V\u00e9larnar m\u00e6ttu \u00e1 hla\u00f0i\u00f0 alla lei\u00f0 fr\u00e1 Kanada \u00cdslenska geitin var n\u00e6stum \u00fatdau\u00f0 \u00e1 sj\u00f6unda \u00e1ratugnum. Enginn haf\u00f0i alv\u00f6ru \u00e1huga \u00e1 a\u00f0 b\u00faa me\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r og \u00fea\u00f0 var liti\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e6r sem g\u00e6lud\u00fdr og vesenis skepnur sem engin gir\u00f0ing h\u00e9ldi og \u00fe\u00e6r \u00e6tu \u00f6ll tr\u00e9 og bl\u00f3m. \nEn J\u00f3hanna Bergmann \u00deorvaldsd\u00f3ttir \u00e1 H\u00e1afelli var ekki \u00e1 s\u00f6mu sko\u00f0un og h\u00fan f\u00f3r \u00ed herfer\u00f0 til a\u00f0 bjarga \u00feeim \u00e1ri\u00f0 1999.\nH\u00fan vakti mikla athygli og \u00e1huga annarra til a\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpa henni vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 bjarga \u00edslenska geitastofninum og a\u00f0rir fengu s\u00e9r geitur \u00ed \u00feeim tilgangi.<\/strong> in farming with them and most people looked at them as pets and of no use but making problems – crossing every fence and eating every flower and tree. Then J\u00f3hanna Bergmann \u00deorvaldsd\u00f3ttir in H\u00e1afell went into mission to save the Icelandic goat. She earned a lot of attention doing so, and people joined her, getting goats of their own and formed an organisation around them. Since then people are starting again to use what the goat provides, like the milk and the fibre. And today we have over 1.500 goats in Iceland. They are an endangered specie and need to be observed and cared for to keep their number.<\/strong><\/p>\n Vi\u00f0 fengum uppl\u00fdsingar um geitab\u00faskap me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 tala vi\u00f0 J\u00f3h\u00f6nnu og fleiri geitab\u00e6ndur og me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a vandlega \u00fea\u00f0 hr\u00e1efni sem barst til okkar \u00ed spunaverksmi\u00f0juna.<\/strong> Vi\u00f0 fengum okkur ki\u00f0linga!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n Hausti\u00f0 2021 komu 4 hu\u00f0nur og 1 hafur heim til okkar og geitab\u00faskapur okkar h\u00f3fst.\nVi\u00f0 f\u00f3rum inn \u00ed veturinn og l\u00e6r\u00f0um f\u00f3\u00f0run og me\u00f0h\u00f6ndlun af b\u00f3kum og me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 spjalla vi\u00f0 reyndari geitab\u00e6ndur. \n\u00dev\u00ed mi\u00f0ur slasa\u00f0ist ein og drapst af mei\u00f0slunum, en hinar voru hraustar og spr\u00e6kar og mj\u00f6g gaman a\u00f0 vinna me\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r.<\/strong>\u00c9g kenndi \u00feeim a\u00f0 teymast um h\u00fasi\u00f0 og jafnvel \u00fati og \u00fe\u00e6r eru flj\u00f3tar a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra.<\/strong><\/p>\n N\u00fa erum vi\u00f0 b\u00fain a\u00f0 upplifa allra fyrstu f\u00e6\u00f0ingu ki\u00f0lings \u00e1 okkar b\u00fai og okkur \u00feykir \u00fea\u00f0 b\u00fdsna merkilegt. Bur\u00f0urinn t\u00f3kst vel, hu\u00f0nu og ki\u00f0lingi heilsast vel og litli hafurinn er farinn a\u00f0 hoppa og skoppa. \u00dea\u00f0 sem er enn betra er a\u00f0 hu\u00f0nan hefur g\u00f3\u00f0a m\u00f3\u00f0ureiginleika, mj\u00f3lkar vel og hugsar vel um n\u00fdf\u00e6ddan soninn. \u00dea\u00f0 er mikill kostur. \n\u00c9g get varla be\u00f0i\u00f0 eftir a\u00f0 hinar tv\u00e6r eignist s\u00edn ki\u00f0.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum l\u00e6rt alveg helling. <\/strong> \u00d6ll\u00a0<\/strong>m\u00edn d\u00fdr hafa nafn. Allar 150 kindurnar, Allar 30 k\u00fdrnar, Allar 16 h\u00e6nurnar og a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u allar geiturnar. \u00dea\u00f0 f\u00e1 allir nafn, \u00feegar b\u00fai\u00f0 er a\u00f0 \u00e1kve\u00f0a a\u00f0 vi\u00f0komandi ver\u00f0i \u00e1fram \u00e1 b\u00fainu. \n\u00deessi hu\u00f0na heitir Hrefna og \u00fear sem \u00feessi hafur er fyrsti ki\u00f0lingur sem f\u00e6\u00f0ist h\u00e9r, \u00fe\u00e1 hl\u00fdtur hann a\u00f0 f\u00e1 merkilegt nafn. