Tribe of Thunder Farm

Tribe of Thunder Farm We are a small family farm raising registered dairy goats, chickens and a gaggle of kids in the foothills of NC.
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This wonderful man of mine celebrated his 40th birthday last week.Channing has spent the last week working in the hayfie...
09/06/2026

This wonderful man of mine celebrated his 40th birthday last week.

Channing has spent the last week working in the hayfields in the incredible heat getting up hay for all these goats at our house that he didn’t ask for. Lol. And with my work schedule and all of the kids activities, I am not sure that we have spent more than 30 minutes together at any point in the last seven days. Which is terribly unfortunate because I do try to cash in on him being “so old” for that 8 days until I am once more older. 😆 I’ve missed out!

Of course, Brynn knew his birthday was coming, requested an extra piece of paper from art class the week before so she could make him a card and made the SWEETEST card. She drew some of his favorite animals, wrote a message telling him he is her best friend, and saying she hoped he had the best birthday. 🎁 I hid my card in his gun safe where he stores his work gun not realizing he took the week off to do hay and had to tell him where it was. 😂

Happiest of birthdays to the man I am blessed to call mine. While we didn’t find each other until our thirties I am excited we started our forties together and am excited to spend this decade (and many more!) with him. He is the hardest worker you will ever find, loyal to a fault, the funniest guy I know, humble and loving and kind, and my best friend (I hope Brynn knows we gotta share! 😉). I couldn’t buy him a big enough gift, make him a fancy enough card, or write an illustrious enough IG post to really show him how happy I am to spend another birthday with him.

Now that the hay loft is full, maybe we can take a night off and go celebrate! 🎉 He is the bestest and we truly would be lost without him.

I hope you will help me tell him Cheers to Forty Years!

09/05/2026

You’re gonna suffer?

Yes!

But you’re gonna love it?

Absolutely! Fair season is the best worst week of the year!

Call me old fashioned, but when I pay extra on shipping something to make sure it gets there asap and you tell me it wil...
09/05/2026

Call me old fashioned, but when I pay extra on shipping something to make sure it gets there asap and you tell me it will “absolutely be there” by Friday…it should be there.

Mailed some registration papers off Tuesday at 830 as soon as the post office opened. Was assured that it was two day shipping. Worst case, they would get to ADGA headquarters Friday. I can live with that.

The envelope sat at my local post office all day Tuesday instead of leaving that day like they said it would. Then spent TWO DAYS sitting in Greensboro. And then a whole day driving from Gastonia to Charlotte. And they’ve still not made it to Spindale NC.

I could cry. I paid extra for fast shipping. I paid extra for the “rush” on transfers. At this rate they won’t even make it to ADGA before I need them for the Mountain State Fair. 😭

I detest the postal service. It is absolutely not what it used to be. And my local post office seems to be the absolute worst. Not helpful and not interested in doing the right thing.

Anyone have any tips for what to do now? I should have just driven the papers down myself. They’re only 2 hours away. This is crazy.

Does anyone know if I can call ADGA and have them hold the papers and me come pick them up? Could I call and have them next day shipped back? Is that more reliable than the USPS?

The postal service used to be dependable. Reliable. Trustworthy. Now it feels like a scam. Ugh.

😣

09/05/2026

Looky there!

What is that?

A nice goat?!? Heck yes!

Next weekend is our first fair of the fall. I love the fairs. Honestly. Love them. So laid back and fun. And this first ...
09/05/2026

Next weekend is our first fair of the fall. I love the fairs.

Honestly. Love them. So laid back and fun. And this first one is Mountain State Fair. Which may be my favorite.

Although fall is fast approaching we still have several weeks of 80s and 90s forecasted here. While most of the goats have been recently clipped, there are a couple who haven’t shown all year who are super wooly. A quick clip now and they’ll have their hair back before cold weather.

The girls will be clipping their showmanship does this weekend but I tried to knock out a few on my one day off this week. Here’s my sweet girl, Hidden Meadows My Butter Half. So excited to see how she does at the fairs.

Are you excited about any fairs?

With fall approaching and us sitting down and actually counting our goats we realize we have several does that we need t...
09/05/2026

With fall approaching and us sitting down and actually counting our goats we realize we have several does that we need to move along in order to get our numbers where they need to be for winter and spring kidding.

First we are weeding out the milkers that just aren’t quite where we want.

One of my favorite girls, Doree, is the first listed. Two year second freshener. She will earn her AR Milk star this year and be a 4*M. From my OG milking doe line, she is an easy keeper and kids easily. Shes got a wonderful personality and super sweet.

Next is Ambree Brulee aka Nnona. She will be a 2*M. Another easy keeper but not as productive as some others. Nnona is more independent and not as in your pocket.

Last is Thistle. She’s a two year old 1st freshener American Alpine doe.

All three does are currently in milk. Used to being machine and hand milked. Will be exposed to a buck when they come into heat. Will be sold with service memos. All 3 are ADGA Registered. Clean, annually tested herd.

Located Dobson NC.

As I see so many people posting their confirmed breedings, ultrasound photos and pregnancy tests for their goat herds we...
09/05/2026

As I see so many people posting their confirmed breedings, ultrasound photos and pregnancy tests for their goat herds we are still over here waiting for the girls to start cycling. 😩

Of course my goal was to have everyone bred in September with the expectation of February babies. That has typically been the best month for us to have baby goats. And while I know it’s only September 5, I still cannot believe none of the girls have been cycling.

Typically my does start showing signs of heats in August. But not this year!

So here stands poor Boomer…just waiting for his time to shine!

I absolutely loved the kids made by this guy last year. Zenquility Acres Boom Boom has a fantastic pedigree and I am planning to use him over several of my does this fall. I only got one doe kid out of him in 2026 but I love her and the bucks were gorgeous also. But I would like more does please!

Hopefully Boomer gets his chance soon! Come on girls! Let’s get it done! ✅

Tuesdays hair was fun. The last two days we’ve just survived on Dutch braids and pony tails. But Tuesdays hair was fun!A...
09/04/2026

Tuesdays hair was fun. The last two days we’ve just survived on Dutch braids and pony tails. But Tuesdays hair was fun!

A colorful bubble braid culminating in a single dragon braid. Fun and interesting!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thursday! See you Frida

95 degrees and absolutely scorching. 🥵 I about died and ended up having to take over driving because my not sleeping sin...
09/03/2026

95 degrees and absolutely scorching. 🥵

I about died and ended up having to take over driving because my not sleeping since Monday morning and working two night shifts and then not eating this morning meant I was super light-headed and woozy at one point. Powered through and felt terrible since I hadn’t been there as long as others. But I didn’t wreck the truck! So yay.

After all the work this week, we officially have enough hay in the barn to make it through winter I think. So happy and grateful. Tomorrow is another couple of fields but round bales so hopefully easier and quicker. Looking forward to a less stressful year next year! This one has been a real nail biter!!!

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Artificial Insemination, or what every farmer thinks of when you say “AI”, is a great way for small herds to access next...
09/02/2026

Artificial Insemination, or what every farmer thinks of when you say “AI”, is a great way for small herds to access next level genetics without breaking the bank on a big name buck.

We have several very exciting straws we are using this fall. I am hoping and praying some of them take! 🤞🏻

Any exciting breedings you have planned??

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