Bobin

Many of you who have been here are familiar with our black goat, Bobo. He is the only goat or sheep on the premises that has a name. The family that work on the farm named him and have treated him like a pet. They even told us once of how he would come in their house and get up on the bed! He's bigger now and acting a bit differently, but still playful. His form of play involves head butting and love nips so we have to warn everyone to remember how adult male goats play! The point of this story is not just to tell the rest of you about Bobo. It's to tell you about his son. Bobo has sired many goats in the two years that we have had him, but all of them have had the tawny color of their mothers. Just before the team came, a little black male goat was born. And since he looks like his sire, he got a name too! That makes two that have names. The family called him Bobin (sounds like Bowbean). Basically it means little son of Bobo.


With the exception of the one white leg, he looks just like Bobo. The team was amused to see that he very much resembled a puppy as he gamboled around after his mother. He is really cute, but we are going to have to stop naming the 'food'! (No, he and his papa will never be food, but the reason we are raising animals is to provide food!)