Is it that time of year already ? OFA Breeding update

[OneFineAcre]

This goat heat thing blows my mind. You can't do that with sheep. I just can't put a ewe in with a ram for a couple of hours and be pretty confident she is bred. Heck I can't even leave her in for a week and be certain.....Just wow...

Ewes need to be more flirty.....

We've always divided ours into groups and put with the buck for a month
But with the move and the new place while we have more room we don't have the breeding pens
Been forced to "hand breeding" in one pen

 

[Southern by choice]

How are you liking the hand breeding?
Do you do 2 days in a row or just one breeding?

We have always done just one breeding, this year we did 2 on most.
I love knowing they are due.

 

[OneFineAcre]

How are you liking the hand breeding?
Do you do 2 days in a row or just one breeding?

We have always done just one breeding, this year we did 2 on most.
I love knowing they are due.

We have a 30x30 pen we are using so we are usually leaving them for the day or overnight. But, nearly every single one we have observed the breeding almost immediately and the the only two we have any questions about is Minnie and Rosemary no others have come back into heat. Minnie is funny, she is black and has dark skin so she doesn't really show any pinkness or puffiness. Plus, her cycles are short.

 

[Fullhousefarm]

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@Fullhousefarm
Haven't heard from you in a while
Was just thinking about Lord Drinian and Arivis
Can't wait to see babies

They are both doing great. Aravis placed well, IMO, at our November show. She was placed about middle or higher even though she is still on the smaller side and was only days over 6 months, making her the youngest goat in the class. I did get a picture of her partially clipped. She looks lighter clipped.

Drinian is happy and is pretty bonded to our wether. Our house sitters didn't put his buddy in with him one night when we were gone, and the neighbor said he cried all night <giggle> They put them together the next night. I found a picture from last week of him checking out the Alpine doeling that my daughter is leasing for the State fair.

 

[OneFineAcre]

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They are both doing great. Aravis placed well, IMO, at our November show. She was placed about middle or higher even though she is still on the smaller side and was only days over 6 months, making her the youngest goat in the class. I did get a picture of her partially clipped. She looks lighter clipped.

Drinian is happy and is pretty bonded to our wether. Our house sitters didn't put his buddy in with him one night when we were gone, and the neighbor said he cried all night <giggle> They put them together the next night. I found a picture from last week of him checking out the Alpine doeling that my daughter is leasing for the State fair.

I hope you have some buck shows in the spring

 

[Fullhousefarm]

There is a sanctioned Nigee only specialty March 8 and at least one one sanctioned show later in March.