will be our be our best year ever. I’m feeling very prepared for the first arrivals. All pen cards are printed out and ready to be filled out as the kids arrive. Kidding bags are all put together stuffed with supplies. Some local school kids have volunteered to come up and spend some nights with us during Spring break. This will be a heavy kidding time for us. It is always really exciting for the kids and I to share this experience.
Wednesday 2/23, we gave our Does their annual CDT booster so the babies will be protected at birth. At 4-6 weeks of age the babies will receive their 1st CDT vaccine with a booster 2 weeks later, and the last booster 4 weeks after that.
We are now on facebook. If you would like to see photos of the baby kids as they are born, we will be posting photos on facebook. You can find our facebook page at: www.facebook.com/HawksMountainRanch
That’s all for now. I will be giving updates along the way.
Take care, Lisa

Plump bellies on our Pygora mom-to-be's!

2011-02-26T14:01:00.000-08:00

One recent misty morning I noticed some plump bellies starting to show on our girls. A good sign that babies are soon on their way!

The ultimate goat playhouse!

2010-12-10T21:45:00.000-08:00

Thank you, Eileen Gates of Falls Brook Farm, Blandford, MA for the use of your wonderful photo!

The slow winter days are now here. Breeding season is over and we are now waiting patiently for kidding season to arrive. Right now we are getting ready for delivery of 18+ tons of hay in the next week.

Recently George has gotten into the holiday spirit and decided to put Christmas lights around the house. A lesson was learned to not plug in 10 strings of lights together. Without going into detail, it is now day 2 and the lights still aren't working. George came home this evening with a bag of new lights, bulbs and fuses and assures me he will have have them working tomorrow. If all goes as George expects tomorrow, our mountain top should be glowing brightly for miles away. Oh what a wonderful time of the year!

Now is a great time to get on our pre-deposit list for the best selection of Pygora babies. We are expecting between 125-150 kids to be born on the farm this 2011 spring kidding season. Last year we sold out of doelings before our list when public in June. Get on our pre-deposit list now to pick your kids starting in April!

Lisa

Black Bo is our top fiber producing Pygora herd sire

2010-11-21T20:54:00.000-08:00

Our 2010 breeding season is finally over. All the breeding bucks have been returned back to the "boys pasture" while the girls have been returned to the "girls pasture". Life on the farm is quiet once again.

Next week we will be busy preparing for kidding season. Yes, it's that time already as it's only 4 months away! I'm currently in the process of putting together our Pygora kids list with info on each dam and sire leaving room for their babies photo and description to be inserted once the kids arrive. My goal is to get our kids list out to our pre-depositors as soon as possible once the majority of the kids are born.

Now is a great time to get on our pre-deposit list for the best selection of Pygora babies. We are expecting between 125-150 kids to be born on the farm this 2011 spring kidding season. Last year we sold out of doelings before our list when public in June. Get on our pre-deposit list now to pick your kids starting in April!

Lisa

Our herd sire, "Boo Boo" is looking good!

2010-11-13T01:43:00.000-08:00

Our breeding groups have now been together for just over 3 weeks. We will be keeping them together for another 10 days.

We are using 11 herd sires this year. 2 of the breeding bucks are bucklings that were born last spring. One is named, "Copper Spats" and is a beautiful brown buckling with frosted ears and nose. He is out of our late herd sire, "Spats" . He definitely knew what to do when he was first put with his group of girls.

Our other buckling, "Hot Dog", was a little slow to figure things out so he missed the first cycle of his group of girls. Fortunately he is now showing interest in his girls as they are starting to come into their 2 cycle. It looks like his girls will be the last to kid. This is not uncommon for bucklings to be slow as I found that they mature at different rates. Sometimes bucklings won't come into maturity until late winter.

It looks like the rest of our 9 herd sires have settled most of their girls. I am ready for breeding season to be over so I can take down the breeding pens and send the boys back out to their pasture away from the girls. I'm looking forward to peace and quiet until the babies start arriving in March!

Lisa

Week 2 of breeding season

2010-11-07T01:39:00.000-07:00

Our breeding groups have now been together for over 2 weeks. Things are starting to quiet down. I think most of the Does have been bred as I'm not seeing any signs of them showing any interest in their bucks. Of course the Bucks still check to see if there is any interest but with no luck. Hopefully this means that most of our Pygora babies will be arriving within a 2 week time frame. That would mean during Spring Break! Yeah! It should be a very busy time on the ranch!

This week we had a few sunshiny days between rain storms so we took the opportunity to take some updated photos of our bucks. Check back as we post new photos of our handsome boys!

Lisa

Flying Pygora's!

2010-10-27T01:00:00.000-07:00

Pygora kids having a blast at their new home with Dawn and Paul Brown of Tailfeathers Farms in Newport, Arkansas.

Photo by Dawn Brown

Our breeding groups are now together as of October 20th. In about 150 days our baby Pygoras should start arriving. We check our groups twice daily and write down any girls that are showing an interest in their buck. We use this information so we can plan when our busy time will be during kidding season. We aim for spring break when the 2 legged children are out of school and would like to come to the farm to help out.

We just finished shearing and hoof trimming our baby doelings. What cute little bodies they have under all that fleece.

Lisa

Preparing for breeding season

2010-10-16T01:00:00.000-07:00

Setting up our breeding pens

All our does were hoof trimmed and de-wormed this week as we prepare them for breeding season. We will be putting our does with their carefully selected buck next week. We are now busy putting up panels around each of our 12 breeding pens as added security. We find that if the bucks can't see each other, they are aggressive on our pens and their interest and energy is spent on their girls.

Once our breeding pens are ready, we will be bringing in our does and sorting them into their individual breeding areas. We will then bring the bucks in and they will get de-wormed (they were hoof trimmed earlier before they went into "rut"). Once this is done, the boys with be put in with their girls. They will be together for 4-6 weeks. Spring kids are just around the corner!

Cross country delivery update as of 10/11/10 evening

2010-10-16T00:42:00.000-07:00

A barrel cut on one of our old goats will keep her warm this winter and also give us her prime fleece.

George made his last delivery to Maryland yesterday and is now on his way back home to Oregon. George wanted me to let everyone know how much he enjoyed meeting each of you and he knows that all the animals are going to great homes. I look forward to getting updates from all of you on how the kids are doing.

