The next set of twins are Rebecca's

Rebecca is such a GREAT Mother and again providing twins - Lucas and Lilly

"Lucas" is standing tall in the feed bunker telling the herd that he gets fed first - to bad it is not true. The moment the food comes out he stand behind his mother because all the other goats crowd around. He hates fighting over anything but at least in this picture he is looking like a real billy boy. Next picture with the single goat with a baby standing behind her is "Lilly" - just like her name, she is a delicate flower. Lilly is always protecting the newest kids, helping her brother out by giving him first bids on the food and is always willing to sit with me to receive gentle strokes and tons of hugs. She especially loves having her ears rubbed and nose kissed.

The other picture shows them together and when I asked "Who is my pretty babies ?" you can see "Lucas" answered with his lip curled up and a grunt, "I am MOMMY, I am" They are both Cashmere although Lucas has wave to his fiber. Truly Gentle Souls are these two...

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By the Way Monica is the winner of naming Masquerades female baby - I am getting to their pictures next.

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Einstein the Master Mind

I spent about a half an hour trying to get him in the camera range and this was the best I could do - He moves to quickly and seems to be two steps ahead of me. His mother "Eva" is continually singing his praises and I must say I agree with her - he is remarkable. Eva is a Cashgora with a very soft handle to her five inch long fleece but his father "Ret" has given him the lock structure and shine of an Angora. Einstein and Kazoo have almost identical fleeces and oddly enough they are best of friends. You will find those two glued at the hip getting into all kinds of fun. Einstein however, loves to have his back hips rubbed and horns scratched. He also has picked up his mothers gift of gab - he loves to talk with me while I work in the barn or when I walk the pastures with them. The nice part unlike his mother - when I tell him to be quite he shuts up - now if only I could get Eva to learn that !

Kazoo is Next

This young man is a Silly Billy - he loves when I call him "Kazoo Kazoo"... He is the fun guy in the group. Kazoo loves to run, jump and kick up his hooves but most of all he LOVES getting his back rubbed. He turns to mush as you can see him laying on the barn floor after receving one of my famous back rubs.
His mother Kate is a Cashgora with a fiber length of six inches and his father is a Pure Angora with a fiber length of nine inches. So as you can see this pure white fleece is already about 3 inches with a sheen that is blinding. He is also going to have the density of this father "Ret" which is fantastic. I also must share he is like his father in another way - he is tickleish under his under arms. It is so funny to watch an animal who is tickleish - they can't giggle but they curl up their upper lip and you can see their skin crawl - then they jump into the air - then Kazoo runs back to me waiting for me to do it again - Silly Billy!!

Second Set of Twins - Marvin and Murtle

As you can see brother and sister look very different but they are so much alike in spirit. Both of them are gentle, kind and a little bit shy although they both love attention and affection. Marvin is the seal grey with black under tones while Murtle is a soft cream with a slight apricot hase to her coat. As you can see their mother Maggie is pure black but blows a fleece of silver. They are Cashmere so they will have a customary buttery coat that will require nothing more then a brush to harvest. I am also so excited to say that Murtle's eye issue are completely gone - amazing considering at one point we thought she might be totally blind. Those herbal remedies work - I have been saying that for so many years but a guess you just have to have this type of miracle to understand.

The First Set of Twins - My How They Have Grown

Seamus and Sarita are finally getting away from Mom Esmeralda and becoming friendly. Most folks can not tell them apart but to me it is very easy - Sarita is sitting on the metal drum and Seamus is standing alone in the barn. It is very rare to find the two of them separate but now Seamus is finding those rubs, hugs and snugs that Monk gets are really quite nice. Sarita will only come up to me if Seamus comes with her. They both are also Cashgora's and have the softest, pure white fleeces. They both have had a couple of times spent time in the feed bunkers but what is amazing about this type of fleece is all it takes to get the vegetable matter out is to run you hand up and down the fleece and it is back to perfection. The brown and black goat standing with them is their mother "Esmeralda" and the dog watching over is "Chief" one of the three great pry's who protect us all. Chief just loves his goaties.... He had a soft spot in his heart for goat babies and has been guarding that barn since he came here - you will find him licking their ears, cleaning their eyes and standing guard all night to make sure those little one's are safe.

What a Perfect Boy "Monk" Is

As you can see "Monk" is one impressive young billy. I admit, he also has the sweetest heart just like his Great Grand Dad "Thor" but with fleece has exceeded all my hopes. He is a Cashgora which means his fleece will brush out like a Cashmere but will have at least double the length of a Cashmere and a sheen that is more like an Angora. The other benefit to this type of fleece is the price tag it yeilds, in past years this quality of fleece fetched $19.50 a half ounce - you heard me right!!!
Each time I go in the barn "Monk" greets me with kind rubs on my leg and kisses on my hands. As I stroke his fantastic fleece and kiss the bridge on his nose, his eyes just melt. He was first born and gently commands the lead of all the goats - a true herdshire in the making. I could sit for hours hugging and petting him and he sure would let me but I must not forget to share the others with you.