NorthRidge Farm. Getting into Goats!

[chickens really]

Any news that you want to share?
I know you must have pictures I'd like to see.
I'd love to see Truffles and the Cows please..

 

[Jaime]

Sorry for the lack of updates, Things have been a little crazy around here with getting the barn put up Hopefully now everything is cleared up and we'll be getting our barn built in a couple of weeks

But besides that, we did a little splurging and bought a few more animals We've decided that we don't want to raise jerseys anymore. So sadly we'll be selling Annabelle and her heifer Bambi. They'll be going to their new home this Saturday. And because we're selling them both, we're buying a small herd of Irish Dexters~! A heifer, a cow who just calved(She sadly doesn't come with the calf) and a steer for the freezer Picking them up the second week of September.
We plan on inseminating both the girls once the heifer is about 14-15 months, So in about 2 months from now Here are some pictures of the lovely herd

And as for what's new in the goat world, We've just started breeding season So far i believe Hazel, Nutter, Fudge, and our new goat we just added, Demi, Are already bred My two horned girls, Tilly and Ginny haven't gone into heat for a while so i'm thinking a buck might have possibly gotten to them during their last heat
Just took them to the vet to get their blood drawn so i can get them tested and confirm whether or not they are actually bred.. Hopefully they're not! I'd like to know who the father is this time for those two


And finally we added 5 more does to our herd! Now up to 19 does and 5 bucks 3 of the new girls we bought are sired by our new buck Merlin, so it's nice to see what he throws without having to wait for 5 months~

We're very excited to have these two lovely girls in our herd, I absolutely love their confirmations~!
Ophelia, the black one,could use a more level rump and rear leg angulation but i love love love the width, length and body capacity on this girl She's about four and a half months old so we'll be breeding her with the rest of the juniors in November. And no, she isn't that big, I had my younger sister help position them for pictures, Shortness runs in my family, I'm 5 foot and my sister is 4'10

This Is Demi, this picture doesn't do her justice, she's a bit hunched up but she has a nice level rump, good body length and capacity. Could use more levelness in her topline and chine and more length to her neck. But her udder confirmation is to die for! She is bred to our Buck merlin who also has good udder confirmation in his lines, So we'll definitely be keeping any does and possibly a buck from this girl.

 

[Jaime]

These are our lovely girls that are (possibly) bred


First up is Hazelnut, Due on December the 13th. She's one of our polled girls so we're really hoping for a polled doeling to keep from her

She is bred to our Buck Cappuccino, pic below

Next up is Nutter, Another one of our polled girl. She is due on December the 19th and was also bred to Cappuccino

Demi is due on the 26th, And after her is Fudge, due on December the 31st

Fudge is bred to our buck, Merlin to hopefully correct her fore udder attachments.

And our two girls that we aren't sure about, Tilly and Ginny


I'm also very excited to use our newest buck Or, I should say buckling, Golden boy for breeding. He will be used for our youngest does, Had to show him off, he's too pretty not to

 

[chickens really]

That’s good to hear from you. All the pictures are awesome ..

 

[chickens really]

Hello Jaimie
How's the goats and the barn doing?

 

[Jaime]

Good afternoon! the barn is finally put up It was exhausting but we're glad it's over now Goats are doing great too.

Our goats are already excited and exploring their new home. Can't wait to move them out of their crowded pens and into the barn~! Most are pregnant and getting grumpy, so i'm sure they'll appreciate the extra space.

On another note, we got our cows! It's so nice having raw cow milk again been busy making all sorts of things with it~
They've adjusted nicely in their new home, and Annabelle is much more happy now that she has friends..

I plan on getting them all bred next time they come into heat. It'll be done artificially since we couldn't find a purebred dexter bull.

 

[Jaime]

Some other news going on here on the farm,
Our pig truffles had a litter of 11 piglets a few weeks ago, sadly 3 were still born but the rest are doing great

We also added a breeding pair of Miniature donkeys So much for downsizing
The Jenny is bred and due next summer, our plan is to hopefully integrate them with the goats in the new barn.

 

[chickens really]

Holy smokes Jaimie! You really have a fantastic barn. I love all the pictures. Truffles is looking happy being a Momma pig.
I look forward to seeing the baby Donkey.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Good to hear from you again, Miss @Jaime! Fantastic job on the barn. And your animals look great.