LHF kidding 2012 PHOTOS AFTER THE STORM

[wannacow]

Did you get bowled over? I think I'd be running! They looked like they were coming really fast. Fun pics!

 

[Missy]

Did you get bowled over? I think I'd be running! They looked like they were coming really fast. Fun pics!

They are soo adorable!!

 

[20kidsonhill]

This is Donna's sister. Her computer is down. To contact her send email to her email or contact info on website. She will be using a friends cell phone to check her emails daily. Thank you.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Did you get bowled over? I think I'd be running! They looked like they were coming really fast. Fun pics!

I've never had one run into me. and they were very excited to see me. I head up to the field to take photos while they are grazing and it isn't easy, they all come running the second they see me.

I am putting 25 lbs of creep feed out twice a day. We have 10 kids that have gone to their new homes, so there is right at 30 kids eating out of the creep feeder right now.

Aunt B wasn't feeling well earlier int the week, she is due memorial weekend, We checked her over and she is anemic. She is being treated with magic drench for energy, Pig iron and B complex, and was wormed. I sure hope we get to see some Prooved It kids out of her, And I am hoping for doelings, since she isn't full blood, bucklings wont do me much good this time of year. I purchased her as a wether doe for 4H kids, but since she didn't kid on time we for sure needs girls.

Daisy is looking energetic, but really big. due June 25th, There are some pictures posted of the girls a few pages back. I will have to get some updated ones.

Otherwise, all is well on the farm.

 

[RPC]

Well I hope aunt B pulls out of it just fine. I wish I was going to have more babies soon. I am ready to start breeding LOL.

 

[20kidsonhill]

almost had a farm tragedy, the tree that we have our protein tub hanging from, is a cluster of trees, and there is a space between two trees around 4 inches or so, and there were two goats kids with their heads stuck in it, A smaller kid at the bottom, getting stomped on. I was sure she was dead when I found them. Covered in mud and foot prints all over her from the other kid, who is at least 55 or more lbs stepping on her. The kid on the bottom was my newest kid born, Little B's doeling and only 2 weeks old. She seems to be okay, but dazed.

Got to love goats, and I do believe we will be figuring out something different to do with our protein tub. Looks like they tried to reach their head through the space to get to it.

Here is a picture of how we have it hanging, we did this, because the kids kept standing in the tub and getting it very very dirt. Hanging it has really helped with the waste from having to wash the dirt out of it.

 

[SDBoerGoats]

Aww, the poor little thing getting smushed. Thank goodness you found her in time! Goats, if there's a way to get in trouble, they sure will find it.
Know what you mean about wanting girls out of the does kidding late. Out of the 3 does that have kidded in the last 2 weeks, we got 4 bucklings! What to do with them?

 

[20kidsonhill]

Aww, the poor little thing getting smushed. Thank goodness you found her in time! Goats, if there's a way to get in trouble, they sure will find it.
Know what you mean about wanting girls out of the does kidding late. Out of the 3 does that have kidded in the last 2 weeks, we got 4 bucklings! What to do with them?

Sorry about all your bucklings this time of year. I do need a buck from Daisy, I have two people on hold waiting for full-blood bucks. So I figure I will end up with all bucks from Aunt B and all does from Daisy. Both does had stillborns last time they kidded, so that isn't very promising this time around.

Aunt B had 2 big stillborns, a buck and a doe and a little runt doe that survived. And Daisy had a stillborn doe and a live buck. He was really really nice. This time Daisy is born to Goldman so I am really excited about that breeding.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Today, it was hot and stuffy in our barn, No electricity, no fans. I had the passing thought today about the fact that my husband helps designs the barns for his company and is an expert when it comes to ventilation and I just found it rather ironic. Not that I haven't had that thought before, but while I was sweating in a stuffy barn I was reminded of that fact.

Our goats don't really stay in the barn much in the summer, Of course it isn't very nice to stay in, They only run in it if it is storming. The creepfeed area is in it, so the kids do come in to eat twice a day.

The main herd(adults) will be up on pasture from now until November, and they will use the calf huts for shelter during storms.

right now using the barn, are all the kids, plus 4 does that still have kids on them, and 2 does that are pregnant(Daisy and Aunt B) and fuzzball, who is a yearling and wasn't bred yet. The adults are getting grain one time a day, the creepfeed area is getting grain twice a day. and the bucks are getting 2 lbs each one time a day. The adult weaned does are off grain for the season and are on pasture only.

 

[20kidsonhill]

Well, things are going pretty well here on the farm. We have been struggling with some parasite problems, but have been able to keep everyone alive. The kids looking pretty good, a couple of them slowed down on growth rate, but hopefully with some better parasite management that will improve. The main problem was the older does that were weaned onto pasture, they were hit hard and we had to put them back on grain, they are starting to look a little better.

Here are a few pictures we took today, Aunt B and Daisy are still getting bigger. Aunt B is due in 7 to 10 days, according to my records, and Daisy still have a month to go, due June 25th.


I love these pictures, it shows great team work and Daisy is the team leader.

Daisy holding the branch down, The big doe toward the back is Aunt B.

when that approach stopped working, they tried this for a while.

and, I love aunt B in the middle of this picture, she is such a sweat doe.

Aunt B and her daughter little B

And Daisy

And this is little B's doeling from this year, with an attractive shot of Daisy behind her.