Several of the soaps I made had fresh goat’s milk in them. However, finding fresh goat’s milk in my area was difficult. Screamin’ Oaks Farm was owned and operated by Roxane McCoy who had been in the business for over 25 years. Not only did she raise goats, but she also had several kinds of birds, including a large flock of peacocks who were quite loud during mating season, thus the name of her farm.

Roxane also took in animals from other farmers and friends, as well as those that had been abandoned. When we visited, she was doing physical therapy on a two-day-old calf that belonged to another farmer because it hadn’t been able to stand since its very difficult birth. She was also boarding a couple of dogs for some friends, and had found homes for eight puppies from the junk yard! During that season, she had two baby goats that were two days old in a pen in her garage, as well as two mama goats that were ready to give birth at any moment.

Roxane also had a turtle habitat where the turtles would hiberate over the winter. 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:

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.