Open Farm Weekend

Open Farm Weekend August 28th & 29th 9:00am to 5:00pm

-Farm Tours- come meet the goats and other various farm animals
-Angora Goat Shearing Demonstrations (Sunday morning)
-Thanksgiving Turkey Sales
-Farm & Fiber Product Sales (mohair, pygora, & wool fleece, roving, yarn, & dyes)
-Forums to discuss basic Angora Goat & Pygora Goat Raising
-If enough interest I can also run One Pot Rainbow Dying Mohair Demonstrations

More info coming soon.

Goat Transportation Available

Transportation Available for Goats
I am traveling from New Hampshire to Buffalo, New York area and back on I-90 the first weekend in August if anyone is looking for transportation for their goats in this general area in either direction feel free to contact me. bonny.collard@yahoo.com

EAGMA Show (CAGBA Nationals)

Last weekend I loaded up 12 goats and headed off to Maryland for the EAGMA show. I had a great time, it was rather warm though 100 degrees on Sunday.

Red Card Class - Angora Goat Show
"Luke" #1014 3rd place buck kid
"Lorna" #395 5th place adult doe

Colored Angora Goat Show
"Fizzypop" #1035 5th place SR kid doe
"Fireball" #1036 6th place SR kid buck
"Fleetwood" #1039 8th place SR kid buck

Mohair Fleece Competition
"Shrek" #57 1st place 2nd clip kid mohair
"Leslie" #39 3rd place 2nd clip kid mohair
"Sarah" #924 4th place 2nd clip kid mohair
"Ryley" #819 3rd place yearling mohair
"Kialeigh" #759 5th place adult mohair

Now I am planning the next trip with the goats to the Michigan Fiber Festival.

New Website

I just launched my new website this morning. Check it out, any comments about it would be helpful. It is still under construction but some pages are done.

Check it out:

www.paintedshadowfarm.com


Current pictures of all for sale goats on sale page of new website.

Kids For Sale

I am posting the kids for sale list. There will be a couple others added later in the year, including a couple CAGBA registered brown buck kids. This is in addition to the adults and yearlings listed below. I have a couple others I may sell, so if you are looking for something not on the list feel free to contact me.


Kids


"Adalyn" black pygora doeling out of a reverse badger pygora doe and a badger angora buck $100.

"Andrew" black pygora buckling with a white flash on one side out of a reverse badger pygora doe and a badger angora buck $100.

"Leticia" black angora doeling. CAGBA registered. Recessive out of a red angora doe and a badger angora buck $300.

"Allexa" white pygora doeling. Will be PCA registered. Out of a white pygora doe and a badger angora buck $150.

"Alayna" black pygora doeling. Will be PCA registered. Out of a white pygora doe and a badger angora buck $150.

"Luke" white angora buck. CAGBA recorded. Out of a white angora doe and a chocolate brown angora buck $100.

"Brandon" White with blue coloring angora cross wether. Out of a angora cross doe and a badger angora buck $50.

"Landan" Dark chocolate brown angora buckling. CAGBA registered. Out of a black angora doe and a chocolate brown angora buck $250.

"Levi" Dark chocolate brown angora buckling. CAGBA registered. Out of a cream angora doe and a chocolate brown angora buck $250.

Feel free to contact me for pictures or more information on any goats listed here. Pictures of all kids are posted below in the order that they were born, but will send current pictures to anyone who is interested.

Adults & Yearlings For Sale

This is the start of the spring 2010 for sale list, the kids for sale will be posted after everyone on the waiting list is contacted. I am having a herd reduction sale, these are some wonderful goats and it was a hard decision to sell some of them.

Adults

Maggie- 3 yr old white angora cross doe, great mother, very friendly

Mallory- 3yr old reverse badger pygora doe, usually twins, type B fleece

Natalie- 3 yr old AAGBA registered white angora doe, Hill Shepherd blood lines, friendly


Keara- 3 yr old CAGBA registered red angora doe, Hill Shepherd blood lines, friendly

Toby- 3 yr old unproven black angora buck, great personality

Hunter- 3 yr old red pycazz wether, very friendly, great fiber

Alexander- 3 yr old white pygora wether, very friendly, excellent fiber producer

Ryley- 2 yr old red angora wether, very friendly, wonderful red fleece


Yearlings

Sasha- white color carrying pygora doe, type A fiber

Rachel- white color carrying pygora doe, type B fiber

Andy- white angora cross wether, nice fiber, long staple length

Russell- black pygora buckling, type A fiber, won 1st place Michigan Fiber Festival 2009 pygora show

Ryan- reverse badger pygora buckling, type B fiber

Transportation available. I will be attending:
NH Sheep & Wool Festival
EAGMA show in MD
Michigan Fiber Festival
VT Sheep & Wool Festival
NH Wool Arts Tour
NY Sheep & Wool Festival
and can transport or meet buyers at convenient locations along the way.

