I made the first cheese of 2018 now that Molly has (finally!*) switched to regular milk from colostrum. It's a feta, and half of it was ordered by Larra the waitress up at Leo's. Leo ordered yogurt and a bit of milk. We're still working on the colby and cheddar cheeses from the latter half of last year - good stuff. I shared a colby with Frank and Caroline, but told them hubby is not willing to allow a cheddar out of the house. LOL Frank said I need to make more cheddars this year, because he also loves a good sharp cheddar.
I have renamed Molly's second-born white son. He is now Herbie the Love Bug. It fits him, and sounds a lot better than "Whitey" so Herbie he is. I also just got an email from Frank saying their kid and family want Herbie, and can I hold him until March. He'll get attention (they have school-age children, just like the family I bought Brownie from) and he'll be mate to Harry (Prim's son) Houdini's daughters, making to offspring grandkids of both Molly and Prim. Prim is still milking from when she kidded last February - just half a quart usually now, but over 11 months after kidding is impressive for a goat. I am getting between a quart-and-half and two quarts in the morning from Molly, and that is with leaving her udder half-full for the twins! She is likely producing over 3/4 gallon of milk in a 24 hour period. Any wonder that I am trying to cross those two nannies' bloodlines?
It's warming up and clouding up to rain again (forecast to start tomorrow night and run until Tuesday morning) so pictures will need to wait until better weather. I have the idea to see if hubby can get a video clip of me and the kids. We'll see if goats cooperate.
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