Breeding plans

[RPC]

It is getting closer to that time to start breeding for next years kids. This year I only have one buck to breed to again, but next year I will have 2. Does everyone that has multiple bucks know who they are breeding everyone too? I think it is fun to see who gets paired with who. I get bored late at night and like to look at everyone's websites and it will be one more thing for me to look at which does are going with which bucks.

 

[willowbreezefarm]

I dont own any bucks right now but I am leasing one from a well know Nigerian Breeder in Virginia we are getting him for the month of August so we will have December kids. Sorry for the picture quality. Will post better pics of both when he arrives in August!
My doe is double lined with ARMCH Gay-Mor Berry's Jurassic 2*D. She is EXTREMELY well bred with nice milkers both sires and dams.

My AGS Registered Nigerian Dwarf doe Wooly Dog Down Xenodusa.

The handsome buck we are breeding her to.
Kaapio Acres LT Super Hero *S

We are excited about this cross and cannot wait to see the results!

 

[willowbreezefarm]

Oh you can keep up with us too on my website blog. I seriouly update it like everyday! So feel free to venture over and check it out for updates

 

[helmstead]

I have 12 bucks to choose from for my spring kiddings...um...yeah, lots of decisions to make this fall!

 

[Ariel301]

I have 12 bucks to choose from for my spring kiddings...um...yeah, lots of decisions to make this fall!

Wow, how many does do you have?!

I've got two bucks, and my neighbor has two more LaManchas I can choose from, and thinking about getting another that she would also allow me to use. My biggest deciding factor is who isn't related to who, it's getting to the point where everything in the state is related to two bloodlines, and all four bucks come from those lines.

 

[lilhill]

I've got four bucks I'll be using, and already published my breeding/kidding schedule for fall/winter babies.

 

[Roll farms]

I've got 15 does in breeding pens now, and the first one got bred yesterday (Patch x Saturday).
Bullitt has been trying to convince his group of girls that he's a big manly man, but so far none seem convinced.

I usually have to pair my younger does w/ the younger bucks (Chaos would smoosh my smaller FF's) that best suits what I'm trying to breed for.
I also try and give 'virgin' boys a small(ish) doe for their 1st breeding so they aren't beaten up / intimidated by some 200# cow...and so they can reach.

Then I try to match according to who needs what fixed...Short (length) boer does go w/ the longer buck, the tallest buck gets the does who need more height, etc.
Sometimes I'll pair up some just to see what color(s) I can get from that breeding. I also breed the Nubians who milk the best 1st so I'll have plenty of milk through the kidding season.

Bullitt is really cracking me up...he went from being a crybaby buckling to a "Wah-wah-wahhhh"-ing BUCK overnight as soon as Saturday moved in to the pen next door. He's trying to 'steal' Saturday's women through the fence. Saturday doesn't think it's half as cute as I do.

I'm working on my breeding / kidding schedule as I have time....but I haven't had much time lately...

 

[jodief100]

This is my first year with two bucks and I have been writing and rewriting the breeding plan. My boer buck is primarily for breeding market and 4-H stock. The kiko primarily for replacement and breeding stock. Then it gets complicated. I want to put my first timers with the kiko buck since they tend to have smaller kids but I don't like keep first timers kids since I don't know what the girls are capable of yet. Then I want to put the boer with some of my better does to get some nice fast growing -H kids. Contradictions I know.

So I just keeping changing my mind and we will go with whatever the chart says on the day I set them up in the breeding pens.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

I have two does confirmed bred (BioTracking) and due September... I *mostly* have breeding plans solidified for the rest.

 

[20kidsonhill]

We are going to start breeding in September, for February kids. That will put the kids 6 months old for the fairs in our area. ONly one of my does is related to either of my bucks. The rest are all from past bucks. So we have two new blood-lines we are working with.

We have 20 does to breed this year, plus the 4 new onse coming in a week THe new onse are certainly going with "Fox Trot Twister" Love this little buck, so smooth and great growth rate. Fantastic set of legs on this buckling.

then there is Karamba, He is not my favorite at this point, we purchased him for the bone mass, hoping he would add mass to our boer/nubian frames. He does have a nice set of legs under him.

I think for the 20 does already on the farm, we will just split them up, maybe 12 for Karamba since he is a little older and 8 for twister,who will be 11 months for breeding season, he is 3 months in that photo. And he will for sure have the 4 new girls, who we are planning on breeding at 10 months of age in December. Since I have some 50% boer/nubian and some 75% boer/nubian, on up to a couple full-blood boers, I am going to just split each group of does in half and give each buck part of the 50%, part of the 75%, ect.... you get the point. Just so I can see how well each buck does, the buck with the best fair kids, wins the other one will be sold.

My husband wants to keep it simple and put most with Karamba as our first buck, and then use keeper does in the future on twister. But I don't want to wait and use Twister, and I don't like Karamba all that much.

I didn't buy him, for his paint colors, his father is a red buck, but I was hoping it would be an added perk, We had 7 kids from him this June and They were all light colored, except for two of them had red head and an extra spot on them. , I never saw the mom, she must have been very light. I have had traditional bucks throw more color than that. Not sure if this boy is going to be staying around very long, His horn set doesn't look too promising, He is short in the loin, even though he has tons of bone mass.

Here is karamba