FullHouseFarm Kidding thread- Pics of our last babies of the year!

[Fullhousefarm]

Pictures of Prissy and boys and the Nigerian babies:
Caspian (9 weeks, OrchidxDrinian)
Chubs (QueenxSpooky Boy, 4 weeks)
Lasaralene, (4 weeks)

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Cute!!

 

[Fullhousefarm]

Update: Daisy and Periwinkle (our free "pet" Nigerians) are due in about two weeks. Both about 3 yrs old and first fresheners. Not sure if I'm going to milk them or not. I've thought about selling one with a baby wether, but will probably wait until I breed them again then maybe sell one and keep a girl. Periwinkle is smaller and is looking pretty round. Daisy is big for a Nigerian (I'm sure over height for standard) and doesn't look wide really. They are due two days apart on the 16th and 18th (150 days) so I'm thinking probably around the 14th and 16th- but time will tell. They are both sporting cute little udders.

All the other goats are well. Prissy's twin boys are reserved as wethers going together when they are weaned. Caspian is being picked up on the 13th. Popcorn- also known as chubs is the only one not sold- but I haven't really tried yet. He's about 5 weeks and I don't want to sell him until he's at least 8 weeks. Mostly because I'm not wanting to milk twice a day. Ruby's boys went to their new home with an 8 year old Lamancha doe this week. One wethered and one intact so she can be bread one more time. They were sold to an old family friend and she will probably keep them and her last set of babies until they die of old age.

Trixie and Nim are each sporting a CIDR to hopefully get them bred for October babies about a week apart. Trixie is STILL in milk, so she's been milking for 13 months now. Despite getting a nasty bacterial infection about a month ago and us milking once a day and only giving her grain once a day- she just doesn't want to stop. Not bad for a FF. I figure I'll try harder a month or so after she gets bred. Crossing finger that maybe we will get some girls this year. LOL. Nim gave up our only girl- and only single birth- last year. We always had trouble keeping weight on her before- but since kidding she has been in awesome condition and an easy keeper.

Well, that's my novel for the week.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Update: Daisy and Periwinkle (our free "pet" Nigerians) are due in about two weeks. Both about 3 yrs old and first fresheners. Not sure if I'm going to milk them or not. I've thought about selling one with a baby wether, but will probably wait until I breed them again then maybe sell one and keep a girl. Periwinkle is smaller and is looking pretty round. Daisy is big for a Nigerian (I'm sure over height for standard) and doesn't look wide really. They are due two days apart on the 16th and 18th (150 days) so I'm thinking probably around the 14th and 16th- but time will tell. They are both sporting cute little udders.

All the other goats are well. Prissy's twin boys are reserved as wethers going together when they are weaned. Caspian is being picked up on the 13th. Popcorn- also known as chubs is the only one not sold- but I haven't really tried yet. He's about 5 weeks and I don't want to sell him until he's at least 8 weeks. Mostly because I'm not wanting to milk twice a day. Ruby's boys went to their new home with an 8 year old Lamancha doe this week. One wethered and one intact so she can be bread one more time. They were sold to an old family friend and she will probably keep them and her last set of babies until they die of old age.

Trixie and Nim are each sporting a CIDR to hopefully get them bred for October babies about a week apart. Trixie is STILL in milk, so she's been milking for 13 months now. Despite getting a nasty bacterial infection about a month ago and us milking once a day and only giving her grain once a day- she just doesn't want to stop. Not bad for a FF. I figure I'll try harder a month or so after she gets bred. Crossing finger that maybe we will get some girls this year. LOL. Nim gave up our only girl- and only single birth- last year. We always had trouble keeping weight on her before- but since kidding she has been in awesome condition and an easy keeper.

Well, that's my novel for the week.

Thanks for the update

 

[Fullhousefarm]

Alright, I'm clearly slacking. But, it comes with great news! We CAN have girls here at the farm. We were considering changing our name to buck farm as of last month. LOL.

So, last Wednesday night, well, Thursday morning Periwinkle had two kids- a big doeling and a buckling. This is important because it proves that DRINIAN CAN HAVE GIRLS! I had to go in for the first girl because after the bubble presented Periwinkle kept pushing, but no feet. I waited 20 minutes, then gloved up (because I was in the barn in the middle of the night and didn't want to go to the house to scrub my hands) and the first baby was head down neck presenting. Pulled her nose up and mom pushed her out right away. Thankfully, I have small hands and only had to go in to my wrist. Buckling came a few minutes later and a little smaller. Blond with moonspots blue eyed doeling and buckskin buckling.

Daisy was bred two days after Peri, so I was thinking Friday. Well, Friday and Saturday came and went. Sunday evening I saw some discharge and called up my friend who is just starting with goats because she really wanted to watch a birth and hadn't caught any of ours yet. Figured it would be that night, but told her anywhere from 5 minutes-5 hours. Turned out she had them right around 10pm. And... two doelings! One (that I'm keeping) white and red/brown spotted polled, and a tiny dark buckskin. I watched the second really close the first two days since she was so tiny, but she's doing great and catching up with her sister.

That wraps up kidding for us this year.
We have one Lamancha, Trixie, off on a date to hopefully be bred for October. Planning on breeding our three registered Nigerians in July for December babies. Then, three more Lamanchas hopfully for early January (one yearling ff, second freshener, and third freshener). We will probably sell Prissy after she kids so we can retain one girl IF we get one. Shes great to hand milk and will make someone a nice milker or FFA/4H project goat.

I'll post pics of the babies in order from my phone in a minute.

 

[Fullhousefarm]

All the babies and a bonus of Leena in a Jeep.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats! Very cute kids

 

[OneFineAcre]

Congrats