Archive for February 20, 2020

Meet Billy!

5 years

by Amy in My Angora goats.

Yesterday my new Bucks arrived! They come from Dave Brown’s Angora/mohair breed in Waipu, to read more about Dave’s goats please follow the links below…

https://www.rarebreeds.co.nz/waipupro.html

http://www.waipuangoras.com

https://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-news/rural-management/mohair-growth-no-woolly-thinking

I brought two bucks, one has had the heaviest fleece in New Zealand for several years running, he is a bit older but he has plenty of life in him yet, he was also one of a set of triplets when he was born which is exciting because one of my goals is to increase the fertility and kidding rate in my flock.

The other buck has excellent body weight, I am excited to have his breeding in the flock because when I sell wether goats to the works in the future I should get good prices for them because of their kill weight. He also has a very good, fine fleece which will be helpful to upgrade my fiber.

Below is a picture of my new bucks…the older one is the biggest, do you have any suggestions for names? (Edit: I have decided to call the biggest one Ronald and the smaller buck “Halt”).

My new Angora bucks.

Tank legs.

5 years

by Amy in The HOUSE WE BUILT!

Today we built the tank-stand!

It was hot sweaty work but we got there in the end!

We had a bit of difficulty getting it square but by using levers and a pulley system we figured it out. I put nearly all the bolts in and put nuts and washers on the all by myself.

I think it will hold our tank up no worries! We are going to make an outdoor shower underneath the tank-stand so we need to get some plumbing things for that and then we need to cement the posts and the shower floor so we will have to get some metal and sand for the cement…Maybe by next week we can put the tank up? I’m excited to see it on it’s stand.