Hello From Oregon

Reader Contribution by Caitlyn Menne
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Well, I suppose I should start off by stating that the chubby goat in the picture is NOT me! I’m actually the person behind the chubby goat. Yeah, the black boots. That’s me. Many people simply know me as ‘Goat Song’, and some people do actually call me “Goat Song”. But if we want to be professional here, my real handle is Caitlyn Menne. And the four-legged miscreant is a Nigerian Dwarf doe named, ‘Poppet’. I’m the newest goat blogger here at Mother Earth News, so this first post will be more of an introduction, rather than a compilation of useful goat knowledge. But the goat knowledge will come. I promise.

My two passions in life are very simply summed up: Farming, and goats. The farming part has always been a given in my life, but I didn’t fall into goats until about six years ago. I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, which offers many challenges when raising livestock. It’s very wet here! I primarily raise Nubians, as I’m a sucker for their noise and drama. But I am always willing to *ahem* take in other breeds, which has put me in a position in which I have now tried all the dairy breeds (including the rare Guernsey), and many crossbreds. Besides the Nubians, I also have a rogue Nigerian Dwarf (I had to buy her… How do you say “No.” to something that’s only eighteen inches tall?!), and a grumpy Saanen/ La Mancha doe. 

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