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OneFineAcre
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Bad news.
Clarabelle is not pregnant. And that is with a high degree of certainty.
So, we have to decide if we want to keep milking her through for the National Show
Unexpected news. Not sure if it's good or bad, maybe some of both.
Clarabelle's two doe kids from this past spring are pregnant.
So, they weren't intentionally bred. Only two possibilities. When Fortunate Son got into the doe pen and I saw him breed Zamia. Well, he must have been in there for a while. And based on the size of the babies on ultrasound that is highly likely. Either that or they got bred through the fence.
They will barely be a year old when they kid. But, they are both over 50 lbs and have nice wide rumps. The vet thinks they will be fine.
As long as they have no problems it is fine. It's bad in that I think they would have been very competitive Jr. Does this spring. It's good in that we will have two 1-2 year old milkers at the National Show who I think will also be very competitive in that class.
And we have another doe kid Amber who is Opal's kid that is getting an udder too. We didn't take her for ultrasound but pretty sure she is bred too based on her udder development. But, she will be a year old next week.
Kudo's to Fortunate Son. When he got his chance he took advantage of it.
Clarabelle is not pregnant. And that is with a high degree of certainty.
So, we have to decide if we want to keep milking her through for the National Show
Unexpected news. Not sure if it's good or bad, maybe some of both.
Clarabelle's two doe kids from this past spring are pregnant.
So, they weren't intentionally bred. Only two possibilities. When Fortunate Son got into the doe pen and I saw him breed Zamia. Well, he must have been in there for a while. And based on the size of the babies on ultrasound that is highly likely. Either that or they got bred through the fence.
They will barely be a year old when they kid. But, they are both over 50 lbs and have nice wide rumps. The vet thinks they will be fine.
As long as they have no problems it is fine. It's bad in that I think they would have been very competitive Jr. Does this spring. It's good in that we will have two 1-2 year old milkers at the National Show who I think will also be very competitive in that class.
And we have another doe kid Amber who is Opal's kid that is getting an udder too. We didn't take her for ultrasound but pretty sure she is bred too based on her udder development. But, she will be a year old next week.
Kudo's to Fortunate Son. When he got his chance he took advantage of it.
(and I think it was 
) that had 17 Does bred at one time by a rogue buck that went on a breeding spree...maybe you’ll get some awesome kids out of the pairings!!
