Jasper & Honey

well two more bottle babies.....they really are alot of fun. All three are getting along nicely and growing nicely too!!!!

Bottle Baby

We got  a bottle baby. He is a Boer Buck and we named him Brutus. When we got him he was 6 days old and just about 4 pounds, he was 3 pounds at birth. Well Brutus is doing great, he is now 4 weeks old and weighs 11 pounds 8 ounces.
The first picture is the day we got him. The second picture is a couple days later and the third picture is at three weeks old. He likes to jump on to that pail, but he didn't  notice I had taken the lid off of it and he also didn't notice he was standing in a pail of whole corn!!!!

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Chipwich

Meet Chipwich thats what we call her, but she is actually Majenli Zip Abercrombie. She is registered a Purebred LaMancha -  ADGA # L1520098.
She will be a main contributer to our Goats Milk Soap production. We will be looking for a LaMancha Buck to breed her with this fall.

Goats Milk Soap

Here are some of the Goats Milk Soaps that we make.These soaps can be purchased through our facebook page  JADA Hill Farm, LLC.

Frankincense & Myrrh

                

Pearberry

  

                                          

Oatmeal, Milk & Honey

Sandalwood Vanilla

Mayan Gold

Unscented

Daphne

Well we got a another goat this week. A Boer Goat, paint. She is the sweetest goat ever. She is just about a year old and came with the name "Goat"..so we changed her name to Daphne..Daffy for short.  We got her from a young couple who bought her as a pet  when she was just a couple months old, and didn't realize how big she would get and all that goes along with taking care of a goat.. So we are trying to find out the farm she was born at so we could find out what shots she received at birth, her family tree, etc...
She really is a very nice goat and will also find out if her parents are registered , hopefully so because then we will register her.

meet Daphne!!!

A Sunny Dec. Day

Christmas Parade

We had been in our quirky, down home, small town, Country Christmas Parade. We had so much fun. We brought three of our Boer goats, Daisy, Dahlia  Dandelion along with us. We had decorated our hay trailer with lights, garland & silver bells. We had also put antlers on the goats, they didn't hold up very well, next year we will have to buy sturdier ones.
The streets were lined with people, probably ten deep. All the floats would throw candy to all those watching, so we let our grandchildren throw the candy, they had a blast. The goats actually were very good, of course we had plenty of grain and all the hay they wanted. Will definitely do it again next year!!!!

Guineas' early morning catch at JADA Hill Farm, LLC.

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Goats finally able to get outside after all the rain we been having!!!!!!

Jaalah of JADA Hill Farm, LLC.

Jaalah living up to her name... which means " Wild Goat"

Goat: Coming Soon to a High-End Menu Near You

Goat: Coming Soon to a High-End Menu Near You

besides it tasting real good, this article doesn't tell you the it is healthier for you then  Beef, Pork, Chicken, Lamb or Venison

Nutritional Value of Goat Meat compared to other meats 3oz.                  Calories                  Fat               Sat. Fat           Protien             Iron Roasted                                              (g)                   (g)                  (g)                   (g) ................................................................................................................................................................... GOAT                122                         2.58                 .79                   23                  3.2          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chicken            120                         3.5                  1.1                     21                  1.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beef                   245                       16.0                 6.8                     23                   2.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pork                  310                        24.0                 8.7                     21                   2.7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lamb                235                        16.0                 7.3                      22                   1.4

Kikos

we got two more new goats, they are kiko. Kiko are another type of meat goat, they are a lot more parasite resistant then boer goats.
Their names are Jaalah, which means "wild goat" and let me tell you, it is the perfect name for her.  Jaalah is all white, and Jazmin which is almost as wild, but is more timid or afraid so she runs from us, and she is mostly light brown with some white.

they are not use to being in a pen, their barn was all open.

they are getting comfortable after
being there all day.

Today was their first day out in our field,
they were just checking everything out

Farm Visitors

We have been having a lot of farm visitors recently. Some are just  showing up  and others  drive by and see the goat out in the field and decide to stop. We welcome visitors so we always tell them to come on up the driveway  and see the goats! Most of the time they have children with them so we let them feed the goats!!! win win situation........ kids enjoy it and so do the goats....

Well summer is flying by, August is just about over and the nights are getting cooler and even some of the leaves  are starting to change color.
The kid goats have all settled in and are now use to their new home. They are growing nicely and are able to go into the field with the two larger goats that we gotten before them.
We are still looking for some more kid goats, preferably kiko or kiko/boer cross.
The Guinea Fowl is also getting big and as of now are still in the coop, in about three weeks we will open the door to the coop and let them free range. We will put the goats in the field where the coop is for a couple days before we open that door so they get use to them. Hoping to avoid the goats chasing the guinea fowl.

our first Boers!!!!!!!

we just bought 4 boer kids from BOMA BOERS..they  are having a great time adjusting to there new home, and we are having a great time watching and taking care of them :)

Daisy  born 3/30/10

Dahlia born 4/5/10

Daffodil born 4/10/10

Dandelion born 4/20/10

just about done....bring on the goats!!!!

Inside of the barn is all finished except for some electrical stuff-waiting on lights that were back ordered,  and the plumbing to be connected in the vet room.
Outside, painting is almost done, just needs to finish the front.  Then the trim could be put on and the hardware for the doors.  The barn sign was hung!
We do have two goats now, Jellybean & Sweetheart.....they are adjusting really good..I think :)
This Sunday we will be going to look at more goats, can't wait!!!!
We also got guinea keets, 15 of them, they are now two weeks old and are growing fast.

getting ready!!!!

The inside of the barn is painted, the pens are set up, the window bars that Johnny made are hung. Hay baskets are ready to be filled along with the mineral feeders and water buckets. We brought in some hay. The next couple of days the outside of the barn will be painted and the final finishing touches will be done  then bring on the Goats!!!!!

Barn doors

Love the barn doors!!!!!  The barn doors are now on and alot of the finishing work is getting done, window trims and moldings etc... Work bench in the vet/feed room got started today,almost done waiting on the sink for measurements....Hopefully this weekend the painter will start...we are definitely getting close to the end...

Chicken Coop

We place the Coop in the field then Johnny and I built a "screened-in patio" for the chicken coop..It really came out nice. Now all we have to do is get  some chickens to move in!!!

 

While we were doing that, Jim and Bobby finished siding the Barn