I've been away for a few months occupied with work, teenagers, and the farm. Wanted to jump on for a few minutes to say that today is the official due date for almost all of our does - should be interesting to see if any of them actually hit the 145 day target.
Abbey, one of our FF, had the...
Wow! What a blessing to get healthy quads. I was amazed the boys were so big with four of them in there. I think they took up all your little girls growing space.;)
Lol - reading goat numbers, and I guess I'm a lost cause... Ten Nigies (2 bucks and 8 pregnant does), and bringing home 3 kiko mix kids at the beginning of May. :hide Honestly, we had so many kids, I sold more than half the herd last year. DH is an enabler - he's asked if we should keep a few...
So sorry to hear you lost your ewe! :( We have one of our goat bucks that tends to be a bit of a battering ram and with all of our does pregnant, he slammed into a few and feeding time, and now he's up for sale too.
Lol - oh the fun. ;) Avery just had her first 'real' heat, and ours boys went a little crazy on each other for several days - more than I expected since they're both nuetered. It's nice when the dust settles and things get back to normal. I love that Callie's bucks love her so much - so sweet...
We did add Kevin to the mix. A couple of our girls were not terribly fond of Sebastian. I'm not sure if it was because he was a little younger or what. He successfully bred Sophie the day after we put him in (I saw him), but for some reason she didn't settle and went back into heat a few...
If I could like that picture of your daughter and your buckling 100X I would! So adorable! :loveI love seeing my little nieces and nephews with our baby goats. There's just something so precious about it! Gotta admit, though, it's just as fun seeing my stoic husband and my teenagers moon...