Thank you both! 
Introducing Little Man!
I adopted a new son yesterday..a yearling, blue eyed, black angora buck. For now, I'm just calling him Little Man until I find a name that fits. He was behind on shearing, but I got that done as soon as we got home and he is so happy now that he is free of all that hair. Running my hand over him is like touching velvet. His old home loved him very much. They got a little behind on the shearing, but some folks don't know and they loved and fussed on him making him a real sweetie pie. When the shearing was done, he stood up, turned to me, looked me right in the eyes and then walked toward me and licked me on the mouth! ha ha He's a charmer and really pretty. I'm so happy to have him.
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Thanks Bambi and Peggy! He's my handsome little man. I was lucky enough to get the 3 other goats in his family later in the week after I posted this They haven't been taken care of in about a year but I love fixing things up and making them pretty again I'll post pics when everyone is all beautified!
I'll post pics when everyone is all beautified! Yes, he is an angora goat and angora goats can have blue eyes.
I didn't know either until I saw him. At first, I thought that he must be a cross but I looked at his coat and only see mohair. He and 2 other adults I have were bred at a farm back east that's known for having really nice animals and frequently show. He wasn't well cared for at his last home so the kid fleece that came off this yearling boy (never sheared since birth I believe) was ruined. But what I found once all that mess came off was beautiful! I finally got the external and internal parasites under control and now i just need to get the boy to eat, eat, eat to get his weight up in the ballpark of where a healthy yearling should be and exercise to get some muscle. His knotted coat was a prison and he couldn't walk normally so he needs to stretch those muscles and tendons and get moving. In a few months, he's going to look amazing
Here's a pic of him when I first got him. Most of that fleece was matted and rotten. He hadn't been sheared before. Second is him now. I'm glad his hip bones aren't so obvious. Progress has been slow as he overcame some health issues but he's doing really well now and I think he's happy. The separation between the hoof toes seen in my first post has also been corrected also.
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Thanks. He's turned out to be the best goat and has a silly personality that I really like.
The others have had some bigger hurdles to overcome. I'll post pics at a later date.
The others have had some bigger hurdles to overcome. I'll post pics at a later date.
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