After months of research, demonstrations and preparations we finally brought home 3 adorable angora doe kids. We named them "Chloe", "Belle" and "Harmony". These doe kids were offered to us by my new friend Sandy, owner of "Nowhere Branch Angora Goats" who raises beautiful, happy and healthy Angora goats in Marshall, NC. I knew when we picked these little ones up that they where well taken care of and I had no worries of bringing home any sick animals. It makes me so happy to see animals loved and cared for like this, as they should be, in the manner in which they deserve.

Since we kept most of the trees up on our land there are no grazing pastures for them, instead I feed them goat feed, Timothy hay, and of course ground cover and any leaves and twigs they can reach from the trees. They are especially fond of the wild grape leaves that grow all along the fence, up the trees and on the ground. I was a little reluctant to ask my husband to build a hay feeder since he worked so hard on the shelter so I made makeshift haystacks out using tomato stands we had for our garden. I just stuck them in the ground, filled them with hay and my girls are able to eat at their level without wasting that much. This worked well until they started growing and knocking them over. I now keep the hay on the opposite side of the fence where they can still get to it by pulling it through the fence, small portions at a time which prevents wasting so much.