George is staying in Iowa this evening. He is hoping to make it back home to Oregon on Thursday. I'm looking forward to having him home as it's been pretty quiet around here without him.

Thanks to everyone for your passion for Pygora's!

Lisa

Southern delivery update as of 10/9/10 eve

2010-10-09T22:45:00.001-07:00

George has made his 3rd Arkansas delivery and all 3 North Carolina deliveries today! He has been spending an average of 14-18 hours on the road each day. George is a person on a mission to get all animals to their new homes safe and sound and quickly too!

I asked George what were the highlights he saw along the way. He said the fields of cotton in Western Missouri was something he had never seen before. He said it looked like a field of snow. He saw the cotton being harvested into huge bundles. He saw a sign for a cotton festival. If he had more time he would have loved to stop and see the festival.

George is bedded down for the night in Clyde, North Carolina and will be heading to Maryland for his last delivery. Maryland is normally on our Northern delivery route but the new owners were unable to take delivery in September so special arrangements were made with George to delivery to them. George is such an accommodating guy!

I'm looking forward to having George back home on the farm. There is so much to do in preparation for breeding season. It's hard to imagine that in only 5 months, we will have newborn baby Pygora's bouncing around the farm.

Thanks to everyone for your passion for Pygora's!

Lisa

Southern delivery update as of 10/8/10 eve

2010-10-08T22:42:00.000-07:00

George called this evening after making his last for the day. He is in Arkansas for the night. He has one more delivery in Arkansas tomorrow then he is off to deliver to North Carolina. He is on schedule. I thought I’d post his phone # for easy reference: 503-703-8875.

I asked George how the day went. He said he went through some very beautiful country that he has never seen before as he has always done the Northern delivery route for the past few years. He also said he had a near accident as there were pallets that were in the middle of the road and the person ahead of him ran over them and blew out her tires. Fortunately George was in the other lane and missed them but he said it got his heart going. You just near know what you are going to run into while on the road.

Next update is tomorrow.

Lisa

Cross country delivery update as of 10/7/10 evening

2010-10-07T22:10:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!

George left New Mexico this morning and is now in Waco, Texas for the night. I asked him about his highlights for the day. He said he saw a lot of oil wells that are not common in Oregon. He also saw a lot of Cacti. He didn't have much to report or he was too tired to talk when I called him this evening as he has been putting in long driving days since he left Oregon on Monday.

George reported that all the animals are doing great. They and George are all bedded down for the night. The temperature this evening is around 60 degrees in Waco.

George will be making his 2nd delivery tomorrow morning (Friday) then he is heading off to Oklahoma for his 3rd delivery at noon. He is still on schedule. After that he heads to Arkansas for a delivery on Friday evening and Saturday morning.

Next update is tomorrow.

Lisa

Cross country delivery update as of 10/6/10 evening

2010-10-06T22:30:00.000-07:00

Cross country delivery update!

Hi everyone!

George made his first delivery to Arizona this afternoon. He is now in western New Mexico for the night. He will be arriving in Waco, Texas tomorrow, Thursday 10/7 at 8 pm. Friday he will be heading to Oklahoma.

George said the trip has gone very well so far. He is pulling some very long travel days so that he can get the animals to their new homes as quick as possible with only a short amount of time spent in the trailer. Go George!

All the animals are doing good as George checks on them each time he makes a stop. He refills their water buckets and makes sure everyone is bright eyed and content.

I will be giving another update tomorrow. ~Lisa

Our Pygora goat, Inka, at the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival

2010-10-02T00:39:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the 14th year for the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival held in Canby, Oregon. It was a lot of fun and before I knew it, it was over. There still was so much I had not seen and not enough time before it was time to pack up and head home.

Not many people know this but the festival came about as 5 Pygora breeders wanted a place to show their goats after finding out Pygora goat no longer could show at the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene, Oregon. The BSG had outgrown their space and they decided to get back to their roots as a sheep, angora goat and fiber rabbit show. They did allow Pygora goats to have an exhibit pen but no longer a show.

The 5 Pygora breeders got together and planned out what they envisioned this new show should be like. It was decided that the festival would be inclusive of all fiber animals and natural fiber plants. Next came the question, what do we call it. "Flock and Fiber" was chosen as it was inclusive of all fiber animals. "Flock" for a flock of sheep and "Fiber" that described the fleece on goats, bunnies, llamas, alpacas and so on. "Oregon" was chosen so people would know where this great event was located and "Festival" was chosen as it sounded like a party and a very festive occasion. It was now known as the, "Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival" or "OFFF" for short.

Each of the 5 people took on an area of interest to them. They were: Brandy Chastain Festival Director and show catalog coordinator, Janet Hanus fleece and fiber arts show, Jackie Liner education and youth activities, Darlene Chambers vendor booths, and me, livestock barn and shows coordinator and webmaster.

Next, where was this show going to take place? We visited many different fair grounds and once we saw the Clackamas county fairgrounds, we knew we found the perfect place. It had the old fashioned country setting with a comfortable, cozy, and inviting feel. It was perfect for our venue.

Where do we go from here? Now it was time to figure out how we were going to execute this plan. Brandy and I decided to head out together to visit other shows around the country. We went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, the Michigan Fiber Festival and to the Estes Park Wool Market in Colorado. We got lots of idea's and brought them back to discuss with the others.

All 5 of us would meet once a month for breakfast at the Shari's restaurant in McMinnville and go over what we were doing and what we needed to get done. I always looked forward to these get togethers.

Our show catalog went out and we waited for entries for the animal shows, vendors, and classes to come in. I don't remember how the others felt but I was getting nervous as I had a huge barn to fill and what if no one showed up. Of course I had a plan B if plan A didnt work. My plan was to bring all my animals and put one in each pen if I had too. Fortunately entries started to pour in and we almost filled the barn! Many, many, sleepless nights before the big event.

Today, Brandy is the only one left of the original 5. She is still running the show as the festival director. Some of the original 5 still participate in the OFFF. Some show Pygora goats while others are vendors at the show.

Over the years, new areas were added such as the great lamb cook off. It is fun to reflect back on how this all got started and see how it has evolved into one of the premier fiber animal shows with visitors and volunteers coming from all over the country to participate.

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Our Southern delivery truck will be leaving Oregon on October 5th and will be making it's way to the east coast. My driver on this trip will be my husband, George.

