Cashgora Goats

What a beautiful sunny Monday, well deserved after the weekend we had!  Snow, snow and more snow! The ground hog saw his shadow....really, what a surprise!  Another 6 weeks of winter....although at this rate we maybe looking at another 9 at least....ughhhh.

So today a few things to talk about.  First, I will be in Maynooth, February 15, 2014 from 10-4 pm at the library.  I will have knitted and woven hand made goods as well as socks, insoles and yarns made from various fibre.  I may also bring a few decorative barn boards that were made at Elmlea Farm from recycled barn boards some dating back 75 years at least!

And secondly today I am sharing pictures of some Cashgora kids.  We have had a few different breeding at the farm but this one is a breeding of our boy William, who is 75% Angora and 25% Cashmere.  He was bred to one of our registered 100% Angora females, Sunshine, and they produced two babes, Sam and Sally.  The kids are also 75% Angora with 25% Cashmere.  What is the benefit of blending these two fibres?

You take the durability of the silk like fibre of Angora(Mohair) with it's high luster and sheen and combine it with the cashmere that is also light and strong but has an excellent insulation factor.  This blends into a beautiful luxury yarn.  If you are interested in  purchasing fleece, yarn or a finished hand made item, give me a call at 705-778-2070 or email me at elmleaalpacas@gmail.com

Sunshine, Sam and Sally

Fibre Goats

DID YOU KNOW???

WE HAVE FIBRE GOATS!!!

Yes we have Alpacas which are recognized world wide for the soft fibre, and you know about Patrick 1 of our 4 Olde English Babydoll Southdowns, which provide us wool, but we also have a few different kinds of goats which also bare fibre for us!

We have 100% Angora and 100% Cashmere goats, along with a mix of the two!  Remember an angora sweater means it came from an Angora rabbit, the only animal that keeps the Angora name.  If it an "Angora" sweater from a goat it would be called a Mohair sweater!  Patrick might have given this lesson awhile back!

We have bred 2 of our girls a 100% Angora (Talli) and our Pygmy(Jill) to our 100% Angora male, Omar.  What that would give us is 100% Angora from Talli/Omar and a 50/50 blend with Jill and Omar.  Good Pygora is hard to find so we are taking a chance, but we are hoping it is worth it.  Lucy is a Pygora goat and she had been bred to 100% Angora male producing offspring with beautiful fibre, and they are pretty cute to boot!  If the girls are pregnant we would hope for kids in the early Spring.

 Mohair fibre is very shiny, warm and strong with lots of krimp. Mohair is known as an exotic fibre.

In the next few weeks we will post different pictures of our goats and their description.  Here is Omar, the grey Angora male and Talli the 100% registered Angora female.

If you are interested in buying Mohair yarn or product or even an animal gives us a call or email.  Oh and we hope to have lambs in the spring too....but that is for another day!

KIDS

The first kids have arrived!These two Angora x Cashmere bucklings are everything I had hoped for. They have the mohair fibre characteristics with some cashmere finesse. They are healthy,happy and sooo much fun. But because we 3 bucks already they are for sale $150.00 each.