Latestarter's 2019 kidding

[RollingAcres]

Echo.....new doeling name. Easier to say than Reflections.

Echo does sound nice as well. Or he can call her Ree, short for Reflections.

 

[Bruce]

Echo.....new doeling name. Easier to say than Reflections.

No, Echo was my fav Black Australorp, not a good goat name

Lovely kids -- and 3 of 4 are girls !! Nice trend.

Oh SURE, jinx him why don't you!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Congratulations on your new kid

 

[Latestarter]

Well, with Reflection I can nick name her Fleck... No real way to shorten echo... maybe call her Eck? Hmmm maybe Mirror? short name Mir? Guess I could go all fancy and give them a "farm name" and "barn" name. Too much to ponder at the moment... I'll get around to it at some point.

So the first 3 kids born have now been set free. This afternoon I found the gray boy and silver girl out in the pen running loops around the adults. I went in and took the little black girl out so she wasn't left behind by mom and her sister. I watched both the bigger kids climb in and out of the shelter, so I know they can go in if they so choose. I expect them to teach the little black one. The pen is made of cattle panels and they've all learned that it is no obstacle for them. They just walk right through them out into the pasture. The pasture is fenced with 2x4 that they can't go through. The gates however all have gaps that they CAN get under should they choose to. I really should get a truck load of dirt and build the ground up level under the closed gates to prevent this. Really never is an end to things needing done...

I'm now almost certain that all the adults are bred. They are all filling out nicely. I'll try to get some pics to post. 3 of the 5 yearlings turned up pregnant and have had kids. I have 2 yearlings left and have no idea as neither is really showing a firm indication either way that I can surmise. I guess, as in all things, time will tell! Both of the singles were large kids. The doeling born this morning to Beauty was as large as the buckling born to PB&J... Thankfully no complications with either birth. I have to think that the goats are very well fed. Just wish I could have gotten them CD&T shots a month before kidding. oh well.

 

[Mike CHS]

Congratulations on what is there so far. What is your herd size now?

 

[Latestarter]

Started 2019 with 13. 10 does, 1 herd sire, 2 wethers. Now up to 17; 13 does, 2 bucks, 2 wethers.

 

[Rammy]

And the bleet goes on
And the bleet goes on.......ladee ladee dee.....ladee ladee la...

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm always curious what others are doing. Do you mind my asking what are your plans for the wethers?

 

[Latestarter]

Sold several last year as pets. and a couple more as brush clearers. Had these two listed as available up till summer then stopped listing them. Figured they'd be company for RJ when I sequestered him. Any new bucklings will be advertised as possible herd sires (if high quality), "to be" dinners, or pet/companion wethers, up till banding time. Once that time arrives, they'll all be banded and I'll try to sell them as wethers. If they don't sell, they'll be freezer fillers.

 

[RollingAcres]

I'm always curious what others are doing. Do you mind my asking what are your plans for the wethers?

I'm always curious on that part as well but didn't know if it's ok to ask, didn't want to be nosy or anything.