The kids have all had updated in-fleece photos and fleece samples taken as they are in prime fleece right now. They all have their certificates of veterinary inspection and are ready to meet their new families!

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

Cleaning the barn can be a real challenge with so many helpers

2010-09-17T01:51:00.000-07:00

Our Northern delivery trip is complete and we are now busy preparing for our Southern delivery. Our truck and trailer are now full. We will be leaving from Oregon on October 4th to make the cross country trip to the east coast. My driver on this trip will be my husband, George.

Yesterday we took the kids in for their health exams and received their certificates of veterinary inspection. All is a go!

Hoof trimming, worming, updated photos and descriptions are just a few of things we have on our list to do today.

Lisa

Northern delivery now complete!

2010-09-11T14:55:00.000-07:00

Classic type A buckling ID#:HMR A064
He's still available! Check out those curls!

FREE DELIVERY to the
Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival
Canby, OR Sept. 24-26 2010

Today we made our last delivery on our Northern trip to New Jersey. I talked to our driver, Doug, this morning and he said the trip went very well. The weather was cool most of the trip and he enjoyed seeing parts of the country he had never seen before. All the kids arrived to their new homes bright eyed and healthy. A big THANKS to Doug for taking great care of our babies as they made the long journey to their new homes!

Our Southern delivery trip will be leaving from Oregon on October 4th to make the cross country trip to the east coast. My driver on this trip will be my husband, George.

As of today, our truck and trailer is now filled up for our Southern delivery. We have rounded up all the kids and will be taking them in for their health exam on Thursday so they can receive their certificate of veterinary inspections. This is a requirement for each state. You can see more details of what is required for your state at the usda/aphis website by clicking HERE

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

Our northern cross country trip from the west coast to the east coast leaving soon

2010-09-02T15:08:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday we returned from our extended vacation to the Michigan Fiber Festival. It was so much fun meeting new Pygora friends along with rekindling friendships with our long time Pygora friends!

A day after my return back home, I spent spent at the vets getting certificates of veterinary inspection done for our Pygora goats going on our Northern cross country delivery. All passed their health exams and are now ready to leave for their new homes starting this Saturday, 9/4.

Wednesday was spent rounding up all the kids in preparation for our Southern cross country delivery in October. We also took updated photos of wethers still available on our Pygora kids list, shearing one of our guard Llamas, cleaning out pens, and washing buckets. Wednesday evening was spent putting together new owner booklets for the kids leaving on our Northern cross country trip leaving this Saturday. Always something going on at the ranch!

Our Southern delivery trip is planned for October. We are filling up fast with just a few spaces still available. Contact us if you might be interested in our affordable delivery.

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

Wild Goat Women at the Michigan Fiber Festival

2010-08-24T15:03:00.000-07:00

Our Big WGW Adventure to the Michigan Fiber Festival and back home continues!

We started our journey from Hillsboro, Oregon on Saturday morning. We spent the night in Boise, Idaho, then Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Gothenburg, Nebraska. We drove straight through Iowa, spent the night in Rock Island, Illinois, and drove straight through Indiana. We spent the night in Riverside, Michigan then on to Allegan, Michigan!

What a festival! We had our 1st sanctioned Pygora show here at the Michigan Fiber Festival! Aaron Esterline was the judge. There were 8 exhibitors and about 30 Pygora goats at the show. A fun time was had by all!

There were 2 Pygora fiber spinning classes being taught by Patsy Zawistoski and each class was filled up with a waiting list. There were several vendors offering beautiful Pygora fibers in both natural and dyed colors. Our Lavender Pygora goat's milk soap was a big hit too!

We headed out of Allegan, Michigan Sunday, 8/22. We spent our first night in Ludington, Michigan. The next day we boarded a ferry, the USS Badger, along with our motorhome and headed across Lake Michigan. We thought this was a good way to avoid the Chicago traffic. It was a real adventure. It took about 4 hours to cross the lake into Wisconsin.

We then headed to Hayward, Minnesota and spent the night at a KOA campground in the middle of a corn field. A little scary at dusk if you read the book or saw the movie, "Children of the Corn".

We are now in Rapid City, South Dakota where we will be spending 2 days so we can see Mt. Rushmore, the bad lands, crazy horse and Wall drug. Then it's off to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. More later!

We have been busy preparing for our big Northern delivery trip the first part of September. The trailer is full and the kids are in the barn being prepped for the big day!

Our Southern delivery trip is planned for October. We are filling up fast with just a few spaces still available.

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

WATCH OUT WORLD, WILD GOAT WOMEN ON THE LOOSE!

2010-08-18T18:42:00.000-07:00

Our Big WGW Adventure to the Michigan Fiber Festival has begun! Right now I'm sitting in a 34' motor home typing this update as we are rolling down the road. We just made it through Chicago, yeah!

We started our journey from Hillsboro, Oregon on Saturday morning. We spent the night in Boise, Idaho, then Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Gothenburg, Nebraska. We drove straight through Iowa, spent the night in Rock Island, Illinois, and drove straight through Indiana. We will be spending the night in Riverside, Michigan. Then on to Allegan, Michigan! Watch out, the Wild Goat Women will be arriving soon!

We are really looking forward to attending the Michigan Fiber Festival. My friend Julie and I will be helping out at the Pygora goat show while Susan and Terry from Rainbow Yarns NW will have a Pygora fiber vendor booth in the Delano barn.   They will have beautiful Pygora roving's, cloud's and yarn's available.    Our Lavender Pygora goat's milk soap will be available at their booth too!   Come check them out.

Our long awaited Pygora goat's milk soap is now available!   All the milk in our soap was supplied by our Pygora Does here at Hawks Mtn Ranch.   Each bar of soap was handcrafted by Sarah Carreon, our long time friend and helper on the farm.

We chose to use Lavender essential oils in our soap for it's calm and relaxing effects after a hard days work on the ranch.

Click HERE for more information about our soap and how to order.

We have been busy preparing for our big Northern delivery trip the first part of September. The trailer is full and the kids are in the barn being prepped for the big day!

Our Southern delivery trip is planned for October.   We are filling up fast with just a few spaces still available.

