In search of milk....

Having pestered the council to allow us to keep pigs, we were suddenly told that we could have goats!

A long search, battling against the predjudices of goat keepers who didn't approve of goats on allotments eventually led us to....





Gertie and Rosie.

They are Golden Guernsey goats, which are classified as a rare breed, and very difficult to find.

We built a new pen, scrounged a shed to use for a goathouse, and of course they had to have an adventure playground....





The search for a mate for them proved to be even more difficult but eventually we found....





....Peter at Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm and his owners were happy for him to get up close and personal with our girls.

Five months later Rosie presented us with these....





...and a week later, after a horrendous kidding, Gertie brought Billy Whizz into the world....





One of the kids was slaughtered at six months old, but we realised that we wouldn't be able to face this ordeal again. Rising feed costs were making it verydifficult for us to justify keeping the goats, and eventually all four of them went to a new home where they have five acres to romp around in.