Abbott Farms - Sustainable Agriculture

Little Zinnia, last baby of the 2026 season Our last pregnant doe had one single baby girl on the first day of spring, March 20, 2026. Both are doing well! We disbudded Marcie's girls, one on Saturday the 21st, and one on Monday the 23rd. We also disbudded this cutie pie, Zinnia on Monday the 23rd. So before we realized it had started, the kidding season was over and all the kids are disbudded! Our total is two boys and three girls. We will certainly sell the boys. We haven't

Marcie's twin girls, Patty and Violet Marcie wasn't due until March 23rd, so imagine our surprise when we went out to do evening chores on March 16th and found two lovely baby girls waiting for us in the big pen! Although it is unusual for goats to kid that early, they must have been ready because the girls weighed 8 and 9 pounds and are extremely vigorous. Marcie has plenty of milk and is being a good Mommy. She is a first freshener, so you never know how they will do.

Crocus with Bert and Ernie Our first babies of the spring 2026 season arrive on Friday March 13th, a lucky day for us! Crocus had two healthy boys, Bert was nine pounds and Ernie was 10 pounds. Ernie wanted to come out backwards and had his legs bent back, so he needed a little help coming into the world, but was no worse for the wear. Crocus did great and has a lot of milk. We have two more does left to kid, Allium and her daughter, Marcie. Allium is due March 20th, and Marc