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We have a licensed Grade A RAW dairy!
Today marks a very special day for us – we have been inspected and approved with a score of 100% by the Washington State Department of Agriculture to produce, bottle, and sell licensed Grade A raw goat milk from our grass-based Nubian herd! This has been long-time coming, and the dream has at last become…
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Is Quince Pregnant?
Today Dr. Scot, one of our vets, was out to do TB and Brucellosis testing on the new girls. We have two very near and dear vets in our area. In WA, we test annually for these. He checked Quince, one of our milking Jersey cows, to see if she was pregnant. Last year we…
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We’re All Getting Tired
In the wee hours of the morning, after doing this no-sleep thing for many a’ night, we admitted defeat. We called Lucy and Mike and have canceled our inspection. Because we are so near Ken being home (the 16th), we have decided to wait for him. He’s been around for the last year and a…
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Peoples Choice Awards, Lambs Wool Dress
Lucy called this morning and said that she hadn’t gotten any of the messages we left her over the last couple of days. So we scheduled our inspection for Friday at 10:30am. It works best for all of us. Yesterday one of our yearling Icelandic Sheep had a beautiful little baby girl. It’s the smallest…
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No Ken Without Mike
On Thursday Mike called and said that WSDA would not allow him to license us without Ken. After several phone calls to find alternatives, Lucy (head of Mike and Ken) will be coming down to do the inspection. Here’s the kicker: she, too, is on vacation through all of next week. She has made special…
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Plumber and Electrician
The electrician arrived today and did the finish work. The plumber has been rescheduled for tomorrow morning. Ken & Mike have also postponed until tomorrow at 3pm. And then Ken is off until the 17th! Sooooo…. Here we go! Thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes today!
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Getting Closer
Okay, okay, still no official stamp of approval… BUT, Ken & Mike did come today – just as our plumber was installing sinks! The plumber will be back out tomorrow to hook up the last triple sink in the morning, and the pasteurizer hoses. We bought the pasteurizer from a farmer up north. Ken knows…
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Working On The Dairy
Here we have reached and passed our licensed dairy date of April 20th, and I have not updated you of where we are! We are running behind schedule… But only a wee! The week before the 20th our electrician Steve, and plumber Tony, came out to do the “rough in” of work on the dairy…