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

[Goat Whisperer]

Pretty happy with the weights on our 2016 keeper (for now) kids.

Nigerian kids:
Boots & Foxy lady were from the litter of quads. DOB it 1/18/16. Dam is Leah.
Boots is 40lbs
Foxy is 47
Pretty darn good for how tiny they were, especially Boots as we didn't know if she would make it through her first night.

Ruthies kids, born 1/19/16
CarolinaGirl 65 lbs
SunnyDay CLVR (Clover) 52 lbs

Lucy's kid-
Belle 38 lbs. Born in mid-March I believe.
Her twin was sold.

Lamanchas:
Mariah's kids- DOB 1/19/16
Jane 98 lbs
Charlotte 91lbs

Raina 92 lbs
Raina is the half sister to the doe we lost, Star. She was born 2/29/16. Special leap year baby.

Tiffany 80lbs
She was born April 19 I think. She is Millie's kid. She eats almost no food. All that weight is from eating off of momma

Minis:
All born in March 2016
Mini Nubians-
Emmy 71 lbs
Saffy 61 lbs

Mini lamancha
Bingo 83 lbs

Happy overall. I would be ok if the lamanchas gained a little more but they look fantastic. I also tend to like yearlings chubby. Not even a year old yet and almost 100 lbs. can't complain as the lamanchas aren't chow hounds are are very chill.

Something I have found interesting is that the goats who would eat less milk as kids stay smaller even after they have been weaned for months. You would expect that while they are still being bottle fed, but I didn't expect it to be the same way now.
10 lb difference between Emmy and Saffy. They are twins and we're very close in birthweight. Saffy was a brat and wouldn't finish her bottle where Emmy did. Saffy has been very healthy the whole time, so it's not that type of issue.

13 lb difference between CarolinaGirl and Clover. Same thing. Clover wouldn't always finish her meal but CG would… and then some

Jane and Charlotte, same thing. The weight difference gap has been getting smaller however.

7 lb difference between Foxy and Boots. Boots was a bit smaller but again she didn't eat as much milk.


Now with that being said, they are ALL at great weights and none are "small". Even Boots, she looks great. Some are a little fleshy

I don't think the mini Nubians are bred, but Bingo is heavily pregnant and her little baby udder is darling. She will be kidding right around her 1st birthday. We don't generally breed that young but she has exceptional width throughout and her rump is wide enough for kidding. She is a big girl so we felt okay doing so.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

So exciting! Who will you be breeding Jane to? I can't wait to see what your girls give ya

Our lamancha buck, Taipan.

 

[luvmypets]

I am so in love with Bingo. Do you have a guess on how many? There is just something about her that catches my eye

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I'm not sure. She's looking pretty big. Probably twins.

 

[Southern by choice]

Jane will be bred to our new young Lamancha Buck "Tai"

Tai # here
Jane # here

 

[Southern by choice]

I am so in love with Bingo. Do you have a guess on how many? There is just something about her that catches my eye

Bingo is a beautiful doe. We are pretty excited about her. She is a beautiful f-1 and her baby udder is darling.
Her momma is Zephyr- very strong heavy milker.
Some good genetics there.
She was bred to one of Star's mini polled f-1 bucklings. They may end up with ears but whatever they will be milkers! And they should have gorgeous udders!
I think Bingo will milk a gallon a day by 2nd freshening. I would love to keep a doe but I have one spoken for already. So I don't know. Hoping for twins though.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Just looking back on this thread. Have all kinds of pics of pregnant bellies but none of the Kiko doe, MoClone! Will have to snap a few pics tomorrow I'm thinking twins or triplets.

 

[babsbag]

Your yearlings are BIG. You know I seldom (never) weigh my goats so don't even ask but I bet I have some 2 year old LMs that don't weigh as much as your 2016 kids and I know that my 2016 kids don't weigh that much, maybe 60 lbs if I am lucky. (Standard sized doelings)

 

[Goat Whisperer]

My yearling Dwarf is bigger

Southern keeps telling me she's fat.
They still look like babies to me.

Babs don't you remember? These are the same newborns you were snuggling back in January!

Remember when I said I had to put Ruby on a diet cause she was 153 lbs??

I did.

And now she's 160 lbs.




I should add that these are actual scale weights.

I see so many talk about their 120 lb yearling… tape weight… scale weight tells a different story! Same thing with adults. Oh yeah, that's my 260 lb milker, uh not.

 

[Southern by choice]

@babsbag Our LM buck is not gaining like he should. We are a bit stressed over it. The two other bucks he is with and all eat together have gained considerably in the 2-3 months we have had them. The LM isn't. We have run several fecals- NOTHING- I mean Nothing. He is real laid back though so I don't know. We have moved him given him some supplements and we are keeping an eye out. I may run a min panel. He is with Isaac and Isaac's wether. They get along great.
The Nubian has gained I think 40 lbs since end of Sept. The mini we got in Oct has gained 20+ but Tai has only gained 10lbs.
He is healthy and in good shape just not what we want to see. He is very tall. His coat is not very thick either so I am thinking minerals ... They had blocks out for individual minerals and he was lean when we got him but not unusual- with another buck and in rut... I know the breeder well and nothing on their end. Their goats are in excellent condition. Their does are like GW so kinda on the "fleshy" side.

All on the same regimen so IDK.

LOL Carolina Girl aka TUBBY BUBBY!