Summer is Coming!

Now where are my sunglasses and my Long Island Ice Tea, please?

Rodents 4, BaaBaaDoo 0

Darn these rodents!

Smelled another skunk this weekend and had to reset the trap. Went out and found a terrified baby bunny in it. Let it go, it ran across the street. Squirrels are still stealing my tomatoes, defeating my clever devices consisting of hardware cloth and duct tape. To top it all off, mice in the pantry, one of which decided to climb behind the wall and die, to stink up my kitchen. Randy the Exterminator did his best but all we could do was set some bait.

Oh and then there's this.
But I suppose technically that's a marsupial trying to steal my car.

RIP Misty Moonpie

She was a very good dog.

Shiny New Roof and Goats on the Hoof!

Fences repaired and a shiny new roof thanks to the winter storm! Now the goats are back home and enjoying the downed mulberry tree and other new backyard attractions.

No babies again this year, we need to find a good buck somewhere. Hoping to win one in the MSFGA Lottery thanks to Renee! Fingers crossed.

Aftermath

Well, the winter storms seemed to have passed, just flooding rains here now.

Roof damage, fence damage, the lovely old mulberry in the video of the last post is down and will probably have to go. It's been a rough winter. Friends have lost livestock due to drifts being too high to get feed to them, or to get sick ones medical attention, or from fences being crushed by snow.

I finally seem to be recovering from my lung cancer surgery in Nov. It's slow and frustrating. My hired help left the area and there's a harsh winter's worth of mess around the property that needs dealing with.

Faith and Courage are still at Siloview Farm. I can't bring them home till the fence is fixed.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from the zoo at BaaBaaDoo! Here are some videos of lovely babies romping in the spring to tide us over these long winter days and nights:

On vacation

Faith and Courage are at Siloview Farm for a few weeks before and after my surgery. Neal sketched them just before we brought them over to Becky's. He really captured them.

Autumn News

Well, Faith turned out NOT to be pregnant. She was however getting a lot bigger because she was not refusing all the extra special nutritious feed and treats I was giving her. Silly goat! So Courage and Faith are enjoying munching on the fallen leaves and wild persimmons in the yard, and happily lounging in the sun.

The Happy News

I feel it safe to say Faith is definitely pregnant. She should kid around the beginning of August. It would be fun if it falls on my birthday. She has had as many as four and as few as one at a time. I hope we get two lovely little girls. Keep your fingers crossed!

More Babies!

Herd Sires and Does

Here is our registered Mini Silky Foundation Doe, CornerStone's Faith:



Sol-Orr's Gangster has sired all of our prizewinning kids, and most of our offspring. He's a registered Mini Silky herdsire and champion in his own right.



We have had some lovely babies out of Gizmo as well.

BaaBaaDoo's Lord Justice

We are very proud of our parents and babies! Here is the prizewinning BaaBaaDoo's Lord Justice:


Lord Justice winning Junior Buck Reserve Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Buck at the Goats Music and More show in Lewisburg TN.

Our Goats and Our Farm

BaaBaaDoo Farm is a boutique breeder of Registered Miniature Silky Long-Haired Fainting Goats. We are located in the heart of Virginia's historic Hunt Country. Since we concentrate on raising a small quantity of highest quality babies each year, our kids are usually reserved or sold before we can even post about them on the internet. Therefore, we have decided to drop our dedicated website and just update everyone via this blog. We hope you enjoy reading about their adventures as much as we do writing about them!