Today my sister Haley purchased her last goat for the foreseeable future. She named her Louise after the main character in Arrival, which is my sister's favorite movie. We got Louise from a farm we sold a buckling to earlier in the year, but unfortunately, they had almost all their fencing destroyed in a wind event and are now having to sell all the goats because they can't keep them in until the fencing is replaced. Because of this, Haley got a really good deal on Louise, who has a pretty expensive pedigree, including a grand champion in her lines.
As a result of them having to have all their goats together in the one remaining paddock, Louise is probably bred to the buckling we sold them, even though she is a little too young to be bred, but my sister feels confident she can handle the situation.
We are going to be butchering two wethers and one buck this fall, and we will be butchering Bella, the black doe who threw 3-teated Mr. Moon, next year. That will leave us with 4 does and 3 bucks, plus Mr. Moon who is wethered now, which is what my sister has been working towards for several years. So that will be our herd until our oldest buck Phantom "dies of natural causes", as Haley has been saying.
All the kids from here on out will be sold or butchered.