Sorry your family is passing around the flu and super sorry you did something bad to your shoulder, especially right at kidding time. Sure hope it's something minor as opposed to major. Have you had it checked out yet?
Goat Whisperer's & SBC's kidding thread: kidding storm
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Southern by choice
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Zephyr's buckling...
notice i had to put a pic of Rita in there lol
notice i had to put a pic of Rita in there lol
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He's a pretty boy! I'm not sure I'd call that a "picture" of Rita - it's more like a "teaser!" 
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He is gorgeous 
nstone630
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He's very handsome!
BlessedWithGoats
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Cute!!
Bruce
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Looks like Rita is doing her job - getting to know her new charges!
Southern by choice
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i hate typing lower case but i can't do the shift button and type with one hand
@Devonviolet you will love kikos they are a great goat! in Every way!
@NH homesteader we sold our only alpine- they are pretty but definitely not my breed lol one of the minis is already spoken for- i really didn't think the lady would want her because of the erect ears... she has been waiting on a doe from us for sometime now... but she does- she wants the milk not the no ears
@Bruce Rita is just a family guardian and farmdog so technically these goats will never be her charges... she likes them though
@Latestarter i cannot get an appt for 2 weeks! freaking ridiculous
@Baymule yeah this seasons kidding has really not been enjoyable at all but i am grateful everyone is on the mend and the kiddings although some more troublesome than others did produce some nice kids and no dam losses- i am always thankful that the dams make it through. seems many this year have lost their dams, it is so heartbreaking. i am encouraged by your dh's shoulder surgery! i hope to actually have use of mine one day but it has been years since i have had full motility
@OneFineAcre kind of upset- for two years we have been trying to go on test... this is the year right?! with all the nonsense of the flue and us having to do the dam raise the does will not milk for us- millie will but she's millie... ruth and lucy (nigies) are like no way! if we separate overnight they will not let the milk down... we will still do test but i am already bummed!
@Devonviolet you will love kikos they are a great goat! in Every way!
@NH homesteader we sold our only alpine- they are pretty but definitely not my breed lol one of the minis is already spoken for- i really didn't think the lady would want her because of the erect ears... she has been waiting on a doe from us for sometime now... but she does- she wants the milk not the no ears
@Bruce Rita is just a family guardian and farmdog so technically these goats will never be her charges... she likes them though
@Latestarter i cannot get an appt for 2 weeks! freaking ridiculous
@Baymule yeah this seasons kidding has really not been enjoyable at all
but i am grateful everyone is on the mend and the kiddings although some more troublesome than others did produce some nice kids and no dam losses- i am always thankful that the dams make it through. seems many this year have lost their dams, it is so heartbreaking. i am encouraged by your dh's shoulder surgery! i hope to actually have use of mine one day but it has been years since i have had full motility@OneFineAcre kind of upset- for two years we have been trying to go on test... this is the year right?! with all the nonsense of the flue and us having to do the dam raise the does will not milk for us- millie will but she's millie... ruth and lucy (nigies) are like no way! if we separate overnight they will not let the milk down... we will still do test but i am already bummed!
NH homesteader
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Lol I'm down to one Nigerian doe I might sell because they are not the breed for me! I love my minis though, they're troublemakers but in a fun way. Funny how different people have hugely different tastes in breeds.
I'm glad one of them has a home! And seriously 2 weeks for an appointment? Don't they understand it's kidding season? Haha
I'm glad one of them has a home! And seriously 2 weeks for an appointment? Don't they understand it's kidding season? Haha
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LOL I love nigerian bucks! the does... they are fine i just love my lamanchas the most- they give kisses and hugs and are most like dogs, of course each goat is a little different.
i loved our alpine she was a sweetheart but it was more of a case of we had to keep our focus down to the herds and not have a single out there.
she went to our friend's place- they sold their alpine because she was a jerk to every other goat - nice with people but she was beyond bossy, she literally wouln't let the other goats eat or move or do anything.
she gave full disclosure about her to the buyers and sold her with a wether that she got along with... the peopl didn't want but one milkgoat so it all worked out.
our goat that we sold - they adore her, he is night and day different... i told them it was because she had 25%lamancha in her!
