2013 Kids on HIll Kidding Aunt B is in the kidding pen, April 7th.

[BrownSheep]

Ohhhh. Alright, for some reason I was thinking I read in there that she had had mastitis. Must have been a different thread. Hope her girls work out for you.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Here are a few pictures, Any one want to guess if they think Aunt B is 2 months bred or maybe just bred or not bred at all???

Aunt B: She wasn't being very cooperative. The girls were fighting on the other side of the fence and Aunt B was being all stand offish. But you can see the belly that I am talking about and a puffy look to her udder and teats, Could be my imagination. But she looks pregnant to me. She is harder to tell in the vulva area. She has kidded two other times on our farm and she has always been hard to tell, her vulva does show a lot of obvious signs.

She has a daughter on our farm that was born March 2011 and she is expecting her 2nd set of kids. Little B: she is also in the pictures.

Aunt B in front and another doe Just Wow behind her. Just Wow should be 2 weeks bred.

Aunt B from the business end. She is fighting with the doe on the other side of the fence, so not the best pictures, but kind of shows her belly and udder.

this picture is showing 3 young does, Haley is in the front, she is due first week of January, it is her 2nd kidding and she was also born March 2011, the same time as Little B. Little B is the doe in the back on the left of the picture, also due first week of January. Little B had a really really nice single doeling this past April, I really wanted to keep that doeling, but because she kidded later than most of the herd, I already had my keeper does.
and Fuzzball is the other doe, she is suppose to be bred as well. But she isn't showing much. she has the same birthday as the other two, but this is her first kidding. She is the doe we purchased that was stunted from her mom having a sore teat. She has an incredible pedigree and we are keeping our fingers crossed that it shows in the offspring.

And the last picture is the business end of Haley and Little B. Haley on the left and Little B on the right.

 

[GoatCrazyLady]

Well, I know nothing (lol) but I'd say she is expecting. Fingers crossed.

 

[20kidsonhill]

oh, if you are just joining this thread or missed Post #17, you need to read that to understand the mystery behind Aunt B.

 

[jodief100]

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Bring on the kids!

 

[RPC]

I would like to say she is 2 months bred....Thats my guess.

 

[20kidsonhill]

I would like to say she is 2 months bred....Thats my guess.

Today I thought she seemed like maybe she was in heat. Not standing for the buck, but something about her struck me as if she was in heat, and Goldman checked her out a couple times, but she walked away Okay, I clearly have no idea what I am doing. LOL

 

[20kidsonhill]

new photos of the herd: Too many to do individually so I got some group pictures. I will try to explain some of them. and how far along some of the girls are. We are still feeding all our hay outside off a round bale. 2st cutting, so there is a little waste from it that we are trying to clean up and use as bedding in the calf huts. As of today all the does are now on grain. We are getting ready for the last 30 days of their gestation. EVeryone will be getting Bo-se and CD&T vaccinations this week if they are due in January. If they aren't due until march we will wait to give the shots.


at last count, I beleive I have 11 due the first week of January, 5 due the 3rd to the last week of January and another 5 or 6 due the end of March. AT this time I beleive I have two does that are not bred. and will remain open for the year. We decided to try not to kid or have any does nursing during the summer this year.

I just put out fresh minerals so from left to right there is Annie(due first week of Jan.), Peaches(due end of Jan.), Nova with her head in the mineral feeder is due beginning of Jan., P79 is also due beginning on Jan. and Snowball just has her head stuck in the photos.

Another shot of the mineral feeder, this time you can see snowball

Three does all related. Indie on the far end in the back and her daughters Pepper(traditional color) and Annie in the front of the line up. All bred to Prooved It and all due the first week of January.

From left to right Star, Tori and pepper, all due the first of January.

In this photo you can see how the farm is set up, I have the does divided into 3 groups right now. You can see two of the groups in this photo. The group closest to the barn is using the barn as shelter, they also still have Goldman in with them. The other does are using calf huts as shelter at this time.

and this is a shot kind of in the other direction. THe main older group consists of Tori, Indie, Annie, Pepper, ect... and to the back on the right is alot of my yearlings that are turning 2 years old and will be kidding a 2nd time. They are also using calf huts as shelters. They have Prooved It in with them. THey have been on about 1 lb of grain each during their entire gestation since they are still growing.

Another shot of the main does in the center field and the does with Prooved it in the back. Just from a little different angle.
by the main feeder from front to back is Star, Tori, Pepper, Indie and Nova. CAn't see all the main does in this photo, the mineral feeder is in this field so some of the does are by that.

group using the barn, consists of my young keeper does that are bred to kid end of March, Goldman is in with them he needs to be pulled out. Also have Aunt B, Daisy and DAncer(Not yearlings) in with them for various reason, but they were either still needing to be bred or were needing some TLC and this group is on the most grain and has the best shelter. There are also a couple wethers in the group for butchering some time this winter.

Here is Aunt B, Goldman and Daisy, (from left to right)

 

[jodief100]

It looks so nice at your place! The girls are looking very nice and round. Can't wait for babies!!!!!!!