This is the blog for our little farm in Skagit county. Here we have Shetland sheep and Nigerian Dwarf goats. In addition we have donkeys, cattle, pigs, chickens, geese, and peafowl. The blog describes the weekly activities here.
This is a tribute to Candy Kiss, our oldest goat who died today. I traded for her in 2004 when she was almost 8 years old because I loved her deep red color.
Only eight days later our buck Cody escaped when she was cycling and so 5 months after she arrived she produced triplets for us: Pixy Stix, Tootsie Roll, and Zotz.
She did not kid again until 2008 when she produced twins: Mars and Snickers.
She was then retired. Here she is teasing Cody in her retirement.
Her retirement was shorter than I had hoped, but her decline was brief and appeared painless.
I believe her life here was a good one, and I am glad I knew her.
She was a beautiful goat; I’m so sorry she’s gone.
Sorry to hear that she is gone. I’m glad her decline was brief and painless. I think you’re right about her having a good life. 🙂
Sweet!
Thanks guys! She was beautiful and made gorgeous kids. I wished she had lived longer, but winters can be so hard on older animals.
I’m so sorry. I also love her deep red color.
Thank you. She was the only red goat I have had. I wished she had made a red doeling for me to keep but the kids she made were awfully cute.
I’m sorry for your loss. She really was a pretty red. I’m sure she had a great life on your farm.
Thank you. I hope she did.
I’m sorry for your loss Donna. She sounded like a great goat, and was blessed to have you for an owner.
Jackie
Thanks Jackie- she was a nice goat, and I was blessed to have her for my goat too!