Dejavoodoo114 Kidding Thread - Breeding Time!

[dejavoodoo114]

I have been busy between the Small Ruminant Conference and the show we went to Saturday. There will be multiple posts so I can catch up. lol

These are pictures of Cinnful this morning. I had already washed her and she was hunched for milking.




This is her buckling this morning after his bottle.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

These are some pictures of the goats shaved and ready for the show.

This first is our buck Henry VIII. He didn't do so well at the show because he is still gaining weight from his rumen shutting down early this spring and spending 6 days -ish in the hospital. The judges said he only needed more weight. Dunfhlaith is also in the last two pics which were taken after we got home from the show.


This in Dunfhlaith. FF. Her udder was not good but we took her anyway. One side is bigger than the other and in the last 2 weeks one of her teats started looking strange. Any thoughts?


Muirne who was born in Feb looked pretty shaved. But the judges thought she was too tubular. Soooo much to learn!!

 

[dejavoodoo114]

And then Shamu whom I picked out of a few with great lines. Her color wasn't as fantastic but I thought her conformation was better. It sure was nice to know I was right to choose her! She was chosen reserve even against yearlings! She was the WORST with shaving!!! What a nightmare! The judge suggested I feed beet pulp because it would help expand their rumens... Any thoughts on this as well?

I should have taken the pictures in the sun but after spending all day in the 90+ degree weather...

 

[dejavoodoo114]

My last post update for my kids. These are pictures also taken this morning of our kids.

This first is the doeling I was waiting to be born for months. From the same breeder we purchased Shamu from.

And these are all the kids in the pen. DH and DSs have been working in here and threw some things in the pen... Cleaned out now.
Shamu is in the front, Muirne in the barrel, the young doeling laying down by the feed bag and the other doeling we picked up is behind Shamu.

The other doeling is on the left. I really need a better picture of her.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

Wait, one more post...
When we took the goats to get their health certificates this is how they traveled.


But DH and DS(16) built a goat pen on our little trailer on Friday for transporting from now on. This is how they went to and from the show.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

Well, I am now getting dates for kiddings next Spring!

I do not have updated photos but I will work on that. (meaning eventually sometime next year...)

I watched Chloe getting bred on 9-29-17 giving us our first kidding date of 2-16-18.
Cinnful was next on 10-3-17, confirmed by my farm hand. Kidding date of 3-2-18.
Dunflaith was this morning, 10-6-17, confirmed by me. Kidding date 3-5-18.

I will watch in 21 days to see if they come into heat. If not, I will get a blood test confirmation in 30 days. Best part? I graduate this December so I wont be in school during kidding season this year!!!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Awesome, we wont breed until Nov 1st otherwise kidding happen when it's too cold!

 

[dejavoodoo114]

@Hens and Roos , I can imagine! I would have preferred Dec/Jan kids but that didn't work out for me again this year. I have a warm kidding stall with a camera so as long as I know the due date, I do not have to worry about the cold.

 

[Hens and Roos]

That's good-makes it easier for you!

Here by us, we are never sure what the weather will be- this past year it was cold into April .

We have a protected area that the does kid in with warming barrels and Dec/Jan for us means snow/cold(part of our job is to do snow removal so it works better for us end of March thru mid April)