LHF kidding 2012 PHOTOS AFTER THE STORM

[that's*satyrical]

Congrats on more new babies!!

 

[autumnprairie]

 

[wannacow]

 

[RPC]

I am glad all went well.

 

[20kidsonhill]

They are so pretty! Isn't it hard to let them go for meat/or use them for meat?

I will just say, they are very cute when they are little, but keeping it in perspective they are meat goats and that is what we are raising them for.

Not much more to say about it than that, although I do know where you are coming from and what you mean.

It wasn't meant as a criticism at all just an observation that I would think it would be tough. We have bunnies that are supposed to eventually be used for meat so I will see what you mean soon enough.

I didn't take it as a criticism, but I wasn't sure how sensitive you were to the issue, so I was trying to be careful with what I said, I honestly have no trouble eating one for dinner, But I do agree they are awfully cute, and when you start capturing them in all those photos, it is a little sad to think about it.

 

[20kidsonhill]

I will take photos when I go to do a barn check in an hour, The doeling is nursing, and the buck is recovering, He was presented legs back, and we had a heck of a time, getting him out.

The doeling is a dark paint, almost black, That would figure. We did check her teats, she is 1x1 with a small teat scur at the base of one teat. Not sure how I feel about that.

It is acceptable under ABGA standards. http://www.abga.org/teat-structure.php ( photo number 4) Not even under the questionable.



A paint doe out of twister, that is kind of exciting. I can tell they are going to be very thick boned. THey are 88 % Boer 12 % nubian.


I really want to keep one or two 88 % boer does/ 12% nubians this year to work on my next generation of Boer/nubians, The next ones would 93% Boer/ 7% Nubian. That is really what we were shooting for as far as show wethers go.

Doe was 7 3/4 lbs and buck is 9 lbs.

 

[marlowmanor]

That doe sounds gorgeous. I am guessing you are only considering not keeping her because of Lorily's prolapse issues? Are you afraid that could be passed down to her daughters? I don't know enough genetics to know if that would be an issue that is passed on or not.
What does the buckling look like?

 

[20kidsonhill]

That doe sounds gorgeous. I am guessing you are only considering not keeping her because of Lorily's prolapse issues? Are you afraid that could be passed down to her daughters? I don't know enough genetics to know if that would be an issue that is passed on or not.
What does the buckling look like?

yes, I am worried about it being genetic, I don't want to sell a doe to someone and not have the doe hold up. Even though Lorily is 7, we have never sold a doe off of her, she had one doe that we kept, that is the Galloway doe, and she is also being culled this year due to a problem with her birth canal and kidding problems. And we had one other doe from her, but she ended up being fish-teated and we marketed her. at around 4 months of age.
So I am not feeling confident about selling this doe as breeding stock. But She is from a different buck, so there is no reason to assume that she will have similar issues with her offspring.

The buck is traditional, very dark head, nice looking. He is commercial, so he will be wethered.

 

[autumnprairie]

keep her and see what you get or is she getting culled too? I wouldn't blame doing the buck stops here so to speak

 

[20kidsonhill]

keep her and see what you get or is she getting culled too? I wouldn't blame doing the buck stops here so to speak

I am only keeping 4 replacements this year. I wasn't planning on keeping one from Lorily. I was going to keep one of the doelings from Tori, Lorily's mom, and start over with the blood-line. Tori had twin doelings.

so far on my possible keepers list.......Okay, now don't laugh at me. I have a lot of big decisions to make.

#1 Nova's doeling
#2 one of Tori's doelings, probably the lighter colored one, the darker colored one, has a pretty bad slope on her rump.

Okay, this is were it gets trickier.

#3 I really like the little doeling on Snowball, Valentine, with the heart shape on her back.
#4 doeling on Sparky is kind of nice.
#5, actually talked about keeping the paint doe on Indie
#6 Peaches just had a very feminine doeling out of goldman.

I was really really wanting a doe from Dancer, kind of bummed about that. Life goes on.

and with 3 of the does left to kid that are new blood-lines, HOt mamma, Glory and Classy lady, I would really like a chance to keep a doe from at least one or two of those girls.

so many decisions to make.

plus I have customers, waiting to hear from me, so they can pick.


My son gets first pick of the bucks. for his show wether. we told him he could pick anyone he wants. Although I have a friend that I am letting sneak in ahead of him to pick a breeding sire.