Ever since Andrea was a young teenager she’s wanted goats. I never wanted goats, so naturally she didn’t get them. I’m sure all you moms can relate to my reasoning. When the kids decide they’re bored with the animal, the new has worn off, or (and this is my favorite) it’s to hard to take care of them, us moms get stuck caring for the pet. I’ve heard horror stories, like I’m sure most others have as well, how goats eat EVERYTHING! I know my limitations, goats have always been way beyond what I knew I was ready to take on so she never got her goats growing up.
Well now that Will has his flock of hens, Emily has her pair of pigs, was it fair to keep Andrea from having her dream pet? Even though she’s grown with a child and home of her own, she still lives on the farm and in order to continue encouraging her to actively participate how could we deny her goats any longer?
This all comes at a time when our world is in a very strange situation, we’re dealing with a world wide pandemic where people are hoarding toilet paper and all we could think about was how are we going to provide for our children if the stores run out of food. I went to buy milk and the only thing available was a quart of goats milk, at the high price of $4.50. I reluctantly bought it because my son and grandson love milk. We had never had goats milk before so I was afraid I was wasting my money but it was delicious!! It was then that I decided that we NEED goats.
So last week we welcomed Laveau & Marie, our very first goats to the farm. I’ve spent hours watching videos, reading books, trying to do all I can to be prepared for their arrival. We’re all so excited to see them every day, their so funny to watch and they’re so friendly. It almost makes me wish we had given in to Andrea a long time ago!
Darr Family Farm 