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

Goodbye Old Girl

2010-08-15T20:11:00.000-07:00

Torrey Pine 1994-2010

Torrey Pine went quietly in her sleep on Sunday, August 15th. She was 16 1/2 years old. My Sweet Torrey Pine will always be in my heart. Goodbye dear friend.

Lavender Pygora goats milk soap coming soon!

2010-07-25T00:11:00.000-07:00

Busy time on the farm! We just got done with our herd health week. All kids have been given their first wormer.   All momma does also got their wormer.   We will start hoof trimming to whole herd soon!

We still have all the adult bucks and yearling does that didn't kid left to worm and hoof trim.   There is always something to do on the farm!

I have been asked when our Lavender Pygora goats milk soap will be available. SOON! We will have 100 bars of soap available.   I am taking pre-orders so contact me if you are interested.

George and I will be helping out at the very first Pygora goat show at the Michigan Fiber Festival in August.   We are looking forward to meeting everyone soon!

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

Pygora kids recieve their 3rd and final CDT booster vaccination and weaning begins!

2010-07-09T18:48:00.000-07:00

Watch for our Lavender Pygora goats milk soap available soon!

All the kids received their 3rd and final CDT booster vaccinations today. It was a busy day in 95 degree weather but we got it all done!

I have been busy taking updated photos and getting updated descriptions of the kids. It seems like I just get everyone done and its time to start all over again. The kids are growing and their fleeces are starting to pop out! The transition is happening right before my eyes.

Kids are just starting to be weaned. We separated out the bucklings over the last week. Although they are not quite 4 months old, some are starting to show their "buckiness". The farm has been very noisy during the weaning process.

We are still working our way through our pre-deposit list. We have pre-deposits still coming in so this has delayed out list going to the public. We have one more person to get through then it goes public.

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

Candy Corn goes to the beach

2010-05-30T15:25:00.001-07:00

Wednesday, 5/26, all the kids got their 2nd CDT vaccination booster. Their 3rd and final CDT vaccination is due in 4 weeks. At that time we will also give them their first hoof trim. It will be another busy time at the ranch!

In the meanwhile, we will be busy taking updated photos and descriptions of the kids. We are still working our way through our pre-deposit list. Our list should be going public about the 3rd week in June.

George and I went to the Oregon Coast during the Memorial Day holiday. We took 3 Pygora bottle babies, Candy Corn, Boots and A140 along with us to the beach as our farm sitter was only able to come up once a day to feed the animals and the bottle kids needed to be fed twice a day. We put the racks on the back of our truck with a thick bed of straw and off we went. The coast is only a 1.5 hour drive from our ranch and the baby goats traveled just fine. Once at the beach we all enjoyed a walk.

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

Pygora kids receive their first baby booster vaccine!

2010-05-15T17:20:00.000-07:00

The kids all received their first of a series of three CD&T vaccinations on May 10th. Their next CD&T vaccination will be given 2 weeks later.

Rounding up 140 babies is a little bit like trying to herd butterflies. I don't know who gets more exercise, me or the mommas as they fret while being separated from their little ones for a few hours.   We found if we move the mommas to a separate pasture full of green grass and away from ear shot of the babies, they calm down quicker as they are distracted.

We try to efficiently make use of the time while we have the kids rounded up.   After they received their CD&T, I spent the rest of the time taking updated photos of our kids per customer request from our Pre-deposit list.

Wednesday, 5/12, we decided to round up the kids again so that we could get the rest of the kids photos updated.   It was a very late evening by the time I got into the house that night.

Now that all the photos had been taken, I've spent countless hours and days getting the photos sized down, loaded into our Pygora kids list by sire, and also by kids ID numbers then uploaded to the internet.

Hopefully by the end of this weekend, the majority of the kids (minus a couple of sneeky babies that got away before they could get their photos taken) I will have all kid photos up-to-date. In a couple of weeks it will all start over again!

We are making our way through the pre-deposit list. We are on the 7th person right now. The 8th person has been given the list a couple of days ago to start previewing. I will be contacting the 9th person shortly to give them the list to start previewing so they can get a head start when it comes to their turn to pick kids.    Hopefully we will make our way through the list soon.   Once everyone that has placed a pre-deposit has chosen their kids, the list will be going public at our website at: www.hmrpygoras.com

Thanks for visiting our Pygora website!

Lisa

Happy Mothers day!

2010-05-09T00:48:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day to all of you with 2 and 4 legged kids! Yesterday I had a bouquet of beautiful Oregon grown flowers given to me for being the mom of 140 baby goats! It was so thoughtful and it really brightened my day. Thank you very much, Wanda and Rick!

Our Pygora kids list is making it's way down the pre-deposit list. It started out very slow but I'm hoping to pick up speed soon.

If you are on the pre-deposit list, feel free to contact me with an estimate of when we will get to you. Once everyone on our list has previewed and selected their kids, the list will go public on our website. Check back as we give updates.

This coming week we will be giving the kids their first CDT vaccination. They will get a series of 3 boosters over the next few weeks and then after that, they will receive a yearly vaccination.

Pygora babies everywhere!

2010-05-01T01:02:00.000-07:00

Baby Count:
140

Spring is here and baby Pygora goats are everywhere! We are enjoying watch them frolic about the pastures as they venture down the hill with their fretful mothers following closely behind.

We just finished up our long awaited Pygora kids list and it will be going to the first person on our pre-deposit list today. Yeah!

This week we will start another round of taking updated photos and the kids will be getting their first CDT booster vaccination.

Looking forward to warm and dry spring days ahead!

Kidding season is coming to a close!

2010-04-15T00:00:00.000-07:00

Baby Count:
136

Busy, busy, busy! That is the best way to describe the farm right now. Today was spent taking kid photos, tattooing ears and disbudding. By the end of the day, I have just 17 babies left to do.

When not in the barn, I have been spending my evenings cut and cropping kid photos and have barely started on putting together our kid sales list. My goal is to have it ready for the first person on our list to view within the next two weeks.

As of today, we have 3 more Does to kid. I have 1 full-time bottle baby and I'm supplimenting a set of twins from an old Doe and the Quads are needing a little extra milk as they are growing like weeds.

Today is a warm sunny day and I'm hoping to get the video camera out soon. Stay tuned.....

Mud Puddle has quads!

