Alibo
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All those kids are just gorgeous!
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Goatgirl47
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86 pounds at 11 months old seems the perfect size to breed a Lamancha or a Nubian (and your girl is both!) from what I've heard. She should be fine. 
Looking forward to seeing some goat kid pictures in April!
We won't have any goat kids this year which makes me so sad! We sold all of our does that kidded last year (we sold Magnolia and Penelope because we were getting into dairy goats, and we sold Clover and Kendall - our Alpine and Mini-Lamancha does - because we kept a doeling from each of them. In our current herd we have 6 doelings, between 8- and 16-months old, and one 5-month old buckling.
Looking forward to seeing some goat kid pictures in April! We won't have any goat kids this year which makes me so sad! We sold all of our does that kidded last year (we sold Magnolia and Penelope because we were getting into dairy goats, and we sold Clover and Kendall - our Alpine and Mini-Lamancha does - because we kept a doeling from each of them. In our current herd we have 6 doelings, between 8- and 16-months old, and one 5-month old buckling.
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And thank you! We really loved the colors too, although we only kept one doeling from those three kidding (Midge).
Alibo
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Ooh good to hear. I have been told they should be at least 110 and started to freak 
sounds like lots of new babies for you next year, and it's always fun to see what combinations of colours you get from new genetics 
thanks for your input it has really made my day!
sounds like lots of new babies for you next year, and it's always fun to see what combinations of colours you get from new genetics thanks for your input it has really made my day!- Thread starter
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Next year kidding season will be crazy. Six first-fresheners (maybe seven, I'd like to get a meat goat cross doeling this year, that's just a MAYBE though), and also I'd like to get another meat goat buck, preferably a Kiko because I've read that they are very hardy and parasite resistant - some of the doelings I have now are anything but hardy - and so I aim to switch our herd to mostly meat/dairy crosses. The thing I want most in my goats is hardiness. And of course I love color, too.
I am really wishing we would have kept Penelope's doeling, Gloria. She was SO pretty and sweet. But Penelope was my younger brother's goat, and he had decided that he wanted to keep Penelope instead of her doeling, then he changed his mind, but it was already too late because someone was very interested in Penelope's kids, and ended up buying them.
I would have kept Magnolia's gorgeous twin doelings, but they both had extra teats, and I don't want that in my herd either. Yes, I'm very picky about my goats, though I LOVE them!
How many goats do you have, and what breeds?
I am really wishing we would have kept Penelope's doeling, Gloria. She was SO pretty and sweet. But Penelope was my younger brother's goat, and he had decided that he wanted to keep Penelope instead of her doeling, then he changed his mind, but it was already too late because someone was very interested in Penelope's kids, and ended up buying them.
I would have kept Magnolia's gorgeous twin doelings, but they both had extra teats, and I don't want that in my herd either. Yes, I'm very picky about my goats, though I LOVE them!
How many goats do you have, and what breeds?
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Sorry for the long post, I love talking about goats and could go on and on....
Alibo
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Haha I could go on forever too! Love love them! We have a mixed herd too. Only two years into goats but we started with some milk/meat crosses. We were told they were Spanish but they lookEd like nubian boer crosses. Great parasite resistance too. They are stocky but still produce 4 cups of milk a day so seemed like a win win. We bought a Pygmy Buck because they are supposed to be great meat and good at converting food to fat so they do not eat as much and still stay healthy.
The first year we had all bucklings born and were pretty disapointed. Read that maybe our buck was not getting enough minerals so switched from a block to loose.
We added our two numanchas last year because we wanted more milk. The poor things were living in a filthy dry lot and I had never seen such poor goats. Never saw them scour but I suspected coccidia because they were so slow to grow, treated accordingly but they still look small.
And then bought a huge lamancha because I love their personality. She is 175 lbs and our poor buck had to be put on blocks just to reach her. Still not confident she is bred but hopefully the vet can tell me soon.
So far one buckling this year, hoping not to have a repeat of last year! I am scared it is genetic and my buck is only throwing males
What are the breeds of yours? All alpine and mini Mancha? I love colour too, do you have some coulourful does? Posting pictures in a minute
The first year we had all bucklings born and were pretty disapointed. Read that maybe our buck was not getting enough minerals so switched from a block to loose.
We added our two numanchas last year because we wanted more milk. The poor things were living in a filthy dry lot and I had never seen such poor goats. Never saw them scour but I suspected coccidia because they were so slow to grow, treated accordingly but they still look small.
And then bought a huge lamancha because I love their personality. She is 175 lbs and our poor buck had to be put on blocks just to reach her. Still not confident she is bred but hopefully the vet can tell me soon.
So far one buckling this year, hoping not to have a repeat of last year! I am scared it is genetic and my buck is only throwing males
What are the breeds of yours? All alpine and mini Mancha? I love colour too, do you have some coulourful does? Posting pictures in a minute
Alibo
Loving the herd life
Alibo
Loving the herd life
The guy with the bouffant is our buckling we kept from last year. Current herd sire now. Small herd of only seven butimes they are my own private paradise
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Awwww, what pretty goats! I love the buck's hair-do.
Wow - your Lamancha doe is 175 pounds?!
I thought my Alpine doe that I just recently sold was big, but she was *only* about 110 pounds.
I wouldn't say that our goats are individually colorful, but together as a herd I think they are.
Right now I only have time to download pictures of our two Nubian does, Harriet and Melody. We got Harriet (brown goat) back in July when she was 8-months old. She was severely underweight, weighting only 40 instead of 70-80 pounds.
Melody is our bottle baby we got in early July as a 3 week old. She is sooooo sweet.
I've got to go now! I'll upload pictures of the rest of our goats later.
I love the buck's hair-do.Wow - your Lamancha doe is 175 pounds?!
I thought my Alpine doe that I just recently sold was big, but she was *only* about 110 pounds.I wouldn't say that our goats are individually colorful, but together as a herd I think they are.
Right now I only have time to download pictures of our two Nubian does, Harriet and Melody. We got Harriet (brown goat) back in July when she was 8-months old. She was severely underweight, weighting only 40 instead of 70-80 pounds.
Melody is our bottle baby we got in early July as a 3 week old. She is sooooo sweet.
I've got to go now! I'll upload pictures of the rest of our goats later.
