One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[OneFineAcre]

Since she had a single, Maurine is trying to foster Rosie's two little ones with her. She took them out there and rubbed amniotic fluid on them.
She is licking them and talking to them.
But, she's like some things weird here. This one can hardly stand yet and these two are running around everywhere.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Good luck, hope she excepts them

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I tried that a couple weeks ago when one of my does had quads and the other had a single within minutes of each other. It worked really well for the first few days...then she figured it out. Now she is so intent on getting away from her 'foster' kid that her real kid has trouble getting mom to stand still so she can nurse... Hope you have better luck than I did.

However - about ten years I had total success with a doe who had lost her kid after a couple of weeks and then accepted one of my neighbors kids who was already a couple of weeks old. She loved that baby like it was her own .

So - you never know. Good luck!

 

[OneFineAcre]

I tried that a couple weeks ago when one of my does had quads and the other had a single within minutes of each other. It worked really well for the first few days...then she figured it out. Now she is so intent on getting away from her 'foster' kid that her real kid has trouble getting mom to stand still so she can nurse... Hope you have better luck than I did.

However - about ten years I had total success with a doe who had lost her kid after a couple of weeks and then accepted one of my neighbors kids who was already a couple of weeks old. She loved that baby like it was her own .

So - you never know. Good luck!

Just spoke with Maurine on the phone. She said Zamia does seem perplexed by how much they are moving.
And the two kids mostly want to run around and play because they have been in the playpen the last couple of hours.

 

[Latestarter]

Sorry about the buck, know you really wanted doelings. Hope she accepts the fosters OK.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Took the splint off of Blondie"s leg
Looks great
If she continues to do well should name her Miracle
Zamia"s buckling weighed 4-6
The "foster" kids are 2-15 and 2-7
So far so good they have figured out the nursing

 

[OneFineAcre]

Sorry about the buck, know you really wanted doelings. Hope she accepts the fosters OK.

Yes bumming about that
But, we have tried to take advantage of her by keeping her buck from last year Zeus and bred him to some quality does Ginger, Clara Belle ( our only doe from Zamia and Zeus"s half sister) Shea, and Coleus
Zeus is out of Zamia and Rocky the buck this year is out of Big Brown
We may sell Zeus and keep this one for next year
We will definitely be doimg AI on Zamia next year with the Pholia Farm semen
She just barely missed getting her milk star last year on a 24 hour test
I'm confident/hopeful she will get it on the 305 day DHIR test this year
It's actually more difficult to get a star on a 24 hour test
If she does she will be semi-retired from the show ring
What I mean by that is we are going to focus more on trying to freshen her 3 times in 2 years instead of focusing on her freshening on a show schedule

 

[OneFineAcre]

Clarabelle is up next
Should be this weekend
Her udder got fuller today but she is one of those whose udder just goes "poof" and it's full

 

[OneFineAcre]

Forgot to mention
Zamia and her buckling and her two adopted kids are doing well

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's awesome, so glad to hear it's working out!