Goat Whisperer's & SBC's kidding thread: kidding storm
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Bruce
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Careful THAT doesn't get taken out of context!!
BlessedWithGoats
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If I lived closer I'd probably like to try owning a Lamancha... Maybe someday 
Congrats on the kids!!!
Congrats on the kids!!!
Southern by choice
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So three of our babies left today!
2 were Bingo's doelings. They were the erect eared mini manchas (f-2's)
1 was @Goat Whisperer 's Nigerian Dwarf doeling.
They are going to show the dwarf. She has really great potential. It was my FAVORITE!
Even when she was on the scale being weighed she stood there so pretty, so uphill!
If there are any mini shows the mini's will be shown as well.
It will be fun to show with them. They plan on eventually doing milktest so that is great!
Great people, very nice and not new to goats just been many years since they had them.
It's really nice too because my vet recommended them and that means they have a great vet already! My vet knows my herd and it is a bonus to be able to all work together.
We have several buck requests in and prior customers always take priority ... but none of them are ready for them yet. They are close to age of weaning ... I can keep them for a bit but not too long.
So my bigger news....
GW and I have talked alot over the past two weeks. We retained A LOT of goats from last year. We need to grow theem out, breed them, wait on udders etc. It is average a 2 year committment to see what breedings produced. We only bred one yearling lamancha this year so all the others will be over two before they kid.
The gist of it... we made the decision to place almost all of our kids this year. We are retaining a few. Since we don't know what our new bucks have brought to the table so to speak we will retain several does. Isaac's 2 doelings. Tai's 3 doelings. Maybe one of Troubles grade mini's.
We have been talking about moving for so long and waiting with nothing coming up but it is all the more reason we decided to sell this years kid crop. Until I have more land it just doesn't make sense.
We have decided to sell two of our registered adult mini Mancha bucks as well. I LOVE them but Henry and either Chewy or Gordy ( still can't decide) need to pass on their genetics. Have 3 bucks so closely related ( all have the same dam) is silly.
2 were Bingo's doelings. They were the erect eared mini manchas (f-2's)
1 was @Goat Whisperer 's Nigerian Dwarf doeling.
They are going to show the dwarf. She has really great potential. It was my FAVORITE!
Even when she was on the scale being weighed she stood there so pretty, so uphill!
If there are any mini shows the mini's will be shown as well.
It will be fun to show with them. They plan on eventually doing milktest so that is great!
Great people, very nice and not new to goats just been many years since they had them.
It's really nice too because my vet recommended them and that means they have a great vet already! My vet knows my herd and it is a bonus to be able to all work together.
We have several buck requests in and prior customers always take priority ... but none of them are ready for them yet. They are close to age of weaning ... I can keep them for a bit but not too long.
So my bigger news....
GW and I have talked alot over the past two weeks. We retained A LOT of goats from last year. We need to grow theem out, breed them, wait on udders etc. It is average a 2 year committment to see what breedings produced. We only bred one yearling lamancha this year so all the others will be over two before they kid.
The gist of it... we made the decision to place almost all of our kids this year. We are retaining a few. Since we don't know what our new bucks have brought to the table so to speak we will retain several does. Isaac's 2 doelings. Tai's 3 doelings. Maybe one of Troubles grade mini's.
We have been talking about moving for so long and waiting with nothing coming up but it is all the more reason we decided to sell this years kid crop. Until I have more land it just doesn't make sense.
We have decided to sell two of our registered adult mini Mancha bucks as well. I LOVE them but Henry and either Chewy or Gordy ( still can't decide) need to pass on their genetics. Have 3 bucks so closely related ( all have the same dam) is silly.
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Goat Whisperer
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Busy busy busy here today/this weekend.
Today Foxy Lady was bred to Isaac.
She was born 1/18/16 so she will be 20 months old at kidding. She was one of the quints, but is big enough to be bred.
Don't have any updated pics but this is a pic of her from Oct.2016
This is our first time in several years to have fall kiddings!
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Today Foxy Lady was bred to Isaac.
She was born 1/18/16 so she will be 20 months old at kidding. She was one of the quints, but is big enough to be bred.
Don't have any updated pics but this is a pic of her from Oct.2016
This is our first time in several years to have fall kiddings!
luvmypets
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I wonder if she will be as prolificBusy busy busy here today/this weekend.
Today Foxy Lady was bred to Isaac.
She was born 1/18/16 so she will be 20 months old at kidding. She was one of the quints, but is big enough to be bred.
Don't have any updated pics but this is a pic of her from Oct.2016
This is our first time in several years to have fall kiddings!
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Goat Whisperer
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@luvmypets truthfully I'm hoping not… it is neat to have large litters but I'd take twins or trips every time. So much can go wrong and it can be a little rough on the dams. Thankfully Leah does okay but you need to keep a close eye out for toxemia and hypocalcemia along with other issues.
I ran a fecal on a kid that left for her new home. If the owners are local we require/offer them to bring back a sample and we'll run it free of charge to check for a bloom. When they aren't local they use our state lab or vet.
The kid had 0 parasites and only three oocysts total- as expected
We've never had an issue with kids leaving and having a bloom or overload but it always makes me happy! We pour a lot into educating our customers about goats and also teach them how to run fecals and basic "goat stuff". We always run the fecals before the kids leave as well. The new owner will bring samples on the other kids when she can.
They settled right in, the new owners are totally smitten! We've already been texted lots of pics and everyone is sooooo happy.
I ran a fecal on a kid that left for her new home. If the owners are local we require/offer them to bring back a sample and we'll run it free of charge to check for a bloom. When they aren't local they use our state lab or vet.
The kid had 0 parasites and only three oocysts total- as expected
We've never had an issue with kids leaving and having a bloom or overload but it always makes me happy! We pour a lot into educating our customers about goats and also teach them how to run fecals and basic "goat stuff". We always run the fecals before the kids leave as well. The new owner will bring samples on the other kids when she can.
They settled right in, the new owners are totally smitten! We've already been texted lots of pics and everyone is sooooo happy.
Hens and Roos
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I would be happy with single, twins or triplets....I agree it can be hard on the dam and then there are kids who are smaller/grow slower.
Glad to hear that the ones going to new homes are settling in well!
Glad to hear that the ones going to new homes are settling in well!
Southern by choice
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For grins and giggles I am gonna count my goats. 
Hens and Roos
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For grins and giggles I am gonna count my goats.
Good luck, are you going to use your abacus??
