GW & SBC's kidding thread: 2019

Devonviolet · Mar 27, 2019

Southern by choice said:
... I don't mind disbudding at all, but just don't ask me to tattoo! I hate tattooing! I run inside and hide.

I HATE disbudding!!! Never had to tatoo, but helped hold when Rosemary was tatooed. I think I would rather tatoo!!! Latestarted disbudded for us last year, and he did a great job. I’m going to HAVE to do it this year, but won’t like it at all!

Congratulations on all the beautiful kids! I know how much you LOVE your bucklings, and how hard it is to give them up. I guess it’s a good thing you have a voice of reason, to help you decide, when it comes to selling those adorable little boys. :hugs

misfitmorgan · Mar 28, 2019

Southern by choice said:
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Now we have a hard decision to make... which out of the 3 f-1's (Charlotte's buck and Prynne's 2) will we keep????
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Out of those two bucks I would keep the first one without the back leg bracelets. That spread on his back legs is amazing, he has a really high escutcheon(you might get a kissing vulva on his kids), he is also more slick haired...the other boy is fluffy looking which makes me think his coat will be like a nigi instead of a La Mancha. The fluffly boy also appears to have shorter rear legs but that may just be an optical illusion from his fluff vs the slick boy.

Southern by choice · Mar 28, 2019

misfitmorgan said:
Out of those two bucks I would keep the first one without the back leg bracelets. That spread on his back legs is amazing, he has a really high escutcheon(you might get a kissing vulva on his kids), he is also more slick haired...the other boy is fluffy looking which makes me think his coat will be like a nigi instead of a La Mancha. The fluffly boy also appears to have shorter rear legs but that may just be an optical illusion from his fluff vs the slick boy.

Thank YOU! I appreciate different eyes!

Bracelets is the one that has the fluffier hair, and no rear shot. They are both really nice. One is slightly broader and one is slightly longer.
Head and rear width is equal. One we blow dried and that is why he is fluffier.

They were a few hours old there. Hopefully I will get some pics over the next few days. I love just born pics so I can go back and look at them later.

To see if what I saw and what I liked came to be those traits I thought were strong etc.
It will be a hard decision. Mini's can be strange in the way they grow too which makes it really hard. They can be leggy and get length later.
Their dam is Prynne. We are waiting for her edema to go down, it isn't bad but I hate putting fresh does up with edema.
Her FF pics from last year as a 13 month old...

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I know they aren't the best pics... Her 2nd Udder looks beautiful hoping to get pics next week.

Now that we have 3 to pic from, because we have Charlotte's boy as well... I feel like we can't go wrong with any one of them. I just don't need 3. Charlotte and Prynne have the same dam (Mariah) and both Char and Prynne were bred to Kiegh.

misfitmorgan · Mar 28, 2019

Southern by choice said:
Thank YOU! I appreciate different eyes!
Bracelets is the one that has the fluffier hair, and no rear shot. They are both really nice. One is slightly broader and one is slightly longer.
Head and rear width is equal. One we blow dried and that is why he is fluffier. They were a few hours old there. Hopefully I will get some pics over the next few days. I love just born pics so I can go back and look at them later. To see if what I saw and what I liked came to be those traits I thought were strong etc.
It will be a hard decision. Mini's can be strange in the way they grow too which makes it really hard. They can be leggy and get length later.
Their dam is Prynne. We are waiting for her edema to go down, it isn't bad but I hate putting fresh does up with edema.
Her FF pics from last year as a 13 month old...
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I know they aren't the best pics... Her 2nd Udder looks beautiful hoping to get pics next week.

Now that we have 3 to pic from, because we have Charlotte's boy as well... I feel like we can't go wrong with any one of them. I just don't need 3. Charlotte and Prynne have the same dam (Mariah) and both Char and Prynne were bred to Kiegh.

We bred some mini manchas to a few years ago so I know the kids can do odd things. Once they grow some more I'm sure you can make a guess at which one is coming along the best and what the adult goats will look like as well as pass along.

Queen Mum · Mar 31, 2019

Blue eyes doesn't mean the kid is blind. I have had two blue eyed does and neither one was blind. In fact both had great eyesight. But the didn't like bright light. Neither do I. But then I have blue eyes as well.