One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[sadieml]

Dear OFA, sorry to be such a late arrival, but I'm am so, so sorry for your family. Definitely don't blame yourself, accidents do happen. Even with our children, how many of us have laughed at something our toddlers were doing only to have them get hurt in some way? Goats are toddlers pretty much forever, what with their antics, and so mischievous they will always find a way to by-pass our best efforts at safety. Without your warning more of us could easily have suffered a similar fate. Thank you. And don't forget we're praying for you all.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

I am so sorry OFA. He was such a handsome, strong looking buck. Thank you also for sharing with us. I have never done round bales but we were talking about it for the fall. I would never have thought it could be a hazard.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Brunello. Not good shots and these are from January. He is so handsome. And his winter coat has these white whorls in it that were not there in the spring. I will get better ones once it warms up again.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Brunello. Not good shots and these are from January. He is so handsome. And his winter coat has these white whorls in it that were not there in the spring. I will get better ones once it warms up again.
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What a handsome fellow. Thanks for sharing.
He's a little more "masculine" than his daddy was at that age.

 

[Ferguson K]

At least you've got babies to look forward to.

 

[OneFineAcre]

I had not posted this, but we bred our GP's Angel and Marvel. We saw the first breeding on Christmas Eve and then again Christmas Day. Day 63 from Christmas day was Friday and they were born yesterday.
We have goat babies all the time but for some reason I was very nervous about the puppies.
Thanks to @Pearce Pastures and @Southern by choice for your advice and guidance and "holding my hand" via text message.

5 boys and 2 girls. They were born in the goat barn, but we moved them into the house last night. We "thought" we were ready but we really weren't so the house was always the back up.

Of course we had been watching them her all day long and you would know that when Maurine left to take Rachel to a birthday party that would be when things got going. She had dug a hole in the stall and basically laid in it from 10am to 6;30 without getting up. I went in and offered her some water, and she got up for the first time all day and went and stood by the stall gate. So, I decided to let her out. She went out and peed and pooped and barked at the woods for about 10 minutes and then came back in and got back in the stall. Shortly after that she started. She was pushing more than I thought it would take and it was going on about 30 minutes so I started to get worried and called my wife and said she needed to hurry back home. As soon as my wife got back and I mean the minute she walked into the barn, the first pup popped out.

The next 5 came very easy at right at 30 minutes apart. The first 6 came from 7:30 to 10:30. We knew there was supposed to be 7 because we had her X-Rayed on Feb 17th. But, he decided he wanted to stay in his mom for a while longer and came at 12am.

Will get weights later today.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats! Glad to hear it went smoothly.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

They are so sweet. Not sure I was much help as fresh as I am LOL. Angel looks so happy.

 

[Southern by choice]

Angel looks so happy... and I know if you snapped a selfie you'd be grinning ear to ear! I know you are a real dog lover!
I want to say that I felt very blessed and very privileged that you shared the experience via text! It made my day and was just a grinnin' the whole time! Me and the 2 DD's were all waiting the next "ding".

Congratulations on a beautiful litter!

 

[Shorty]

Aww congrats on the beautiful puppies!