77Herford Farm Zoo Journal Moving

[jodief100]

I would recomend getting Boer bucks and crossing them to kiko does. The kikos are much better mommas, produce more milk and have easier kiddings. The boer-kiko crosses tend to be born smaller than boers at birth but catch up at weaning.

Look at Dr Browning's research from University of Tennessee.

 

[daisychick]

That sounds like a really good plan. I think the Kiko/Boer cross sounds like it will work well for what you have in mind.

 

[77Herford]

I actually enjoy helping people in my own way. My old friend will have plenty of work ahead of him and I'm letting him hire some local help to update fencing to better goat proof it, which will be weeks or months of good labor for all that property. Also need to build some shelters and fixing up some of the old barns.
The old farm is going to be bustling with people and animals once again.
Soon Goats will be arriving at the Family farm and for now will be in an old feed pen.

 

[77Herford]

I would recomend getting Boer bucks and crossing them to kiko does. The kikos are much better mommas, produce more milk and have easier kiddings. The boer-kiko crosses tend to be born smaller than boers at birth but catch up at weaning.

Look at Dr Browning's research from University of Tennessee.

Ok, but I already have fifty Boer does coming and have two Kiko rams ordered, but there can always be a mix, if the research is convincing.
Thanks

 

[77Herford]

I would recomend getting Boer bucks and crossing them to kiko does. The kikos are much better mommas, produce more milk and have easier kiddings. The boer-kiko crosses tend to be born smaller than boers at birth but catch up at weaning.

Look at Dr Browning's research from University of Tennessee.

Ok, but I already have fifty Boer does coming and have two Kiko rams ordered, but there can always be a mix, if the research is convincing.
Thanks

Wife read the data after reading your post Jodie. I just heard her message on the phone after typing last, lol. That Boer buck to Kiko Doe does look like a better option.
I'm letting my friend do the purchasing since he knows the Goat markets better than I.

 

[77Herford]

Its annoying at times at how fast my wife reads as I read slow. She flips threw pages and I'm still on the first one. The worst of it is she remembers most of what she reads, not me, I know some of it is my learning disability but she's ridiculous. Good thing she's drop dead gorgeous or I wouldn't put up with it, .




Oh, yeah today on the farm the kids got the more social task of bottle feeding lambs. I'm taking the advice of one of you smart ladies, I can't remember which one and I'm too lazy to go back and look, lol. Some of the mama ewe's that did have triplets can't seem to handle three so the High schoolers are each getting a lamb to care for. The girls of course all went AWE, when I brought out the baby lambs for each kid. I gave them more lovely news that I called their parents of my plan and that they would now be coming in the early morning before school to milking their lambs and then after school. I gave each kid a little manual on taking care of lambs.
Must say the girls took to it alot faster than the boys.

 

[marlowmanor]

DH and I are the same way. I can read something quickly and retain most of the information. He is a much slower reader. I've always been a book work though so maybe that's part of the reason, I love to read!

 

[77Herford]

Yes, she's always reading something. I think she's read all of Tom Clancy's novels, lol. I read a wide range of things could be cultural articles to farming to environmental and then to finance. My wife also enjoys reading about animals so thats one of a few things we share, in fact thats how I met her initially.

She was in the college library studying and I was staring at her beauty through the books and she must of seen me as she suddenly said " Why don't you take a picture, it will last longer". I almost walked away quickly but then the rare public outburst of courage hit me and I replied, " I forgot my camera". I saw her crack a smile and the conversation started with mostly wise cracks.

 

[marlowmanor]

Sounds romantic. One of those things that is great to tell your kids/grandkids about later. DH and I met through MySpace. He had found me on there and we lived 10 minutes away from each other. I first refused to meet him because I had just had ankle surgery and refused to meet him while I was on crutches. I didn't want to meet him in the dependent state of using crutches. After a few weeks I finally got a boot on and was more independent and let him meet me at school (I was in college at the time). Our first date was supposed to be going to the zoo with his siblings. We ended up getting involved in a wreck that had the car coming back on a rollback, just a couple miles from the zoo. 3 weeks after we met he proposed. 6 months after we met we were married. He drives me nuts most of the time because he acts like one of the kids so much, but I've gotten used to it and learned to deal with it. Maybe one day he'll start acting his age!

 

[77Herford]

Well like I said in previous pages, once I found out how young she was I backed off and then the hunt was on in her mind, lol. She become very...forward after I backed off, lol.