LHF kidding 2012 PHOTOS AFTER THE STORM

[fortheloveofgoats]

So happy that you started early with the pictures. This was great! You have a beautiful heard, and I love your set up. Can't wait for more pictures, thank you for sharing. So do you sell your goats or do you keep them?

thank you for the compliments, and glad I haven't worn out my welcome yet, posting photos.

We sell most of them. There have been years we haven't kept any, and sometimes we keep 2 to 6 doelings for replacements and to add to our herd. Also, we have children that show goats, so they pick show wethers(can be a doe) and show them in August, But this year we only have one child showing goats. After the fair those goats are sold.

Our market is Show wethers(can be a doe) for 4H/FFA shows in our county and nearby counties, last year we had 13 goats at shows, including 4 that our children had. They do okay, but can't compete with the higher-end full-bloods. So that is why we purchased our newest bucks. Goldman and full-proof, and our newest does, classy lady, macy, glory and Hot Mamma. Their pregnancy pictures aren't quit as fun to look at, because they are first freshners and they don't get as big bellied as the older does. I haven't posted all of them yet, I have pictures of Classy Lady and Macy posted so far.


Then we sell, replacement does for other herds and an occasional buck for another farm to use as a herd sire.

We sell the occasional pet.

Finally, anything that doesn't grow well enough or has a fault(structural problem) is grown out to market weight (45 to 80lbs) and sold at market. We try to sell out by the time they are 4 months of age, so we aren't having to feed anyone any longer than necesary. Feed costs money. If the kid isn't growing well, we just cut our losses and sell them at 4 months regardless of their weight.

Although I do have a rule, I don't take anything into market looking horrible, or sickly. I either treat them or put them down.

So I guess in a nut shell, even though I do get attached to some of them, we are purely a production farm and we don't consider them pets. My children have become attached to NIbbles and we will be looking to rehome her.

You are welcome for the complements, and I meant them too. You will never wear out your welcome with pictures. Love them, please do keep them coming. Wow, you do a lot. I wish I lived closer to you, I would buy the ones that you get attached to. You have nice looking goats. Do you guys eat goat? I think that is great that you won't take sick goats to the market. So many people do. So do you always come out in the end? If I ask anything you don't want to answer, just let me know. I will understand. Thanks again for all your posts, PLEASE keep them coming. It's ALWAYS welcomed here.

 

[20kidsonhill]

You are welcome for the complements, and I meant them too. You will never wear out your welcome with pictures. Love them, please do keep them coming. Wow, you do a lot. I wish I lived closer to you, I would buy the ones that you get attached to. You have nice looking goats. Do you guys eat goat? I think that is great that you won't take sick goats to the market. So many people do. So do you always come out in the end? If I ask anything you don't want to answer, just let me know. I will understand. Thanks again for all your posts, PLEASE keep them coming. It's ALWAYS welcomed here.

You wouldn't have to buy the onse that we get attached to, we would give them to you.

Yes, we eat goat meat, but don't butcher them on a regular basis. and my husband doesn't like it. But the kids and I do. We grind it all and make hanburgers with it and other dishes that you would use hamburger in.

So do we always come out in the end? Actually, with the cost of goat meat right now we should be making money, But our children showing the goats has affected our overall profit. OUr kids have to be born a certain time of year for showing, making it hard to breed them more than once a year. Plus we always had the intentions of using the farm as a tax right off and improving the property, so we have redone all the fencing, built a barn, ect...... Our goal is for the goats to just pay for their feed and medicines. some times they do, some years they don't. Our taxes have showed a lose for years.

 

[poorboys]

BEAUTIFULL PICS, SO YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CROSSES, AS IN SELLING THEM? THEY ALL LOOK GREAT, YOUR BARN IS SET UP LIKE MY FRIENDS, SHE RAISES BOER, KIKO'S AND SPANISH GOATS, IT REALLY MAKES IT EASIER TO HAVE A BARN SETUP LIKE THAT. GOOD-LUCK WITH YOUR KIDDING SEASON.

