Kiki & Hale!

The new goats have arrived!

Kiki (short for Waikiki; fitting considering Whitt having grown up in HI) and Hale (pronounced "Holly") have arrived at their new home! They are 7yr old Nubian breed twin sisters, but nowhere near identical. Both were born and raised to date at Sweet Valley Farm here in Virginia. They've been de-horned at birth which is a common practice among goat farmers to reduce the threat the horns pose to other goats in the heard if a dominance struggle were to take place. This makes it tricky with our two goats already hear not having been dehorned by there original owners. Nonetheless, we're excited to see how they settle in!

This is Hale! Hale is the only milk producing goat of the two at the moment. She's very timid and seems to be attracted to people more-so than other animals.

Kiki has white ears and a larger beard than Holly. She shares Holly's comfort around humans. She's also pregnant! Her kid(s) is/are due in July!

As mentioned in a prior post, the nerve-racking meet and greet b/w these gals, Rosie, and Eggie has yet to determine the overall acceptance of Kiki and Hale into the barnyard family. We'll keep you posted as to whether it's war or peace in the days to come.