2010-04-03T23:00:00.000-07:00

Baby Count as of today: 105

Wow! Last night Mud Puddle surprised us with a set of quads! All are doing well. Quads are very rare at our farm. We have only had one other doe have quads in all the years we have been raising Pygora. It happened to be Mud Puddles Dam, Mud Pie. Mud Pie has had 2 sets of quads in her kidding career. As of today, Mud Pie hasn't kidded yet and is as big as a house! Stay tuned!

We have about 20 does left to kid. It has been a whirlwind season! We have been busy taking baby photos, disbudding, tattooing, and playing with the babies!

The Golden Fleece 4H Club came up yesterday for a visit. It was a great time! More info about the visit coming soon!

We have 69 baby Pygora's on the ground!

2010-03-28T22:49:00.000-07:00

After kids coming so quickly over the last week, today was a much appreciated, slow day. Only 3 babies came today.

The day was spent cleaning out pens and taking baby photos of each kid. It's 10:30pm and I think I will turn in for the evening. I will be up again at 2am checking the barn for new arrivals.

Thanks Erika, Crystal, Ari and Julie for all your help during spring break!

More later!

Kids coming fast and furious!

2010-03-25T22:52:00.000-07:00

Babies are coming fast and furious! Much earlier than first anticipated!
We are up to 39 babies on the ground right now. Boy, do we have some real head turners!

I've been working non stop in the barn the last few days and I'm just now taking a breather to give this update.

Over all, kidding has gone very smoothly. Most of the babies have already been born by the time I make my rounds checking on the Does.

I will be making my next update soon!

Our 1st 2010 Pygora babies have arrived!

2010-03-21T22:39:00.000-07:00

Our doe, Fudge, and sire, White Mahogany, came through for us this 2010 Kidding season! Fudge delivered adorable twin doelings late in the evening on March 19th. It was a 150 day gestation.

The rest of the herd is expected to start kidding any time after March 26th. We have been very busy preparing for many babies!

Kidding season is just a few days away!

2010-03-17T00:01:00.000-07:00

HAPPY ST. PATTIES DAY!

In 2 days, our Doe, Fudge, will be at 150 days gestation. That means she could start kidding any day now! We can hardly wait to see what our permanent grand champion Doe produces this year!

The rest of the herd is expected to start kidding a week later so we are busy preparing for many babies to start arriving any time after March 25th!

Once the babies begin arriving, my plan is to give frequent updates as often as possible. At times it may be just a brief update depending on how busy the day/night went. Pygora goats are usually very easy kidders but I like to be there to make sure momma and babies are doing fine.

The date for the Golden Fleece 4H Club visit has been moved up from April 17th to April 3rd. This should give them an opportunity to experience what it is like to be here in the heat of kidding season.

The 4H'ers will have the opportunity to take care of newborn kids and their moms. For the brave, they might even catch a doe giving birth.

I'm really looking forward having the Golden Fleece 4H Club visit the ranch! ~Lisa

Torrey Pine turns Sweet 16!

2010-03-03T13:00:00.000-08:00

HAPPY SWEET 16 BIRTHDAY, TORREY PINE!

Torrey Pine is now officially the oldest goat on our farm. A birthday party is planned today to celebrate this milestone.

Torrey Pine now surpasses her mom, Pandora, as the oldest goat on the farm. Pandora was 1 week shy of her 16th birthday when she passed away.

We look forward to seeing Torrey Pine through to her 17th.

Happy birthday, Old Girl!

Kidding season is just around the corner!

2010-02-11T20:13:00.000-08:00

Kidding season is just 6 weeks away!

In the following weeks, we will be vaccinating all of our pregnant Does with CDT and de-worming them.

Some Does will also be "crutched" in preparation for kidding. This is a process where we shear the back ends and udder areas to provide easy access for the baby to find the mothers udders and also for a cleaner birthing area. We don't "crutch" all of the Does as some don't have as much fleece in that area to be a problem.

February 17th will be our annual voluntary scrapie-free flock inspection done by Federal Veterinarian, Dr. Silberman. We have been a VSFCP Certified flock since 2006.

Last year we joined the export monitoring program and we are now able to ship to Canada. Contact us if you would like more info about shipping to Canada.

April 17th the Golden Fleece 4H Club will be coming up for a "hands-on" kidding day where they will be involved in the day to day activities that go on during kidding season. They will be taking care of new born kids and their moms and hopefully be able to see babies being born too! It's a fun learning experience!

Preparing for kidding season!

2010-01-30T17:23:00.000-08:00

UPDATE FROM THE FARM

Kidding season is just 8 weeks away! We can hardly wait!

Over the last several weeks we have been cleaning out pen and paddock areas, fixing panels and feeders and making sure we have all of our kidding supplies for this 2010 kidding season.

George hauled over 400 bales of hay this week so our barns are full, that is such a good feeling!

Last week we hoof trimmed and de-wormed all of our bucks. They also received their annual CDT vaccination. They are now done so we can now focus our attention on the girls.

This week we have started hoof trimming our Does. We will wrap up the hoof trimming over the next week.

February 17th will be our annual voluntary scrapie-free flock inspection done by Federal Veterinarian, Dr. Silberman. We have been a VSFCP Certified flock since 2006.

Last year we joined the export monitoring program and we are now able to ship to Canada. Contact us if you would like more info about shipping to Canada.

Since we will have all of our animals rounded up Feb. 17th, we will use this time to CDT vaccinate and de-worm our Does. This will be the perfect time as they will be at the 4-6 week time frame before kidding starts.

April 17th the Golden Fleece 4H Club will be coming up for a "hands-on" kidding day where they will be involved in the day to day activities that go on during kidding season. They will be taking care of new born kids and their moms and hopefully be able to see babies being born too! It's a fun learning experience!

Update from the farm January 6th, 2010

2010-01-06T22:33:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! This time of year is our slow time as we wait patiently for kidding season to arrive. This year we decided to take a few days off and head to New York to visit with family. We had a wonderful time playing with our 11 month old grand daughter!

While in New York, George and I spent New Years Eve in Time Square. What an exciting once in a life time event!

We are now home and busy preparing for kidding season. It's hard to believe that it is only 10 weeks away. George has been busy moving over 24 truck loads of compost and we can now see ground!

April 17th the Golden Fleece 4H Club will be coming up for a "hands-on" kidding day where they will be involved in the day to day activities that go on during kidding season. They will be taking care of new born kids and their moms and hopefully be able to see babies being born too! It's a fun learning experience!