 

[20kidsonhill]

BEAUTIFULL PICS, SO YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CROSSES, AS IN SELLING THEM? THEY ALL LOOK GREAT, YOUR BARN IS SET UP LIKE MY FRIENDS, SHE RAISES BOER, KIKO'S AND SPANISH GOATS, IT REALLY MAKES IT EASIER TO HAVE A BARN SETUP LIKE THAT. GOOD-LUCK WITH YOUR KIDDING SEASON.

the female crosses sell really well, for breeding stock or pets.

The males crosses almost always go for meat, the better onse we sell as show wethers.

Our goal with the 50%boer/nubian crosses has really always been to work our way up to an 88% beor/ 12% nubian doe and then use her kids for show. We just haven't really gotten there yet. and not sure if that will continue to be our goal or we will switch to more the full blood type goats, The next couple years will determin that. WE are going to compare how they do. The new full-bloods compared to our crosses.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

You are welcome for the complements, and I meant them too. You will never wear out your welcome with pictures. Love them, please do keep them coming. Wow, you do a lot. I wish I lived closer to you, I would buy the ones that you get attached to. You have nice looking goats. Do you guys eat goat? I think that is great that you won't take sick goats to the market. So many people do. So do you always come out in the end? If I ask anything you don't want to answer, just let me know. I will understand. Thanks again for all your posts, PLEASE keep them coming. It's ALWAYS welcomed here.

You wouldn't have to buy the onse that we get attached to, we would give them to you.

Yes, we eat goat meat, but don't butcher them on a regular basis. and my husband doesn't like it. But the kids and I do. We grind it all and make hanburgers with it and other dishes that you would use hamburger in.

So do we always come out in the end? Actually, with the cost of goat meat right now we should be making money, But our children showing the goats has affected our overall profit. OUr kids have to be born a certain time of year for showing, making it hard to breed them more than once a year. Plus we always had the intentions of using the farm as a tax right off and improving the property, so we have redone all the fencing, built a barn, ect...... Our goal is for the goats to just pay for their feed and medicines. some times they do, some years they don't. Our taxes have showed a lose for years.

Aww, that makes me wish even more that I was closer to you. Yeah, goat meat is something that is different. Well I hope that you will start coming out in the end this year! I can't wait to see your new babies. Do you have any that are black and white? That is my favorite color. Is that a hard color to pass onto a kid? Do you have any problems with your goats with them having horns? Thank you so much for taking time out to answer my questions. It's much appreciated.

 

[autumnprairie]

I love your set up. I only have 6 does due between feb to may

 

[20kidsonhill]

I love your set up. I only have 6 does due between feb to may

Thank you, and 6 does kidding will keep you busy. Looking forward to seeing your kids.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Aww, that makes me wish even more that I was closer to you. Yeah, goat meat is something that is different. Well I hope that you will start coming out in the end this year! I can't wait to see your new babies. Do you have any that are black and white? That is my favorite color. Is that a hard color to pass onto a kid? Do you have any problems with your goats with them having horns? Thank you so much for taking time out to answer my questions. It's much appreciated.

WE have 3 does that have black heads, we had a buck for 3 or so years that came from a black headed sire, and he would throw an occasional black head. We haven't gotten any black onse since then, not even from the does that have black heads. But I think we got 7 or 8 from him, And even a couple black paints, but we sold several of them. Just can't keep everyone.

No, we have never had problems with them having horns. We do get an occasional goat sticking their head in the fence and getting stuck. We put electric up, where it becomes a problem, or tape a stick across their horns for a couple weeks to try to get them out of the habit. Sometimes a doe will start sticking her head in the fence after we wean her kids, things like that.
We have one with no horns, we have to keep her with the yearlings, even though she is 5 years old and very big framed. She just doesn't do well with the adult does. In the winter if it is bad outside, we have to pen her up at night in her own stall, so she can get to a feeder and eat. She is very passive. I wont bring another one into the herd with no horns, that was for sure a lesson to be learned.

 

[RPC]

20 I am right there with you. I have 1 doe without horns and she is almost last on the totem pole. Her in Sky go back and forth. Even her daughter is above her. If she was not my favorite doe I would have moved her on. Now I do want my bucks de-horned after all the problems with Paintball(My last buck) the last thing I need is a buck with horns to really do some damage.

 

[autumnprairie]

I love my horned goats, question though when do they stop peeling and shedding?