Averill is my smallest and sweetest goat. She came from Apple Haven Farm in Stewartstown, NH when they were still managing their organic goat herd. Averill was a great purchase! She has Mount McKinley in her line and she was a good goat to start out with. She has a very compact udder, tiny teats that make my hands ache when I milk her, and I battle with her to let down her milk (lots of massaging!), but she is my favorite. She reaches around from the head gate on the milking stand and nibbles my nose before she gets off the milk stand every time I milk her.

She had her first kids in 2015 when she was 18 months old. She was in a three-sided shed at the time and, of course, she kidded on an early March day when the temperatures plummeted to single digits and the wind was howling. Her first kid, a buckling, presented in a perfectly classic diving position and all went well with her delivery. The second kid was a large buckling and presented feet first with the head turned back. She and I worked together for nearly two hours to get this kid delivered (with the help and support of my mother and sister) - it was miserable and stressful and heartbreaking and the kid did not make it. Averill recovered beautifully, however, and has proven herself as an amazing goat momma. Every kidding since has gone as smooth as any goat owner could wish for. In 2016 she had two bucklings, in 2017 she had three doelings, in 2018 she had three doelings and one buckling,  in 2019 she had two doelings and one buckling, and in 2020 she had quads - two doelings and two bucklings. In 2021, she had twins, and in 2022, she kidded on single buckling. All of her kids have been docile and sweet just like her!

Rosasharn WS Red Grazia is her ADGA registered name - but she is 'Gracey' to me. I had the lovely fortune of adding Gracey to my herd in May 2019 and I am so looking forward to breeding her to see how she produces! She is a friendly and docile goat.  She is a petite and sweet goat with all the loveliness that Rosasharn goats include! Spring 2020 was her first kidding and she did GREAT! She had quads - one doeling and three bucklings. One of the bucklings was super  tiny (1.5 pounds at birth). Unfortunately, he did not survive. Her other three kids have nursed like gang-busters and grown wonderfully. They are the friendliest kids of the 2020 bunch. In both 2021 and 2022, she kidded with triplets. Gracey's udder is amazing! At about 10 hours full, she is giving just under 1.5 quarts of milk at a single milking. Her teats are a bit small for hand-milking, but she milks out quickly and is happy to let down her milk if she has enough grain. She also adjusted to milking in a way that no other goat I've owned has. She does not dance on the stand, move back and forth, or fidget. In less than a week, it was like I had been milking her for years - she's a beauty! Gracey's production during her first milking season was great. I transitioned her to once-a-day milking about six months into her lactation cycle and she continued to produce very well with no signs of udder hardness or mastitis. I dried her off at eight months into her cycle and her production had dwindled to a couple of cups at that point following the once-a-day milking routine.

Annabelle is Averill's doeling, born in March 2021. When Annabelle was born, I saw her colors and said to myself, "Ooh - that's a nice looking goat. If that is a doeling with blue eyes, I am probably going to have to keep her." Well, she was a doeling, and she had blue eyes! Annabelle is shy but sweet, just like her Momma. She is fine-boned, but a bit bigger than Averill. She is the prettiest goat in my herd! She kidded for the first time in early April 2022 and had three small babes. She's a good momma - doting, but not obsessive. She has small teats, but her udder is well-attached and a nice size. She is a finicky milker and not a huge producer, but she kids easily, is hearty, a good momma, and easy to manage. It is a nice balance. 

Lila is no longer a member of my herd, but I cannot bare to take her profile down because she was the first goat to be registered under my herd name - a real accomplishment and very exciting time for me! She went to a small family looking for homegrown milk and I'm happy that they ended up with such a great first goat.

Lila is my first goat to be registered under my herd name, Phillips Farmstead Lila, and she will always be special because of that! She has a red cape over a white body with dark legs and rump. She was born in March 2018 to Rosalyn and was one of four kids (three bucklings and her). All the kids born on my farm that spring were incredibly friendly, but Lila takes the cake. When Lila was about 10 weeks old, my cousin and I were out at the barn and Lila kept leaping into my lap. I would sort of toss her off my legs and she would wheel around and come hopping up for more. My cousin asked me how much I was going to like that game when Lila weighed 80 pounds? She continues to jump at me for attention whenever she gets a chance and I’m afraid it is a habit I most probably will not be able to break. It is a good thing I’m very fond of her.

Lila was bred to Sugar Moon O Rough Ryder in January 2019 for her first kidding. She is a large bodied doe like her momma, and I wasn’t convinced she had settled because even by the end of April (her due date was June 15th), she didn’t really show physical signs of pregnancy. I coaxed her up onto the milk stand for a small extra ration of grain and felt for those small nudges and bumps of kids rolling about – I waited… and waited… and … bump. “YES!! She’s bred!” I thought, "I should have known better," since Rosalyn hid her pregnancy very well her first kidding too and I only thought she might have kids about a week before she gave birth – and then she had quads! In June 2019 Lila kidded overnight completely on her own to two doelings. She was an extremely attentive momma. Her udder is well-attached and compact and Lila is a good producer (not quite as good as  her dam, Rosalyn). She's an easy milker once she lets her milk down. In 2020 she had triplets - one buckling and two doelings. Both years, she delivered in the middle of the night without my help or observation! In spring 2020, she went to a new home in southern New Hampshire.