Update from the farm

2009-12-15T23:05:00.000-08:00

The weather here has changed from cold and dry to wet and warm. I'm not sure which is better, lots of mud or frozen water troughs... but the good news is no more chopping ice off of the water troughs for now!

With breeding season now over and all animals hoof trimmed and dewormed, we will be using this down time before kidding season to make improvements on the farm.

Our 1st winter project is to modify our feeders so there is less waste of hay on the ground. I'm forever searching for the perfect feeder.

Winter is coming or is it here already?

2009-12-08T15:03:00.000-08:00

The winter weather has settled in early this year. The evening temperatures have been in the low 20's with the day time temps below freezing. I know that is not very cold in some parts of the country but it's unusual for us.

The goats are nestled down into their thick straw bedding waiting for the warmer weather to should start arriving this weekend.

While the weather is very cold, the great thing is that it is very sunny and dry. The water troughs and buckets are our biggest chore right now. We have been going out 3 times a day to break up the ice. Really looking forward to warmer weather!

Besides the cold weather, we sent the week hoof trimming and worming all the animals.

We are now caught up on all our Fall herd management tasks. Shearing, hoof trimming, and worming have been completed and we are now prepared for kidding season!

Our first babies are due the end of March 2010.

2009-11-19T00:01:00.000-08:00

It's now week 4 into our 2009 Breeding season. We are continuing to shear, hoof trim, and worm the Does.

Some of our most incredible fleeces are coming from our oldest girls. Today we sheared our Doe, "Monkey Tree". She will be 11 years old this Spring and has a gorgeous grey, type B fleece.

This has been our best year yet for fleeces. We harvested them in prime condition. So far we have sheared of 80 lbs of prime Pygora fleece and we aren't done yet.

Terry and Susan from Rainbow Yarns NW came up to the farm last weekend and bought all of our available fleeces. If you really want excellent Pygora yarns and rovings, I highly recommend Rainbow Yarns NW. Their website is: www.rainbowyarnsnw.com

Next week we will be done with our 2009 Breeding season. Our bucks will be returned to the "Boys" pasture and the bred Does will be returned with the unbred Doe kids into their pasture.

2009-11-12T23:23:00.000-08:00

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Nov. 12th, 2009

Wow, has it been a busy and noisy time on the farm! We are going on week 3 of our 2009 Breeding season. It is looking like the majority of the Does have been bred and things are starting to quiet down, yeah! Not only do we have extra added chores during breeding season, but we are also shearing, hoof trimming, and de-worming. We are going by breeding groups with the goal of finishing up by the end of breeding season in 2 weeks.   This should give plenty of time for the goats to start growing back their fleeces before the colder winter weather sets in. Don't forget to check out Rainbow Yarns Northwest website at: www.rainbowyarnsnw.com for beautiful Pygora yarns and rovings for sale.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 29th, 2009

Breeding season is now here.  We just finished up putting all our breeding groups together.   All pens and paddocks have been triple secured and will be home for each group over the next 4 to 6 weeks. We like to keep them together through 2 heat cycles incase they didn't take the first heat cycle.    We have put together 11 separate breeding pens this year. We are adding 3 new sires to our breeding program.   We are excited about our new breeding bucks: HMR Vitality, a son of our permanent grand champion doe, Divinity.    He has a beautiful light grey fleece and a body just like Divinity. Wow! We are looking for him to add this big and stout body to his offspring. HMR Andy Jr, our AAGBA Angora buck. He is 1.5 years old and still has a very fine fleece. We are looking to have him add some beautiful type A fleeces. HMR Good Nite Teddy, an outstanding buckling from our 2009 kids. His dam is an AAGBA Angora Doe and sire is HMR Chester. Teddy is exceptional in both beautiful fleece and nice thick stout conformation.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 22nd, 2009

George rolled in at 10pm last night from his Northern cross-country delivery trip. We are glad to know he is home safe and sound!    George travelled 1100 miles in one day yesterday. He totalled 6000 miles round trip. Although our major delivery trips are done for this year, there is no time to sit back and rest. Breeding season is now here.     We have carefully gone through each of our breeding Does and have selected just the right Buck to produce the best quality kids for our 2010 kidding season.   We are putting together 11 separate breeding pens this year. We are adding 3 new sires to our breeding program this year.   We are excited about our new breeding bucks:

HMR Vitality, a son of our permanent grand champion doe, Divinity.    He has a beautiful light grey fleece and a body just like Divinity. Wow! We are looking for him to add this big and stout body to his offspring.

HMR Andy Jr, our AAGBA Angora buck. He is 1.5 years old and still has a very fine fleece. We are looking to have him add some beautiful type A fleeces.

HMR Good Nite Teddy, an outstanding buckling from our 2009 kids. His dam is an AAGBA Angora Doe and sire is HMR Chester. Teddy is exceptional in both beautiful fleece and nice thick stout conformation.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 14th, 2009
10:45 am Pacific time:

George just finished his last delivery to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.   He have a very good trip. No truck or trailer problems and all the animals did very well. George was on time to all his deliveries. Good job George! Comments from George about yesterdays adventures: George got lost coming over the George Washington Bridge yesterday. He ended up in the middle of New York City with the dually and trailer.   It took him almost 2 hours to get out of the town. George spent the night in a travel plaza. He got a good nights sleep now that the ram was no longer in the trailer. Next year we may be going as far east as Portland, Maine. Something we don't see very often back here on the west coast are toll bridges. Starting in Illinois to New Hampshire, George spent over $200 on toll bridge fees. The most expensive one was the George Washington Bridge at $38.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 13th, 2009
10:30pm Pacific time:

George is on his Northern delivery trip. He left Oregon on Oct. 9th and will be making his last delivery Oct. 14th. George made his deliveries to New Jersey today. Tomorrow he will be making his last delivery to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Before returning back home to Oregon, George will stop off in New York and visit his son, daughter-in-law, and 9 month old granddaughter, Frances Ivy DeGeer.    He can hardly wait!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 12th, 2009
12:30pm Pacific time:

