Meet Elsa and Anna

They are 1 year old boer goat does who we purchased from a wonderful family who were moving and couldn't take them with them. We were delaying this post because they are kinda bullies and we were debating getting rid of them. Now that we have them separated they are doing grate and we are happy to have them. Anna and Elsa are from the same herd but are distant cousins who act more like sisters. We believe Anna is about 3-4 months younger then Elsa but are both about one year old. They are very bossy but can be supper sweet when they want to.

Since they are meat goats we will be breeding them to raise their babies for meat. which will be hard but it is a necessity of life and I would rather know how my animals are treated before being taken for food.

Life in the Robison House

   Just thought I would send you all an update this morning my life has been full of ups and downs over the past month. At the beginning of May I was so excited that we finally had several goats and chickens but then towards the middle of the month our chickens unexpectedly started dying we lost 8 in the course of one week. 4 to being eaten by animals and 5 to coccidia which was heart breaking but all is good now and all are healthy. 

   Then May 18th sitting here home alone the phone rings and my fathers coworker thinking I am my mom tells me I need to come down to my dads work because he had been in a motorcycle after he realized who he was talking to he assured me that he was awake. It turns out that a truck was in the process of breaking down and in the attempt to get out of LA traffic he cut across 3 lanes of traffic at a 45* angle. In his attempt he cut off my father multiple times but at first my dad had noticed the truck. After being cut off yet again in the far right lane my dad moved to the shoulder to get around the truck where the truck proceeded directly in front of my father no blinkers or any warning. My father got hooked on the bumper of the truck where he broke is collar bone on impact and was spun backwards and thrown 15 feet into a cement wall where he fractured 2 vertebrate and 4 ribs.

  

   I thank God that 3 nurses and an EMT were in the vehicle behind them and were able to get him steady in case his back was in fact broken and an impossible 7 minutes in LA rush hour the ambulance arrived and took my father to the trauma center where unfortunately to trauma was about to start. When he arrived they had him in a back and neck brace laying flat on his back which made it hard to breathe due to his ribs. 5 hours later when my mom and granma finally made it to the hospital my dad was able to be sat up because none of the nurses or doctors were listening to him. 7 hours after being admitted my mom was able to beg the nurse to give him water or start intravenous fluids because he was becoming severely dehydrated. At 8 oclock the next morning 14 hours after the accident my dad was discharged because they were unable to do anything for him because we do not live in Los Angeles county. Thankfully my mom knew and orthopedic surgeon and was able to get him in the next day to make sure there wasn't anything wrong because we couldn't tell he was up and walking he just felt like a giant bruise. This is when we found out his injuries. after several weeks of trying to get his ribs healed my dad was able to get his shoulder and collar bone pinned back together June 1st. How ever we do know that God has been with us because June 8th my dad was able to return to work and June 14th he is starting to relearn how to drive since he doesn't have full motion in his left shoulder. One good thing did come out of this accident though he and my family have been re-evaluating their health.

What do we feed: Goats

We like to keep our animals on a holistic and natural diet, but we do give them the occasional treat that you wouldn't see a wild goat eating. For the main part of their diet they forage through native weeds that pop up on there own and use no water. This is great since we are in a drought and don't want to waste any water. While the weeds are great they do not give the goats as much protein as they need so we give them alfalfa hay. Since our goats are darker in color they can easily get copper deficiency so we have provided them with a mineral block formulated for goats. On special occasions we will also give our goats kelp powder which gives them a boost of fiber, selenium and other fantastic vitamins. When it's cold or our goats need a little boost we will also give them molasses water which they love! In the near future we will be swapping hay for fodder so our goats will be grass fed and on a fresh diet.  

What do you want to know about our goats? What do you feed your goats?

