Lalabugs - Kidding done

[Goat Whisperer]

Lamanchas are the best… period
Ok I'm a little biased though.

You never know what is going to be passed down. One kid could have great milk while the other while another could have terrible milk.

Truthfully I think you should go for a visit and see what you like. We had a lady contact us about wanting to get back into goats (vet referred us). She had alpines years ago and they were awful. Almost completely turned her away from goats. She originally wanted nigies, but wasn't settled on anything yet. After visiting she fell head over heals for the lamanchas and minis.
She got 2 mini manchas, a Nigerian, and is on a waiting list for a lamancha- a big difference than what she originally thought!
She is so happy and in love. Sometimes you just need to see what clicks with you

 

[lalabugs]

We do plan on going out to see the goats, just waiting for the other does to kid first. We do have a Lamancha right now. We got her because the owner was starving her & wanted her gone. I'll post her story & pictures in Jasper & Marshmallows post.

The plan before we got Moon, the lamancha. Was to get a Nubian or Nubian cross. My husband has a sweet spot for his mini nubian. Since getting moon, his mind has now been changed to get a lamancha or lamancha cross.

 

[Fullhousefarm]

We do plan on going out to see the goats, just waiting for the other does to kid first. We do have a Lamancha right now. We got her because the owner was starving her & wanted her gone. I'll post her story & pictures in Jasper & Marshmallows post.

The plan before we got Moon, the lamancha. Was to get a Nubian or Nubian cross. My husband has a sweet spot for his mini nubian. Since getting moon, his mind has now been changed to get a lamancha or lamancha cross.

We usually breed ours to kid about once a year. I've done 10 months apart to adjust to fit my kidding schedule as long as the doe is in good condition. We also milk at least until we re-breed, but usually the full 300 days on the majority of the herd. This year we are on milk test so I'm keeping everyone in milk to the 305 days except two- one who has her star already and another who isn't going to get it anyway and who I don't like hand milking (Nigerian.)

We love out Lamanchas and Nigerians. If it was in it just for milk I'd certainly go for Lamanchas. I have milk coming out my ears right now... And they are (generally) much easier to hand milk. I have 5 Lamanchas in milk this year (one is a 75% Lamancha 25% Saanen grade) and they are all so nice to milk Even with "oopsie" young doe who freshened at 11 months. She's actually one of my favorites to milk.

 

[lalabugs]

Went out to see the goats yesterday. Got to taste the milk as well. Both of us did not like the togg & togg/lamancha cross flavor.
Went looking at does, ended up putting a deposit on a lamancha buck.

With this being our first full size buck, what age is usually a correct breeding age? We're currently looking into fencing options for a standard buck. The breeder has a nice 2x4 fencing set up for her bucks. She said it has stood up to her bucks with out issue. We have thoughts on what we want to do. Want to make sure that what we put up, will stand up to a full size buck. Any ideas on a pen for standard buck? Pictures of pens?

One other thing, will a nigerian wether be an okay companion? Or should we look into getting a standard wether?

 

[lalabugs]

Here he is. Now to figure out a name.

Dam is grade Lamancha, dad PB lamancha.

 

[nstone630]

Oh he is very handsome!!

 

[babsbag]

He is a good looker for sure. Those ears lead me to believe that there is some other breed hiding in the wood pile but that doesn't make him a bad goat, don't misunderstand that. Did they say what the dam is crossed with to make her a grade?

A nigi wether will be an ok companion for him. I have standard and Nigi bucks living together. My buck pen is 2x4 no climb fencing on one side and stock panel on the other. But I run a row of hotwire at goat knee height so there is no fancy footwork going on during rut. I run it on the doe side and the buck side of the fence line.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

If they are going to share a fence line, I'd run a strand of electric.

Surprisingly our standard bucks haven't been to bad on fencing, but a determined buck can step over it.

My previous lamancha back always respected our 4ft cattle fence. Until one day he literally stepped over it. It took no effort at all (he was ~40 inches at the withers). It scared the daylights out of be because he was CRAZY and would try to kill people (long story- I didn't raise him).
Hotwire stayed on after that.

A Nigerian wether may or may not work out. If you raise them up together it might be okay, just watch him once he starts to mature.

As far as breeding age, it depends on the buck and genetics. I had a lamancha buck that covered several does at 5 months and a Nubian that wasn't mature enough to breed at 8 months (dispite being huge in size!)

 

[lalabugs]

The breeder said that the dams dam looked like a lamancha, but upon registering said something about her conformation not conforming to lamancha standards? The dam of the buck is small. I'll have to get pictures of her when we go back out. I'd say she's slightly smaller than Willow (our mini nubian).

The dam had triplets as a FF, he's the only one with those ears. He's also the only one who she did not wether. His dam just got done doing milk test. She produced 11lbs at milk test.

Hot wire is something we were talking about. Along with hog panels or no climb horse fencing.

The wether is already grown, but small. We will have to see how they do. If need be the breeder does have several wethers available.

 

[babsbag]

That small doe must be all udder if she can produce 11 lbs as a FF, that is really good.

It is interesting that she would keep a buckling from a grade doe since that makes the buckling ineligible for ADGA registration.