George is on his Northern delivery trip. He left Oct. 9th. George drove 950 miles yesterday and reached the East side of Chicago last night. He said there was lots of construction through Chicago so he drove longer than he expected so he could keep on schedule for Monday's deliveries.   George just finished delivering animals to Michigan and Ohio. He is now 80 miles west of Cleveland, Ohio. George is now heading to Barkyville, Pennsylvania and will be spending the night. Next delivery is tomorrow in Hope, New Jersey.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 11th, 2009
11am Pacific time:

George is on his Northern delivery trip. He left Oct. 9th. George has left South Dakota and is now 100 miles into the western part Minnesota. Lots of soay beans, corn, and maize being grown. The temperature is 37 degrees and its a very pleasant sunny day. He has travelled 400 miles today and has about 331 miles left to go before he calls it a day. George is on schedule with his deliveries into Michigan and Ohio for tomorrow. George will be making several deliveries in Michigan and Ohio. He will also be meeting our Canadian customer in Michigan with export papers in hand so she can take her kids to Canada via Port Huron, Michigan. Soon the first Hawks Mtn Ranch Pygora's will be making their new home in Canada!   Next stop, New Jersey.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 10th, 2009
3pm Pacific time:

George left yesterday morning for his Northern delivery trip. His first stop was in Spokane, Washington. Today he made his 2nd delivery to Buffalo, Wyoming. He is now heading to Michigan. He should reach there Monday, October 12th. George will be making several deliveries in Michigan and Ohio. He will also be meeting our Canadian customer at Port Hernon, Michigan with export papers in hand. Soon the first Hawks Mtn Ranch Pygora's will be making their new home in Canada!   Next stop, New Jersey. Here' s some comments I received from George on the phone just a few minutes ago: Record low of 9 degrees in Butte, Montana yesterday. It's the first time they have seen January weather in October. COLD!!! Constant white (snow) in Wyoming. I-80 was closed last night but fortunately George went I-90. About every 50 miles it gets a degree warmer. He is now in South Dakota. NEWS FLASH! We will be making one more delivery trip to California this Month! Right now we are delivering from Portland, Oregon to Corning, California.   Contact us to see if we can head your way!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 9th, 2009:

George left this morning on his Northern delivery trip. He just made his first stop in Spokane, Washington. He is heading to Montana where he will spend his first night and then on to Wyoming. We can now ship to Canada! We will be shipping our first animals into Canada next week! NEWS FLASH! We will be making one more delivery trip to California this Month! Right now we are delivering from Portland, Oregon to Corning, California.   Contact us to see if we can head your way!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of Oct. 8th, 2009:

We can now ship to Canada! We will be shipping our first animals into Canada next week! Today we picked up all the certificate of veterinary inspections and an international health certificate for the animals leaving on our Northern delivery.   Our trailer is full and we are ready to start our delivery trip this Friday, Oct. 9th. Check out our new video, "Shearing Divinity"

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 9/24/09:

We are preparing for our last big trip of the season.   Our trailer will be leaving Oregon October 9th and will be making it's way across the country ending on the east coast. Our trailer is filling up quickly. We still have some space available.   Contact us for more info.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 9/16/09:

The kids are coming into their beautiful fluffy fleeces! On 9/14, I took lots of photo and description updates of our kids currently available sale. Our West Coast to East Coast delivery route for October is expanding so please don't hesitate to ask if we will be heading to your location.   Lots of space still available due to a large order that recently cancelled. Delivery fees are very reasonable too as we try very hard to keep expenses down.   Our goal is to cover fuel costs and any other incidentals that occur along the way. Our Northern route states include but not limited to: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New Hampshire.     Contact us for delivery any place along the way.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 8/26/09:

Our Southern delivery trip is only 3 days away! What an exciting time for the new owners to finally get to meet their new family members in only a few days from now!   I can hardly wait to hear their reaction when meeting their new little ones in person! We have been very busy preparing for this southern delivery trip. All our animals leaving on this trip have been taken down to the vet for their health exam and all received their certificate of veterinary inspection. Now I'm busy preparing a helpful booklet with information about Pygoras, their fiber and their individual health records. These health records include; their last vaccinations, worming schedule, when hooves were trimmed last, what they are currently eating, etc.). Our delivery route for October is expanding so please don't hesitate to ask if we will be heading to your location.   Space is limited. Delivery fees are very reasonable too as we try very hard to keep expenses down.   Our goal is to cover fuel costs and any other incidentals that occur along the way. The first of October we will be doing our Northern delivery route. Right now some of the places we will be traveling through are Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.     Contact us for deliver any place along the way.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 8/18/09:

Check out our Pygora babies playing in a tree on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ-ZjJzchEY ONLY 2 CROSS COUNTRY DELIVERY TRIPS LEFT FOR THIS YEAR! Yesterday we rounded up the kids for our herd health day. We brought in all of the animals leaving on our Southern delivery trip. We hoof trimmed, wormed, and prepared a page for each animal with their last vaccinations. We will be preparing their registration paperwork soon. Thursday they will go in for their health vet checks for their certificate of veterinary inspection.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 8/5/09:

We just got back from our County Fair where our Doe, "Inka", won Grand Champion Doe, our Doe, "Onyx", won Reserve Grand Champion Doe and Our fleece in a box from, "Pretty Face" , won overall Best of Show over all the fleeces in the show wool and fiber show. Other fleeces in the show including sheep and Alpaca.   It was a good show season for Pygora's! Today we will be rounding up all of our kids to take updated photos and descriptions for those that have inquired about specific kids. Let me know if there is a baby you would like more information on or an updated photo. Our next herd health round up will be August 17th. E-mail me with any updates you would like to see and we'll make sure to get you on our next list of photo priorities.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 7/20/09:

MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A PARTICULAR BABY AND WOULD LIKE AN UP-TO-THE-MINUTE PHOTO AND DESCRIPTION UPDATE? NOW TAKING REQUESTS FOR TODAY'S HERD HEALTH ROUND UP GOING ON NOW THROUGH TOMORROW, 7/21. Today we have rounded up all of our kids to take updated photos and descriptions for those that have inquired about specific kids. I can still take your request until this evening as I will be checking e-mails. Our next herd health round up will be August 5th. E-mail me with any updates you would like to see and we'll make sure to get you on our next list of photo priorities. Our cross country delivery trip plans are in full swing.   We still have room on both our North and South delivery routes.   Our delivery routes are expanding so please don't hesitate to ask if we will be heading to your location.   It's a very good chance we will. Delivery fees are very reasonable too as we try very hard to keep expenses down.   Our goal is to cover fuel costs and any other incidentals that occur along the way. Our southern trip is in the works and is planned for the first of September. Some of the states we will be delivering to are: Oregon to California, over to Arizona, on to Oklahoma, Missouri, and Tennessee. While these are some of the places we will be delivering, we can also deliver any place along the way. The first of October we will be doing our Northern delivery route. Right now Some of the places we will be travelling through are Oregon, Wyoming, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio (newly added) and Pennsylvania, and newly added: Ohio, New York, and Massachusetts.     We can deliver any place along the way. Contact us if you would like information about delivery.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 7/11/09:

