Okay, so lots of friends are asking: 1) What kind of goat is that? 2) How old is she? 3) How much milk does she give? 4)What happened to her ears?! 5) Will she really eat Buckthorn? So, here you go ... everything you want to know about our star milker, Violet:1. She is a La Mancha goat -- some books say the La Mancha is from Spain, others say that they originated in the United States somewhere in California ... I'm putting my money on Spain and guessing that the goats found their way to Mexico during that Conquistador period and then on up to California!
2. Violet is four years old.
3. We have been getting ONE GALLON of milk each day from our lovely lady.
4. She really does have ears - you just have to look close! The LaMancha goats have one of two ear types: gopher (almost non-existent like Violet's) or elf ears (about 1"-2" long).
5. As for Buckthorn ... We hope she devours it! So far though she has been munching on the oak firewood, my prize pagoda dogwood (we hope it lives), the sugar maple, tulips (just about to open ... ouch!).