Pictures available upon request. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like any info on any of the goats.

Kids for sale coming soon.
Angoras and Pygoras available.

Spoiled Bottle Babies

I have 3 bottle babies, all currently living in the house. I was going to move them out to the barn, but the temperature dropped 30 degrees suddenly so am waiting for the warmer weather to return. During the days when I am out doing barn chores they go out to the barn to play with the other kids and explore the outdoors.

After a busy afternoon of playing outside Adrian decided to take a nap in the living room chair.

And Logan took the dogs bed all for himself,when the dog left the room. His brother Landan was on the other side of the room sleeping with his chin on his pillow.

What spoiled kids!! They go in crates at night and when I go to work but they are alot of fun, even if they make a mess. It will be really quiet when they move out.

We have a spiral staircase to the second floor and Adrian just learned how to climb stairs the other day and he is so proud of himself, really cute. Goats are wonderful treasures.

The last 2 does have kidded

Finally the last 2 had girls. I am very impressed with the kids I got from my new buck, he threw some amazing dark browns.

Thursday night Khloe delivered a beautiful big dark chocolate brown doeling Lyndsi.

Early this morning Kelsi delivered a beautiful dark chocolate brown doeling as well, her name is Lydia.

I will post the for sale list of adults and yearlings tomorrow. And after the people on the waiting list have been contacted the kids for sale list will be posted.

Lorna's first baby

Lorna is a first time mother and she delivered a beautiful big chocolate brown buckling this morning. They are both doing well. His name is Levi.

Levi

Angel has twins

Yesterday night Angel delivered a set of twins, a boy Luke and a girl Lizzie.

Lizzie

Luke (he was being camera shy)

3 more angora does to kid. I can't wait to see the colors on the last three as they are also out of my new chocolate brown buck.

First Angora Kids Have Arrived

Monday morning Maggie delivered a little boy. Maggie is an angora cross. Her baby Brandon is white with a black strip along his back.

Brandon

Late afternoon Monday Kialeigh delivered a beautiful black angora doeling Leticia. She is a recessive black.

Leticia

Early Tuesday morning Emma delivered a beautiful set of dark brown twin bucklings Logan and Landan. They are the first babies out of the new buck I got in the fall who is chocolate brown.

Logan (in the back sleeping) and Landan (in the front)

Dakota's new baby

Dakota delivered a beautiful black PCA pygora doeling this morning. This is the last pygora doe to kid. Then I have a angora cross doe due in the next few days. And next week the angoras start kidding.


Alayna

Danielle's new Baby

Late Tuesday afternoon Danielle delivered a beautiful little white PCA doeling. Danielle is a first time mother and she is doing an excellent job with Allexa.

Allexa

New Arrivals

This morning I woke up to the sound of new babies arriving on the baby monitor. Molly had a set of twins. A boy with a white flash on his side Andrew and a girl Adalyn. They both have the same white star on the top of their heads as Molly's 2009 buck kid does.

Adalyn

Andrew

The first set of twins are now 2 weeks old.

Adrian exploring the living room.

Alli checking out the great outdoors.

Alli trying to figure out what mom is eating for breakfast.

First Kids have Arrived

Thursday afternoon the first pygora doe kidded a beautiful set of twins. A boy-Adrian and a girl- Alli both black with frosted ears and nose. The doe rejected the little boy, so I have my first ever bottle baby living in the house.

This is Alli sampling some straw.

This is Adrian napping on the kitchen floor in front of the stove.

Adrian chases me all over the house and then curls up to nap in whatever room I am in. He was chasing the vaccum around the living room this morning. He is such a happy easy going kid. He just curled up under the desk to nap, but usually he sleeps in my lap while I am typing.

Spring Shearing has Started

Sunday February 7th started spring shearing. All the boys got their new haircuts and the one doe that is due middle of next week. We will continue shearing over the next two Sundays. Luckily it has been in the low 20's since shearing so with their coats on and the extra straw I put down in their barns they aren't too cold.

The young boys wearing their coats out to breakfast. They are very colorful.

The older boys with their new haircuts.

Longshot with the new little buck.

The little girls out munching their breakfast, they will get their new haircuts on Sunday.

A few of the expecting mothers, they have about a month before the little ones arrive.

I will be posting the start of my spring for sale list by the end of the month. I am reducing my pygora herd and a few angoras as well so I will be offering some wonderful goats at great prices. Multiple goat discounts. Transportation to shows in New England area possible as well as Michigan Fiber Festival or a location in route. Anyone interested in colored angoras or pygoras feel free to contact me to be put on the waiting list or to come visit the farm.