The First Time

This past week has been an interesting one for us. We determined it was time to take our wethers to the butcher. So, Jim did what he needed to do in order to get the boys in the condition they needed to be in to take them in (translation available for those that need it). Then we gave one of the wethers to a friend of ours that owns a Mexican Restaurant, knowing that he'd know exactly how to cook it, and also because we wanted to see what he thought.

Well, let me tell you, it was terrific! It was so tender - it just melted in your mouth. We had it Colorado style, so it was a little spicier than I would have liked, but it was excellent nonetheless.

On Monday I took the other two carcasses in to the butcher and we're just waiting for the meat in white packages to be returned.

We have one more boy that is going in today. He's an older guy and we've decided to turn him into hamburger, pepperoni and jerky. We'll see how it goes. We may also have some sausage done, just so we can try it. I made some phone calls, but nobody seems to know much about how a goat that is 20 months old tastes, so I guess we'll find out.

We are down to only two does from our 2008 kids left to sell - and nobody else. As we begin into the 2009 kidding season, we're making some more serious decisions about the kids that we get. We're not keeping them "just because" or "maybe they will ..." The fact is, we want to raise high quality show animals, as well as high quality market animals - and the two offer some fairly clearly lines. If the animal that we have is not show, it's for market - the emotional attachment has to be removed or we're never going to get where I want to be.

Amd lastly, we're now to breeding season for 2009 kids! Capriole's GD Excursion is in with all the girls and we'll pull him out at the end of the month and then figure out if anybody comes back into heat. At least this way I'll have a pretty good idea as to when to expect kids (much better than our 2008 kids!)

Until the next time!