"Puffballs" is the best way to describe our baby Pygora goats right now.   As the days go by, the babies are transforming before my very eyes. Weaning time is here and they are ready to leave for their new homes. We are continually taking updated photos and giving updated descriptions. If you see any kid you would like an updated photo or description, let us know and we can usually get it for you within a couple of days.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 7/7/09:

How fast time is going by. It just seems like the kids just arrived and now it is weaning time. All the kids were brought in today for their first hoof trim. We also separated out all the bucklings as they will be weaned from their moms. Talk about a noisy barn this evening! We are starting to wean the kids that will be going to their new homes soon. The rest of the kids will be weaned over the next 2 weeks. The fleeces on the kids are popping out and what a gorgeous herd of Pygora kids!   We are continuing to take updated photos of the kids as they are changing so quickly. If you would like an updated photo of a particular kid or kids, let us know and we will do our best to get it for you as soon as we can.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 6/20/09:

Today is the first day of summer. We are very fortunate to have had very mild weather this spring as it has extended our pasture growing season. The kids are growing by leaps and bounds. Their fleeces are starting to coming in and they are turning into little fluff balls! How I love this time of year! The kids will have their last of a series of 3 CDT booster shots on Monday, 6/22. At that time we will start the weaning process for the first half of our baby Pygoras and the 2nd half in another 2 weeks. Some of them will be available to leave for their new homes soon. We have been busy taking updated photos of the kids and posting them on our website. Check out all babies as they are starting to get in fleece.   Below is a list of events we will be at this summer and fall 2009. Come see and meet our Pygora goats in person and watch the Pygora goat shows. Free delivery available to these events. 2009 Events we will attending: Washington County Fair Washington Co Fairgrounds Hillsboro, Oregon July 30th - Aug. 2nd, 2009 www.faircomplex.com Oregon State Fair Salem, Oregon Sept. 2nd - Sept. 7th, 2009 www.oregonstatefair.org Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival Clackamas Co. Fairgrounds Canby, Oregon Sept. 26th - Sept. 27th, 2009 www.flockandfiberfestival.com

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 6/2/09:

Yeah! Our long awaited sales list is now online! All the kids have had their 2 CDT booster shot and we are getting ready to bring them in once again for more updated photos and descriptions. There is always something going on at the farm! We will start weaning some of the kids mid-June in preparation for them leaving for their new homes. What a beautiful bunch of kids we have this year!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 5/6/09:

Yesterday we had our first herd health day with our baby Pygoras. They received their 1st CDT vaccination and a thorough health and conformation examination. Comments for each of the kids was documented and the information placed on our sales list. Our sales list is now up-to-date with descriptions of each kid along with photos. Our sales list will be going out to our pre-depositors starting Friday, 5/8. Stay tuned as we give updates!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM as of 4/28/09:

Our 2009 Pygora kidding season is now over. We had 112 babies born, 51 females and 61 males. What a beautiful bunch of bouncing baby goats we have this year! I've taken photos of each of the babies and have been busy putting them on our sales list. I hope to have the sales list done over the next week. At that time our pre-depositors will have first view of the list and once they have chosen their kids, our list will become available to the public. Stay tuned as we give updates!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM April 19th, 2009:

It was such a beautiful sunny day today that I decided to take the afternoon off and spend it with the baby goats as they explored their new pasture they were turned out to today.   They were hopping and skipped through the lush green grass as mom's were busy munching away on the fresh greens. I took so many photos that it was hard to pick just one for this page. I hope to share the rest of the photos soon.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM April 17th, 2009:

Our last kids were born today! 1 girl and 1 boy were born to our Doe, Chili Pepper. We have ended the year with 112 baby Pygoras. What a happy and playful bunch of kids we have this year! We will be opening our lower pasture to all the moms and babies soon. Stay tuned as we hope to capture it and upload it to the internet!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM April 5th, 2009:

Kidding season is starting to wind down after a very busy last 2 weeks! We are up to 97 babies with 15 more Does left to kid.    Although most of the babies are now born, the real work has just begun. We have been busy tattooing ears, disbudding horns, and banding wethers. We have disbudded 35 kids so far and hope to get through the rest over the next week.   The weather has changed from rain to sunshine. With it comes green pastures. The babies will soon be turned out to the main pasture. I hope to take a video camera out with me the day we open the gates to our big pasture. I will be posting the video so stay tuned!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM March 29th,2009:

Kidding season is in full swing. The kids are coming fast and furious! We are up to 77 kids as of today with 31 more Does left to kid.    Kids started arriving March 19th. Most of my time has been spent out in the barn. It's a very exciting and exhausting time on the farm! I'll be giving more updates so stay tuned!

UPDATE FROM THE FARM March 23rd, 2009:

Kidding season is here! We have 19 Pygora babies on the ground so far. The season is starting slow but by the looks of our Does, we are expecting a population explosion any day now! This is great as we should have lots of babies when the Golden Fleece 4H Club comes up to the farm for a "Hands-on Kidding day" They will learn and actually participate in some of the daily activities we go through when caring for a new born goat kid.

UPDATE FROM THE FARM March 19th, 2009:

We had our 1st baby born on the farm this afternoon! Our doe, Bubble Gum, gave birth to a beautiful light caramel baby boy. We are expecting 100+ babies over the next 2 to 3 weeks. OH MY! Bubble Gum is busy cleaning up her new born baby boy that was born today. This photo was taken about an hour after he was born. What a cutie! White Mahogany, is the sire and his photo was featured in the Spin-Off magazine, Sept 2009 issue and also in Judith McKenzie's new book, "The intentional handspinner". We are expecting great babies out of White Mahogany once again this year!