Dejavoodoo114 Kidding Thread - Breeding Time!

[dejavoodoo114]

So much for getting pictures! I dropped my phone yesterday morning in the bathroom on the tile floor and broke it so that there was only a black screen. Drove to Knoxville and waited until an ATT store opened and was floored by how they have changed things! There is no longer a real "upgrade" the stupid phone cost $600!!!That was not for the new one or anything! I barely made it to my aunt's in time to meet the guy who picked up our buck Eiltin. And the does were picked up right after. I am going to reevaluate my need for such a phone. It allows me to stay connected with my sister stationed in Okinawa and my brother when he is shipped out but.... That is the only real advantage. I know how to read a map and streets and numbers. I don't need a gps, though waze is nice for avoiding traffic and construction, it is not necessary.

On the other hand... 5 goats gone and my work load eased! And one of my aunts neighbors called their sister. They want Chloe's doe Corley who kidded those black w/moon spots kids.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

These are the most recent pictures of the kids who went to a new home.

This is Darina from last spring. She is full sister to Meegan and Miach.
That is Miach pushing in the picture.


Miach.

Meegan.

Saraid.

All these girls went to the same home.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

Eiltin went on the same day but to a different home where he will be their herd sire.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

While I was at my aunt's house to meet the buyers, her neighbor's sister stopped by to talk to me. Luckily I had my book with all the papers in it with me. She is very excited to get Corley who is the dam to both the spotted kids! I will be delivering her on May 10th.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

And this is Iris whom I will be delivering this Friday if I can get her injury cleared up. If not I will wait until she is back to tip top condition before delivering her.


This is her doeling, Muirne that we are retaining this year.

 

[Devonviolet]

I haven't had a lot of time, to get onto BYH lately. So. Am catching up, a bit, before I go out to milk, and the we are going to try to get some mowing done before the rain starts.

Love, love, LOVE the kids with moon spots. They are gorgeous. I really love the Nubian ears!

Your story about your sons figuring out how to get you transported around campus, with jet pack and then hover mechanism (of some sort - I'm not up on the latest technology) is just a stitch! I just love that they want to make things easier for their Mom!!! That is SO sweet!

 

[dejavoodoo114]

Thanks @Devonviolet! We had such a great time as they were coming up with different ideas to help me out! My older DS is still researching the radar technology...

I do love the moon spots! After all those guys are gone I will only have Chloe who has moon spots. She was supposed to be sold as well but her udder is coming off so we will keep her. I love the color but am really trying to get better conformation in my herd. The kids (thanks to the buck) had good conformation but Chloe and Corley, not so much.

 

[Devonviolet]

I love the color but am really trying to get better conformation in my herd.

I know what you mean. It is so easy to love a good looking goat. But in the end, for dairy goats, it's all about the udder!

With Falina & Ruby, I was confident in the udders in their lineage. However, when they came to me, they were both lopsided.

Since Falina was a first freshener, there was no way to know, what her udder would be like (for sure) until she kidded & I started milking her. Having had a single, that nursed one side, she continued to be lopsided. However, I got some excellent advice, from @goatgurl (their previous mawmaw), about taping the unused side of the udder. In the end, Woody has learned to nurse both sides & Falina is nice & even. We have some work to do, with her volume. But, once Woody is weaned, I'm confident she will do me proud!

Ruby is a second freshener, and both twins wanted to nurse her left side, leaving her right side much smaller. After taping the left side, for a couple days, they now each takes a side & she has a beautiful, even udder!

We had such a great time as they were coming up with different ideas to help me out! My older DS is still researching the radar technology...

That is so awesome, that you can have fun with your boys, while the are learning.

My DS & DD were both young teens, when their Dad & I were divorced.

I didnt have much money, so we were crammed into a 2 BR apt, with DD in the 2nd BR & DS in a small alcove, in the LR, on a daybed. What we lacked in funds, we were rich in love & fun. In the evenings, I would spread my bills & paperwork out on my double bed & while I paid bills, the kids & I would laugh ourselves silly being goofy, as I taught them how to deal with life's struggles.

It was a very difficult time for me, as a new single mom. But my kids have fond memories of those evenings laughing our heads off! To this day, DD (43 & DS (40)are the best of friends, and while they live half way across the country, from each other, they still talk, on the phone or text, almost daily.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

CD&T Question... I have a couple different ways I can do this. My girls were vaccinated before kidding. I have a doeling I retained (Muirne) who is due for her first shot and a doe, Cinnful, who needs hers because she will kid at the end of the month or somewhere around there. I have another doeling, Shamu, who is also due for her first. I am picking up two more doelings on Friday. One of those will be due, the other will be about 10 days old...

So, can I give the 10 day old her first shot as well? Then booster with the rest? Or should I wait until she is older and give her the first when I am boosting the other kids?

 

[Hens and Roos]

Do you know if the doe of the 10 day old was given a CD/T shot 30 days before kidding?