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

[NH homesteader]

Aww! That's really cute. Does she get bossed around a lot? My smallest doe bosses my biggest doe (who is my favorite) around all the time...I'm trying to make her realize how much bigger she is lol!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

She has always been on the bottom of the pecking order. She has 0 confidence. She is so big getting up and down is hard on her. She gives me a lot of kids (last year it was 5) and will give me milk for 10 months out of the year. She works hard and bounces back quickly without me having to pour buckets worth of feed into her. She is also a tiny do (well...70lbs)

So yes, right now she is a little spoiled. It only takes on hard blow from another goat for her to abort or get killed. A while back we lost a doe to a shattered femur. No way to fix it and she had to be put down. I'd rather play is safe with with my girl.

 

[NH homesteader]

Aw she sounds sweet! Get some confidence girl, you're one of the best producers there! Lol.

Shattered femur? From another goat? That's awful

 

[Bruce]

I would say she deserves pampering if she pops out 4 or 5 kids and milks really well!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Aw she sounds sweet! Get some confidence girl, you're one of the best producers there! Lol.

Shattered femur? From another goat? That's awful

Yep, our beloved Star. That goat left a huge hole in my heart.
I think it was her 1/2 sister who slammed Star into a hayfeeder and hit her just right. That was a hard one to go through. She was one of our top does who was one of my personal favorites. She was amazing.

The doe who I think did it spent the rest of her pregnancy alone. She didn't mind being an only child. Thankfully this year she is much better.

 

[NH homesteader]

That's so awful

 

[Ferguson K]

all these babies. I'm over here waiting on this thread to kick off!

 

[babsbag]

@Goat Whisperer Do your cameras pan and tilt or are the stationery.? I need to buy a few more and I think I want the pan and tilt ones this time.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Ok… I'm FREAKING out over here!!!!!

I just got a message from our Lamancha herdsire's breeder. She just send a pic of his littermate sister who will be a FF

Her.
Udder.
Is.
So.
AMAZING!

I am now on overload of excitement.

It is just spectacular!!!!!
Sounds silly, but when you look at these animals you are guessing on how it will turn out between the cross of the sire and dam.

I'm so happy
Her escutcheon is to die for already and everything else is just awesome.

I just emailed SBC the pics and called her to bug her to go look.

Now she is all excited lol

 

[Goat Whisperer]

@Goat Whisperer Do your cameras pan and tilt or are the stationery.? I need to buy a few more and I think I want the pan and tilt ones this time.

These are not, but we could buy some that go with the set.