Wednesday morning at 5am, Evelyn gave birth (breach) to a bucking and a Dowling. I assisted. We had a huge rain and wind storm Tuesday night. She missed it.
Buckling
Doeling
I have four girls potentially bred: Evelyn, Margaret, Bonnie and Apricot. Bonzai is the buck. He is a purebred Alpine - papered.
First up is Evelyn. She is two years old. She is 1/4 Mini La Mancha, 1/8 Nubian, 1/4 Oberhaslie and 1/8 Alpine. She weighs about 67 lbs. Her udder is big and...
Did I tell you about Goofy and my "present "? Goofy buries little gifts for me under my pillow when he wants to remind me of what an important part of my life he is. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
A couple months ago I was out of town for a couple days and when I got back, Mr. Goofy was so happy to...
Her teeth are really pretty good for her age. I'm going to start supplementing her feed though. She had a really bad case of tummy trouble last year. I think she isn't as thrifty as she used to be.
APRICOT Three years old.
BONZAI Eight months old.
BONNIE Two years old
EVELYN Two years old
MAMA Thirteen years old (she needs minerals)
MARGARET Two years old
GOOFY Four years old.
These are my babies. All of the girls except Mama are expecting babies in...
A couple of things I have in my kit in addition to those already mentioned above are tincture of benzoin and large (6x8) tegaderm dressings for udder tears along with large butterfly tapes. INDISPENSABLE!
The tincture of benzoin makes bandages and butterfly tapes stay stuck. The tegaderm...
Anyone in Western Arkansas... I just bought some really great alfalfa from Chickahala Farms. This gentleman brings it in from Kansas. The quality is Top notch. The bales are heavy and very low on stems.
My goats think they are in Goat heaven.