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

[Southern by choice]

She is a big healthy looking girl
Big healthy looking girls make good mamas
@Goat Whisperer will tell you the appraiser said that our Jrs were " I don't want to offend you"
And I said we had heard it before"
Now he did tell is something we didn't know
Blonde or tan Nigerians tended to be stockier
Or cobblly I think he said
But not selling Dee my blonde goat

I know- I just don't like fat does.
I have seen way too many kidding complications, does having a hard time getting bred, and too many tend to convert their food to fat and not milk. I like a hardy doe just not a fat doe.

Katie is a BIG girl... and this year she had quads... I wasn't sure she was going to make it to kidding. She could barely breathe by the time she did kid. Fat animals make me nervous.

 

[OneFineAcre]

But she isn't fat
She is a growthy kid that is a little fleshy
Far from an obese doe
A long way from what you worry about
She is exactly what I would want in a kid

 

[MrsKuhn]

Congratulations on the new kid, gorgeous coloring.

 

[Fullhousefarm]

Now he did tell is something we didn't know
Blonde or tan Nigerians tended to be stockier
Or cobblly I think he said
But not selling Dee my blonde goat

That's interesting. My fattest, I mean, um senior doe with the most fleshing is white with tan spots. She never looked like she kidded (she had a single, so I'm sure that helps) and has never in her life looked thin. OTOH my black doe with white puts everything into the pail and needed extra when she had triplets and even with a single this year doesn't look "fat" at all.

Of coarse, Aravis's doeling is very "growthy", but she's not even 5 months old and fat babies don't worry me a bit. I'll just make sure she thins out a little before she's bred.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

It's the hair I tell ya! It makes her look poofy!



But, maybe I will just have to take her on jogs before she gets bred

 

[Southern by choice]

Some of the kids from 2016.. two sets of pics... Most are from April.

Trying to get hay to the hay feeder... trying is the key word there!

The beautiful Charlotte!

One of the piggies- she is slender in this pic

Millie up front- after kidding- Trouble her mini daughter front right, just like her mom... robust - they just seem to keep condition. Love these two goats!

"Emmy" ( Emerald) Mini Nubian our favorite of the two

Charlotte again. She gives hugs and kisses. I LOVE HER!

Emmy & Charlotte

Silly goats on the spools. We have tons of video on these girls.

Saffy (Sapphire) Mini Nubian and the young Mini Alpine Buckling

Babies on there way up front. "Tiffany" is being carried. Prima Donna! Tiffany is Millie's kid and already spoiled rotten!

Round two coming up

 

[Southern by choice]

Millie and Tiffany center-

The elegant Jane. I love Jane!

Big butts little butts and mini butts
Don't the Nigies look like piggies! They don't even stand right when it comes to food OINK OINK

One of Ruthie's does - spoiled brat

Ruthie's other doe

Silly babies getting into the "poop bags" Impossible to scoop poop with baby goats around.

Jane center, Emmy in front and one of the "Jezebel's" in the back. See bottom for Jezebel explanation

This is an older pic... Jane, Charlotte, Emmy (leaning over) and Bingo to the right. My baby loves.

Lucy - our black Nigerian doe had twin doelings... We have dubbed them Jezebel 1 & 2... yes I know it is a terrible name... but they are terrible hoping they turn into sweethearts... eventually. Bottle babies that do not care about people... never had that before... all they want to do is ram their head into you so they can get a bottle. Truthfully they are kind of stupid. Turning out very nice structure wise. We just weaned them so hopefully they will out grow stupid and be a normal goat. Never had bottle babies act like they do. When they hit you it hurts.
Their mothers udder would be black and blue if they were being dam raised.

Anyway hope you all enjoyed the pics... need to get some of the rest of the babies... but that's all for now folks.

 

[MrsKuhn]

Oh my goodness be still my heart. They are just adorable!!!! I want a goat that likes to give hugs and kisses that is just too sweet.

 

[Ferguson K]

I need to come love on the kids! Road trip!

 

[Poka_Doodle]

Lol