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum \u00fev\u00ed gefi\u00f0 honum nafni\u00f0 Prins.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are goat farmers When we started thinking about putting up a mini mill in Iceland, back in 2016, we were contacted by goat farmers and asked if we would also consider to process the fibre from goats into yarn. We learned from them, that they had sent their fibre to similar mill in Europe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,56,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-dyrin-okkar","category-our-animals"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.uppspuni.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/278176481_538310197647670_438003095911048691_n-300x225.jpg\")
\u00a0og me\u00f0 \u00feeim \u00e1kaflega g\u00f3\u00f0ur kennari sem kenndi okkur a\u00f0 nota \u00fe\u00e6r og b\u00faa til garn. S\u00ed\u00f0an f\u00f3ru fram \u00ferotlausar \u00e6fingar til a\u00f0 gera garni\u00f0 eins gott og m\u00f6gulegt v\u00e6ri.\nEftir nokkra m\u00e1nu\u00f0i kom annar Kanadama\u00f0ur og kenndi okkur meira og \u00fe\u00e1 l\u00e6r\u00f0um vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 vinna geitafi\u00f0u. \nVi\u00f0 komumst a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00edslenskar geitur framlei\u00f0a kasm\u00edr sem er gulli\u00f0 \u00ed garni og \u00fev\u00ed afar eftirs\u00f3tt. Og \u00fea\u00f0 kom flj\u00f3tt \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 garni\u00f0 sem var\u00f0 til \u00far geitafi\u00f0u var engu \u00f6\u00f0ru l\u00edkt. - Og \u00fe\u00e1 er \u00e9g a\u00f0 tala um garn almennt s\u00e9\u00f0, ekki \u00fea\u00f0 sem vi\u00f0 h\u00f6f\u00f0um veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 gera m\u00e1nu\u00f0ina \u00e1 undan.\nEn jafnvel \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e9 alin upp \u00ed sveit og ma\u00f0urinn minn l\u00edka, \u00fe\u00e1 hefur hvorugt okkar nokkurn t\u00edman fengist vi\u00f0 geitab\u00faskap. \u00deekking okkar \u00e1 \u00feeim var \u00fev\u00ed afar takm\u00f6rku\u00f0. \n\u00deegar f\u00f3lk f\u00f3r a\u00f0 spyrja okkur um hvernig v\u00e6ri best a\u00f0 me\u00f0h\u00f6ndla hr\u00e1efni\u00f0 og f\u00f3\u00f0ra \u00fe\u00e6r til a\u00f0 f\u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0a fi\u00f0u, \u00fe\u00e1 var\u00f0 f\u00e1tt um sv\u00f6r og komi\u00f0 a\u00f0 t\u00f3mum kofunum hj\u00e1 okkur b\u00e1\u00f0um.\nEn vi\u00f0 viljum gjarnan gera hlutina eins vel og okkur er m\u00f6gulegt og til \u00feess a\u00f0 n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 vera me\u00f0 getg\u00e1tur og innihaldslausar till\u00f6gur, \u00fe\u00e1 f\u00f3rum vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leita a\u00f0 uppl\u00fdsingum til a\u00f0 vita eitthva\u00f0 meira. Fyrst \u00e1 netinu og me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 tala vi\u00f0 reynda geitab\u00e6ndur, en einnig af b\u00f3kum. Ekkert, ... e\u00f0a mj\u00f6g l\u00edti\u00f0 var til \u00e1 \u00edslensku.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nVi\u00f0 s\u00e1um mj\u00f6g flj\u00f3tt a\u00f0 ef vi\u00f0 \u00e6tlu\u00f0um a\u00f0 vita hvernig \u00e6tti a\u00f0 me\u00f0h\u00f6ndla geitur, yr\u00f0um vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 pr\u00f3fa \u00fea\u00f0 sj\u00e1lf. Svo \u00fei\u00f0 sj\u00e1i\u00f0 hvert \u00feetta er a\u00f0 lei\u00f0a okkur...<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.uppspuni.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/276076008_1032676230960828_1535427075768784531_n-225x300.jpg\")
<\/strong>En eigum enn margt \u00f3l\u00e6rt. \u00cd framt\u00ed\u00f0inni v\u00e6ri til d\u00e6mis mj\u00f6g gaman ef \u00e9g g\u00e6ti b\u00fai\u00f0 til ost \u00far eigin geitamj\u00f3lk. \nEn n\u00fana f\u00e6r \u00feessi litli kall alla mj\u00f3lk sem mamma hans b\u00fdr til.<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n