Goat Farm Adventures, part 1
Several of the soaps I make have fresh goat’s milk in them, including the Creamy Castille, Oatmeal, Milk & Honey, and Lavender Meadows, just to name a few. However, finding fresh goat’s milk in my area has proven to be somewhat difficult lately. Almost two months ago I mentioned that I might have a source in Tonganoxie, and that’s exactly where we went today. Screamin’ Oaks Farm is owned and operated by Roxane McCoy who has been in the business for over 25 years. Not only does she raise goats, but she also has several kinds of birds, including a large flock of peacocks who are quite loud during mating season, thus the name of her farm.
Roxane also takes in animals from other farmers and friends, as well as those that have been abandoned. She is currently doing physical therapy on a two-day-old calf that belongs to another farmer because it hasn’t been able to stand since its very difficult birth. She’s also boarding a couple of dogs for some friends, and recently found homes for eight puppies from the junk yard! (She still has one left.) So far this season, she has two baby goats that are two days old in a pen in her garage, as well as two mama goats that are ready to give birth any time now.
Roxane also has a turtle habitat where the turtles have been hibernating since October. They will come out of hibernation next month. We learned that lettuce is NOT the correct food for turtles – it can actually kill them. Turtles eat orange and red foods, such as cantaloupe, strawberries and tomatoes.
My girls came along to see all the animals, and were able to hold the baby goats and feed bread and peanuts to the older goats and birds. They didn’t want to leave! Here are some pictures:
Baby goats - 2 days old
Feeding one of the very prego goats
Five-year-old peacock
Two-day-old calf that can't stand up
Feeding bread to the birds from the gate
In my next post, I’ll show you the turkey, a 10-year-old goose named Baby, and Yolanda aka YoYo the escape artist goat.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Looks like the girls had a blast! It’s always fun to take the kiddos to a ‘petting zoo’…even though they live in one! Lol
March 14th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
i just learned the other day that you could buy goats milk at wal-mart in a can. Who knew:)
March 15th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Yes, you CAN. (pun intended) I prefer the fresh, raw milk though.
March 16th, 2009 at 8:02 am
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