Sandy's Kidding Schedule

Sandy is our nubian doe who is pregnant but no one really knows when she is due. Her previous owner left the bucks in with the does so there really is no telling unless you gave her a pregnancy test daily. However her previous owner gave us a projected kidding date of the last week in July (putting us 88 days out). Now is when it gets tricky because lets face it goats don't like to follow rules. Most first time fresheners (first pregnancy) tend to "make their udders" around a month before kidding and if this is the case we should be expecting babies around May 20th, or Sandy is just a prankster and is a month ahead of schedule. Personally for her comfort we are hoping that the babies will make their appearance in May so she doesn't get to hot giving birth in the July heat. Considering her udder doubled in size just yesterday I would assume she is getting close but all we can do is pray. While we are on the topic of her pregnancy I also wanted to let you all know that we have already found a home for one baby and the new owner can't wait to see her little spotted bundle (hopefully spotted). Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed day!

This is the most recent pic on my computer but will add an updated one ASAP

Sandy finally had her kids Thursday June 25, 2015 one girl and one boy. They are happy, healthy and beautiful! To go along with the theme of nick cartoon names we have named Sandy's babies Pearl and Plankton. Pearl looks just like her mom with their very cute and unique spots. 

Plankton on the other hand looks a lot more like his dad with one spot on his right side. Even though they look so different they do share a birth mark, a faded white dot right behind their right ear.

Meet the Chickens

Tuesday me my mom and sister in law went and picked up 15 adorable baby chicks. As of right now we believe they are all hens but we won't know until they start laying eggs. We decided to purchase vaccine free chicks which are being fed unmedicated hormone free feed. We made this choice because we our selves do not get vaccinated and want to be independent from the outside world when it comes to our animals. It has been interesting getting used to them and learning how to handle them but they are all great. So far we can only distinctively identify 2 of the 15 their names are Diamond (white/black) and Carol (black/yellow) I will add pictures of these two tomorrow. They already know how to catch bugs to today as we were filling their feeders one caught a mosquito hawk and shared it with the others. I can't wait to see them all grown up.

Photo cred: Natasha Robison (Natasha Robison Photography)

Shelter Re-model

Today me (Erin), my brother (Ronny) and my dad (Ron) all started to work on the goat shelter remodel, and I thought you guys would be interested in seeing how the goats live. Currently I do not like the shelter situation but it has been nice out but it's starting to get cold again (weird). The current shelter was chewed on by the last property owners horses and it is pretty old as well. But all the wood holding it together will not go to waste either we are in the process of setting up a goat enrichment playground.

The new shelter will be made out of half of an old hay barn that we aren't using anymore. (the white building there is an awning you can't see that we are using)

Our new shelter plans are pretty cool we have plans for a milking area and a kidding stall. Which will both come in handy this summer and fall. There isn't much to look at right now but I will try to add pictures for you guys tomorrow.

The goats already testing it out

Shangri-la judging us

We will be finishing the sides and stalls thursday. 

Meet Shangri-la

I am sorry everyone this for some reason reverted to a draft and got deleted. 

Shangri-la is a 3 year old nigerian dwarf who joined us 2 weeks ago and is best friends with Sandy. She is such a sweet girl and loves to follow me around the property. Overall she is very energetic and curious as we were working on the shelter she would try to climb on the ladders. This will be her second breeding and kidding season. Her first kidding season gave her previous owners 3 beautiful bucks, so we are hoping for does this year.

My whole family agrees that she looks like a donkey with her frosted ears and nose but she is a still pretty cute. And judges seem to agree last year at kern county fair she won 2nd place.

Meet Sandy

Sandy is the very first goat to step foot on to our ranch and we must say she is beautiful! At just 1 year old Sandy is carrying her first baby and will be due to kid in July. And with kids comes milk so once all the kids are weaned we will be able to start serving you goat milk products. It took a while to decide on a name moon, crater, mars but in the end she will always be Sandy. Why you may ask because it is a derivative of Alexandra and the Alexandars were the previous owners of our land plus living in the desert there is sand everywhere so it was fitting.  

 

Overall she is very well mannered and loving but still is shy around new people. She always wants to eat whats on the other side of the fence rather than whats in her pasture so I guess you could say she is a "the grass is always greener on the other side" type of goat.

