Canada: City girl finds her happy place on the farm
It just so happened that the happy place was a P.E.I. farm, far from the urban lifestyle and province she grew up in.
By Margaret Evans
Western Producer
Sept 28, 2026
Excerpt:
I discovered that my goats grounded me and so I opened the farm to the public to share that experience.
Goats are easier (than large livestock) to handle, and they are good with people. They’re extremely friendly. While I don’t let people feed them, you can pet and brush them, or go inside the barn with them.
We have some mini-Nubians (dual-purpose dairy and meat animals) and one LaMancha (a dairy goat breed). We produce cashmere from their underfur, and we have sheep for wool, alpacas for fleece and Angora rabbits for their wool. We also have a donkey, horses and miniature horses.
I have nine alpacas, including breeding pairs. My females were never walked (by human handlers), but the males are easy to handle. However, we don’t do that when we’re open to the public; it’s a specialty visit. We also have a donkey, horses and miniature horses.
Q: What challenges did you have when you first started goat farming?
A: One was to convince my husband. He said I could only have one goat and no milking goats, but I already had my plan in motion. We have about 65 goats now but at one time there were 130. That was too many!
Having goats wasn’t something my husband’s family was used to; goats were seen as toys, but it was my father-in-law who bought my first goat, Lucy, from a feedlot. She was the “boss” goat and fun to learn on.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/canada-city-girl-finds-her-happy-place-on-the-farm/
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