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OneFineAcre
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I don't think Rosemary settled, so she may be another we breed for fall.
One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update
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OneFineAcre
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Sometimes our first calf heifers need a little extra help to make enough milk and hold their weight. We try to always have more than one so that we can separate them together and grain them some. Is this something that is done with goats? Obviously I’m still learning about dairy goats.
Edited to add: we try to creep to take some of the stress off too (in cattle and even with our Boers). Have you ever tried anything like that??
Yes, we will feed them some extra. We've never creep fed kids. Like I said, if the kids aren't getting enough from their mom, they will usually take to the bottle pretty well.
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Crazy day
Started milk test
Milky Way had a single doe
Zamia a single buck ( bummer but we can use the money )
No space
Trying to figure it out
Milk test was good.
Opal milked 4.3 lbs
Almond Joy a FF 3.9 lbs
This is Opal on a 12 hour fill
Started milk test
Milky Way had a single doe
Zamia a single buck ( bummer but we can use the money )
No space
Trying to figure it out
Milk test was good.
Opal milked 4.3 lbs
Almond Joy a FF 3.9 lbs
This is Opal on a 12 hour fill
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OneFineAcre
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I know I haven't been on top of pics
But here is Marigolds white buckling
But here is Marigolds white buckling
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It’s hard to post pics when bucks escape and create chaos for unplanned kidding storms. You can catch us up when things slow down some!
Good luck with the space! When you figure out how to make it work, let me know as I can’t seem to get enough space under roof no matter what we configure.
Good luck with the space! When you figure out how to make it work, let me know as I can’t seem to get enough space under roof no matter what we configure.
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Make shift stall
Milky Way had her kid behind the barn
So we put her and the kid in the stall with Zamia before Zamia kidded
Well Zamia started to help lick the baby off
I put this together and moved them
So as we were shifting animals around we thought maybe we could put Zamia and Milky Way together
Nope
Zamia tried to steel Milky Ways kid
Thought it was hers
Milky Way had her kid behind the barn
So we put her and the kid in the stall with Zamia before Zamia kidded
Well Zamia started to help lick the baby off
I put this together and moved them
So as we were shifting animals around we thought maybe we could put Zamia and Milky Way together
Nope
Zamia tried to steel Milky Ways kid
Thought it was hers
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Looking good 
Didn’t Zamia foster Isaac’s siblings? Such a good momma.
Didn’t Zamia foster Isaac’s siblings? Such a good momma.
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Zamia's buck was 5-1
Milky Ways doe was 4-9
Big kids
Milky Ways doe was 4-9
Big kids
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Yes she didLooking good
Didn’t Zamia foster Isaac’s siblings? Such a good momma.
She's a great mom
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Rachel said why don't you use the goat gopher?