Meet the Dogs

We would like to introduce to all of you out there our faithful dogs. Each one of them is a very special piece of our family and I don't know what we would do without them.

 First up is our puggle Pistol-annie she is our alarm system and keeps the other dogs in check when needed. She definitely lives up to her name and is full of energy 24/7. 

 Next is our rescue dog Emmie we aren't really sure what she is but we believe she is a walker hound lab mix. She has taken on the role of guard dog and occasionally the escape artist. She is a very faithful dog and takes her job pretty seriously. 

 Hunter is not a permanent resident on the ranch but comes to live with us occasionally. He has been having really bad allergies where he lives now so he will be coming to live with us until his family moves to a better environment. While he is here his job is to keep track of everyone whether it's people, goats or dogs. He is also a very faithful protector.

And last but not least our oldest dog Snickers she is a 15 year old beagle and doesn't really do much but she is the best dog we could ask for.

Sorry again for the delay it did not publish when we originally finished the post.

Fixing to Work

   Sorry I missed you guys last friday didn't have anything to talk about we were all pretty lazy. This week was very busy though we started working on the shelter for the goats and went and got quotes on our supplies and hay. On wednesday we got to go meet a couple of our future prospects Sandy (6month doe) and Nickel (Newborn buck). They were absolutely beautiful unfortunately I was not able to get any picks but will hopefully have some this next week.

   We have still yet to go get our loan because there are just so many questions when it comes to the meat market at the fair and it is hard to get help. Everything will be worked out by monday if all goes as planned.  Since we are getting a loan to buy our first four goats and we don't want to get into debt we decided starting on Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University a little early. Documentation will be a big deal for me so we can see what needs to change to help our family's business thrive while giving you guys the best products we can.

   While our business is getting started our family life is going a little crazy! We will be having LOTS of visitors including my niece who we will all be meeting for the first time. Some of us will also be traveling to see some family that we haven;t seen in almost 5 years. Along with visiting and traveling we will also be taking on the responsibility of the oldest sisters dog because of some of the dogs health issues need to be evaluated in a new environment. I will be keeping you guys updated on how we are addressing Hunter's (the dog) allergies and hopefully erasing them. He is always uncomfortable and scratching his skin raw so we would appreciate prayers that we can help him get over this so he can be the happy healthy pup he is.

Thank you,

                  Erin

Welcome

Our Mission

Here at Heaven View Ranch we strive to serve you with quality hand made items, that have our highest standards of health in mind. Each of us strive to provide healthy alternatives to products people use everyday including some food items to local customers (national in the future). Our goal is to change the way people look at their food and household products. Along with those new perspective on items you use daily, knowing what goes into those products is key. Which is why we tell you EVERYTHING that goes into the process of making your favorite items. And when we say everything we mean it, if we used something on the doe before we milked her you will know! Whatever we know you know and thats how we like it.

Why Us?

All animals are handled and fed by one of the Robison family members and everything used to care for them are products we wouldn't mind using on ourselves. After we collect materials including those from our animals every item is hand crafted by the Robison family and we use everything we sell. We want to make better healthier products for the next generation of our family and yours so we have put extensive hours of research and personal testing to ensure that all products are safe.

Who We Are

We are a conservative Christian family of 5 with 1 kid still left at home. Our family recently made our last big move (maybe) to a 3 acre lot in the small town of Weldon, CA. With the 3 acres we are now starting to get our ranch going with a couple chickens and our 2 beautiful lamancha doelings (born 2/24) we hope to start expanding soon.

If you want to learn more and get behind the scenes check back each friday!

Proverbs 27:23-27

Know well the condition of your flocks,
and give attention to your herds,
 for riches do not last forever;
and does a crown endure to all generations?
 When the grass is gone and the new growth appears
and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
 the lambs will provide your clothing,
and the goats the price of a field.
 There will be enough goats 'milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and maintenance for your girls