10/26/2025
A few days ago we lost Phoenix Rising Farm I'll Have Another ( S'mores). I knew I had some difficult decisions to make before winter on two of our older girls(15.5 and 14.5 years old). But S'mores took me by surprise, after getting diagnosed with cancer at 13.5 and being told I would have weeks to months with her. Smore was not like any other goat we had here. She was brought in to be part of the show herd which never turned out as a senior doe. From fertility issues to losing the one kid she ever produced in labor. She simply was a different goat when we brought in the sheep and became best friends with Pirate. She soon identified as a sheep after her mid life crisis and in her final days still made sure to keep the sheep herd in line. This fall has been full of loss but I made the hard decision of letting the old girls retire here on the farm.