Kidding season at sweet horizon minis

[Sweet horizon Nigerians]

@D and L Meadows I’m not quite sure what my bucks throw. I’ve posted a link to Charlie’s breeder before so everyone could see his dam, sisters and half sisters that have freshened.

My newest buckling I *think* I’ve posted photos of the udders behind him but almost all the ones I have are from the rear so I guess that doesn’t help much with seeing for udder...

I’m excited for this fall to see all my ff kid lol I’ll have 5 ff and 1 sixth or 7th freshener.

So found out today that Lillie nurses the kids (including moose) out in the pasture. My brother went to feed and saw her feeding moose and Goldie, Bella feeds her doelings but not moose during the day. Still separating at night and my brother is making sure the kids are eating at lunch time as well.

Sat with the kids some after putting them up tonight and feeding and this was how we ended up

 

[D and L Meadows]

Yes, I looked at the website. Really nice does, especially carolina girl. I love the pic when they lined her four daughters up. I want to try to do that. . But can’t really see what Ruth's side view udder looks like. But still, if Charlie’s sisters are nice, his kids should be nice too, theoretically anyway. Genetics can be tricky and very unpredictable! You can have a doe that has a amazing pedigree with high producers all down the line. And she has very low production. we’ve got one.
So you have Charlie kids out of Lillie too?
She’s sure a sweet doe!

Aww! So adorable! They’re so fun, aren’t they?

 

[Sweet horizon Nigerians]

Yeah that’s the only problem lol, that is what I am hoping for
I understand completely about genetics being unpredictable.
Yes I have a Lillie x Charlie doeling from last year! she is one of the ones I’m going to try to breed for fall kids. She was born 2/22/19. This photo is from the show last October when I had someone help me by showing her as I had Eva in the ring. This is sarabi

 

[D and L Meadows]

Ohh..she’s nice...stocky with could-be-longer-neck, but well built and sturdy.
It’s one the exciting/rewarding or frustrating/disappointing things to find out what a buck does and what kind of production his offspring have.
Our first ++ buck to be is now retired. I was liking his daughters, and we have two really nice bucks out of him that were in their way to being + bucks, but alas, he has been throwing a lot of kids with teat spurs and fused teats, so we made the decision to retire him. Sad, but didn't want to keep passing that on.

 

[Sweet horizon Nigerians]

I’ll have to get better pics of her that are not blurry lol. That is sad but unfortunately necessary.
Was out in the pasture today and got some pics of “mini-Bella” as my brother has been calling her.

This is what she was doing first ^

Then stretched a bit^

I stopped petting her for a second so she decided to paw at me

I do know the angles are not all that great lol

 

[Sweet horizon Nigerians]

@MiniSilkys sorry I haven’t already asked this but how is your doe doing? The one with the hurt leg

 

[D and L Meadows]

Isn't that how it goes...you get the perfect picture, and it’s blurry!! Lol
Super cute kids! Which one are you keeping?

 

[Sweet horizon Nigerians]

Yes definitely lol. The photographer at the show took the pic and it was from a distance so that’s zoomed way up lol.

Thanks! I’m keeping the gold and white doeling

 

[Sweet horizon Nigerians]

Smudge is not sleeping in her food bowl, she Is blinking lol. She is getting big! Almost 4 months, will be weighing her tomorrow

I got Goldie’s(marigold) papers in!

The broken busckskin doeling will be going to her new home on July 19th and they have decided to call her jasmine!

 

[Sweet horizon Nigerians]

Smudge weighs 30.6lbs and will be 4 months old on Saturday.