(now) Jinx kidded...pic added

aggieterpkatie

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Yay for Ober babies!! Only a few more weeks until mine come. :fl Pictures like that make it hard to wait!
 

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She is adorable! :love

How much does an Oberhasli eat versus the other large dairy goats? Also, how much milk do they usually give?
 

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Very cute!

I'm still waiting on my doe...think it will be tomorrow.
 

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How much does an Oberhasli eat versus the other large dairy goats? Also, how much milk do they usually give
They're not as 'large' as our other goats, or maybe I mean they're finer boned. Our Nubs and Toggs outweigh them easy.

It's hard for me to say how much they eat, I feed them all at the same time in one long trough, and then they get whatever they can snarf down on the milk stand 2 x a day.

As far as milk, last year I milked one doe (Penny, who's due any day) and she really, for her size, produced a lot better than I'd expected.

Jinx just started milking today (and she's not really diggin' it, :lol:) Her udder's pretty congested and sore, bless her heart. It doubled in size overnight.

I just don't have enough experience w/ milking Obs to feel qualified to have a real opinion, but I'd say Penny made more than the Nub FF's, but not quite as much as the Toggs....Roughly 6# per day.

Jinx's mama has won a silver and a platinum "belle" production award for the amount of milk she makes from the OBA...so I'd say she should do quite well.
 
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