Goat Whisperer's & SBC's kidding thread: kidding storm

[Poka_Doodle]

They're absolutely adorable

 

[sadieml]

Oh, Southern, I am sooo jealous! Those babies are so beautiful, and I am dying for more goatie babies! Unfortunately, I know I must wait, and it's so very difficult to do. Oh, well, I gotta do what I gotta do.

Edit to add: Which of these are you keeping? Which are you selling? I am still in the market for does, you know. We don't have a lot of money, but you (and GW) have quality goats, which always adds to the value. Just curious.

 

[Southern by choice]

We are going to list "Wren", "Cupcake", "Knuckles" and maybe 2 of the dwarfs... One of the newest blk/white Nigies and maybe Foxy Lady.
Foxy Lady is GW's goat so who knows... LOL

@sadieml - this is for you especially... you can find very nice unregistered does that will produce... you just have to be cautious and watch. Here is a pic of a goat we sold a few years ago... 2nd freshening udder here- Nigerian... we sold her dam and the buck of this doe is deceased... very sad this buck did amazing things for udder improvement.
Anyway- Yes we have lots of registered but some people do take their unregistered goats just as serious and will always try to improve and produce something worth having.
Watch what you breed to. Some goats will always just be pets, some will be producers... the Lord will provide!

 

[Southern by choice]

Getting concerned that Katie may not make it to day 145. Saturday is 145. Hoping she holds til Thursday at least.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Getting concerned that Katie may not make it to day 145. Saturday is 145. Hoping she holds til Thursday at least.

 

[samssimonsays]

 

[sadieml]

for Katie. Also -

Thank you, dear Southern. If we didn't trust in the Lord's provision, we couldn't make it through the day-EVER. I know He will provide "our" goats when the time is right, I just get so impatient sometimes. You know how sometimes it seems that His focus is for us to learn a specific lesson? For about 30 years now, He's been teaching me patience. Unfortunately, I seem to be a slow learner. I consider myself to be a very patient person, certainly by comparison to most people, but He says I need more...so the lesson continues. Everything he has for me in life takes a looong time, so you'd think I would be the "master" waiter by now, but I do still get frustrated on occasion. His timing is perfect, and in hindsight one can usually see "why the wait", but often waiting is still a test. I remember my eldest sister saying she once asked the Lord to teach her patience and then her ADHD son was born. Laughingly, I think "I never asked to be taught patience", but He wants me to specialize in it, so I was ADHD (still have adult ADD along with arthritis, LP Reflux, migraines, bad knees, and now diabetes), didn't find my true-love until I was 29, married him at 30 (he was 19-hence, the wait). He was ADD and dyslexic, and has had MS since he was 23. We have raised our 3 children (miraculously, only one with ADHD and dyslexia) on disability income. Financially, our "outgo" ALWAYS exceeds our income. I say all of this, not to elicit sympathy, but simply as an example of a small part of the things in our life that require patience. Still, NEVER do we say "Enough!", because He is always there to carry us through and prove Himself-to us and the world. He is reliable, even though we constantly fail, and we know that He will ALWAYS see us through, because He is God and amazingly He has chosen to love us, unworthy as we are. Never could we merit the smallest degree of His love and compassion, and yet He generously lavishes us with grace. Ain't God great?!? Sorry...I think I am still under the influence of Easter, I am feeling so awed and beloved. I hope all of you, my BYH fellows, also had a passionate Easter experience this year and indeed every year.

Sorry sooo wordy. I probably should post this elsewhere, but instead I'll just hush now.

 

[HoneyDreameMomma]

Wonderful pics! Such beautiful babies.

 

[Southern by choice]

Katie has held them in! Saturday is day 145!
Put this on FB as well... make your guesses as to how many!
Last year she had trips.
Her udder isn't ready but she sure is.

 

[luvmypets]

My guess is 3 aswell Oml she looks so uncomfortable, poor girl. Hoping for a healthy delivery!