LHF kidding 2012 PHOTOS AFTER THE STORM

[SDBoerGoats]

Your day sounds about like mine 20K. Been going all day long and Penny kidded this afternoon and it did not go well, still working on that. I am beat but my day isn't over yet. Probably not over all night long the way it's looking.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Your day sounds about like mine 20K. Been going all day long and Penny kidded this afternoon and it did not go well, still working on that. I am beat but my day isn't over yet. Probably not over all night long the way it's looking.

I would say that my day, although busy, was going better than yours. It is a long night trying to work with newborn kids that can't nurse.

Q doe is on day 150 today. And starting to look close to kidding. WE are checking on her every 2 to 3 hours.


Here are some daily gains.

The winner is still

P79 wether at 65 days, 58 lbs, .75 lbs/day(Going to a fair)- 88%boer/12% Nubian and his mom is just 2 years old, a single. His mom's 2nd kidding.

A68b wether at 71 days, 50lbs, .58 lbs/day(Going to a fair)-This wether is 93% boer, he was a triplet, but one kid is fostered, his mom is 6 yrs old.
D74b wether at 63 days, 45 lbs, .57 lbs/day(My son's show wether) fullblood, a twin, and mom is 6 yrs old
I76a wether at 47 days, 36 lbs, .57 lbs/day (My son's show wether)100%, a twin, and mom is just 2 years old, her 2nd kidding
I71a wether at 67 days, 44lbs, .52 lbs/day(going to a fair)100%, from triplets, but one didn't survive, mom is 4 yrs old
I65a buck at 73 days, 47lbs, .52 lbs/day( going to a farm)100%, twin, mom is 6 yrs old
p38b doe at 46 days, 33 lbs, .52 lbs/day-She is 75%boer/25% nubian, a twin and mom is 9 yrs old
a68a buck at 73 days, 45lbs, .51 lbs/day(not sold)-93% boer, a triplet, being fostered with a 2nd kid, He originally was the biggest triplet.Mom is 6 yrs.
M55a doe at 60 days, 45lbs, .51 lbs/day- she is 75% boer/25% nubian and mom is 9 years old, a twin.
m54a buck at 53 days, 45lbs, .51 lbs/day-he is 88% boer/12%nubian and mom is 7 yrs old, a twin
a57b doe at 74 days, 45 lbs, .49 lbs/day-she is 93% beor, mom is 7 yrs old, a twin
A68c doe at 71 days, 44lbs, .49 lbs/day-she is 93% boer, mom is 6 yrs, a triplet, but one was fostered.

Then there are a bunch in the .45 to .49 range, and a couple more in the .40 to .45 range

My yearling does (this is for Redtail)

G80a doe at 50 days, 25 lbs, .34 lbs/day mom is 12 months old at kidding,
G80b doe at 50 days, 28 lbs, .42 lbs/day

T82a doe at 43 days, 25lbs, .40 lbs/day Mom is 12 months
T82b doe (she is the bottle baby), I need to get a weight on her, but I would say it is close to her sister.

z81a buck 61 days, 22 lbs, .24 lbs/day ( all I can say, is better luck next time with her kids) They are pitiful. mom is 12 months.
z81b doe 61 days, 24 lbs, .25 lbs/day

 

[20kidsonhill]

Some of the goats taking a morning nap after going out grazing.

Peaches doeling looking mighty comfortable on this beautiful Monday morning.

 

[redtailgal]

love the last pic.

Thanks for sharing the weights.

I'll be breeding my girls at around 14 months old. Hopefully, I will have the fortitude and memory to weigh the kids daily, lol. I think the info could be helpful in the long run.

 

[SDBoerGoats]

Love the pics of them napping! It was 70 here yesterday and all ours were snoozing in the sun too. We were supposed to weigh market wethers yesterday but with the kidding and problems that didn't happen. Hopefully tonight we will get it done.

 

[RPC]

Very nice pictures I always love looking at them.

Redtail. I don't weigh mine daily I do once a week and then divide that weight but the number of days. So it they gained 3 pounds in the last 6 days they are gaining .50 pounds a day. Good luck and have fun when that time comes.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Very nice pictures I always love looking at them.

Redtail. I don't weigh mine daily I do once a week and then divide that weight but the number of days. So it they gained 3 pounds in the last 6 days they are gaining .50 pounds a day. Good luck and have fun when that time comes.

We weigh ours once at birth, maybe once at 4 to 6 weeks and then at weaning. Some of them had only been weighed at birth and weaning.

 

[20kidsonhill]

I have a very juicy looking doe out there. Baby pictures coming in the next day or two.

 

[SarahFair]

I have a very juicy looking doe out there. Baby pictures coming in the next day or two.

 

[RPC]

If I had as many kids as you I would not weigh once a week but since I have just a few I do it so I can keep watch over them. Good luck on the new kids that you will get soon.