Doodah Farm

Little farmstead family trying to get back to basics. Sometimes it’s beautiful & other times a circus

05/31/2026

Getting first freshener Golda ready for her first show!

05/15/2026

Moving day for the ladies

05/04/2026

Someone likes to sleep under the alfalfa feeder. DooDah Knee-Ah is never far away from food

05/03/2026

We got our new puppy’s DNA back today and I think she’s perfectly imperfect! Mostly GP with hopefully a few other added benefits. She is smart, sweet, independent and smart. We have high hopes with her being the dog that meets all our wants and needs.

04/23/2026

Not All Milk Is The Same, Some Cheeses Exist Only Because Of One Specific Goat 🥰🤨

Most people think cheese is just… milk + process.

But here’s what almost no one realizes 👇
change the goat, and you change the entire cheese.

Same country
Same recipe
Same technique

Yet the taste, texture, aroma, everything shifts.

Why 🤨

Because every goat breed produces milk with a different fat profile, protein structure, and mineral balance.
And that quietly controls how the cheese turns out.

Take this 👇

👉 A high-yield goat like the Saanen gives a lot of milk, but it’s lighter, less rich
👉 A mountain goat grazing wild herbs produces less milk, but it’s deep, aromatic, and intense

So one gives volume.
The other gives character.

Now imagine this difference across regions…

A goat climbing steep rocky hills, eating wild plants, drinking mineral-rich water
vs
A goat raised on controlled feed in flat farmland

You’re not just tasting milk anymore.
You’re tasting terrain, climate, and survival conditions.

That’s why some cheeses can’t be copied.

Not because the recipe is secret…
but because the source itself is unique.

And here’s the part most people miss 👇

Many of these local goat breeds were once close to disappearing.

Meaning some of the most unique cheeses in the world almost vanished,
not because of demand, but because the animal behind them was lost.

So when you taste traditional goat cheese…

You’re not just eating food.
You’re experiencing a living system, breed, land, and history combined.

One goat
One landscape
One flavor that can’t be replicated

The real secret ingredient was never the recipe… it was the animal all along 🤨

04/12/2026

Newest members

04/11/2026

Perhaps the cutest dude on the farm right now!

04/04/2026

Today’s adorable addition! Meet DooDah Peaches N Cream

04/03/2026

We have been pretty busy around here the last couple of weeks! Kid count so far 7 doelings (1 doa) and 5 bucklings out of 5 does. 4 more does to kid!

03/23/2026

It was an exciting day as we witnessed our first homebred kidding unfold…. And on Connor’s birthday too!
Buck /Doe twins for DooDah Cupcake.
Melody believes we are naming the doe Coconut after the stray goat that stayed with us during our vacation to the Virgin Islands last summer. The buck is off to a close friend of mine and will have a fun time flirting with the girls around her homestead. Michelle Manning-Hendrix

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Sunriver, OR
97707

Telephone

+15416109488

Website

http://www.ashleykokel.com/

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