Ridgetop
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Just received an email from Premier 1 - they have approved dairy goat mastitis vaccine.
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rachels.haven
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Yes, we used it last year. No negative reactions. I'm still deciding if I want to use vimco again this kidding.
Baymule
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Bush hog day! Getting ready for fencing! WHOOP!!
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Well, poo. The little white Nigerian buck Beaul does not have a very good batting record so far. Today all but one of his five does are back or going back into heat-the 18ish month old ND doe hasn't gone back in yet. So I'm re-breeding every single mini Saanen to him one more time and if this round fails we may be breeding one doe back to her dad and he's going to make mini sable kids out of all of them.
It's also another vaccine day for me so I'm sick and out of gas so I threw them in a stall to stay for an hour or so. It looks like he climbs up but runs out of mojo while he's up there and slides off, job undone. Plenty of courting and buttering up does. They love him. They're not even that much taller than him...and he does NOT want help and my family does not help me with the breeding side of goats so I'm on my own. It's like if it's not perfect he's not playing. He's starting to get ridden around the stall because he's buttering them up so much.
So I'll be putting my barn pants and rubber gloves and a hoodie back on to break up their probably fruitless party and we'll wait for next cycle in a few minutes. I really hope that at least that one ND doe is bred and he's not just infertile/disfunctional. (she did bite me out of the blue through my jeans yesterday while I was fluffing what's left of their round bale...I'm still confused about that-it would be a sucky way to show she's horny though).
It's also another vaccine day for me so I'm sick and out of gas so I threw them in a stall to stay for an hour or so. It looks like he climbs up but runs out of mojo while he's up there and slides off, job undone. Plenty of courting and buttering up does. They love him. They're not even that much taller than him...and he does NOT want help and my family does not help me with the breeding side of goats so I'm on my own. It's like if it's not perfect he's not playing. He's starting to get ridden around the stall because he's buttering them up so much.
So I'll be putting my barn pants and rubber gloves and a hoodie back on to break up their probably fruitless party and we'll wait for next cycle in a few minutes. I really hope that at least that one ND doe is bred and he's not just infertile/disfunctional. (she did bite me out of the blue through my jeans yesterday while I was fluffing what's left of their round bale...I'm still confused about that-it would be a sucky way to show she's horny though).
Baymule
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A dud stud. Hope he gets with the program!
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rachels.haven
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"Waterproofing" fixed. Pipe leaks. One was probably because our water is acidic and the other the company said was because someone let the house freeze at some point. The last people installed the pipe that the leak was on so the lovely sellers that gave us so much hassle just gave us more hassle like a gift that just keeps giving.
Working on getting our basement put back together after mold remediation since the frozen pipe had been leaking for a very long time.
Today I cleaned the barn for more hay.
Working on getting our basement put back together after mold remediation since the frozen pipe had been leaking for a very long time.
Today I cleaned the barn for more hay.
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Edited last post because somehow I deleted that our water issue were leaking pipes.
Ridgetop
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If not he can join Aramis on the "for sale" list.
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rachels.haven
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With last year being Aramis' first breeding season and his kids shaping up I'm taking a moment to think about him.
Aramis added more spring of rib, but his whole rear end geometry feels off to me and it looks like he may throw it. I may let him go and go buck shopping while Pete's daughters are maturing. I'm glad I bred Aramis to SOME does last year even though the drive was for Pete kids.
Aramis
Daughters here
These two are wethers from a doe we sold bred being raised with the goal of more close to organic meat in mind.
This one is not as bad.
I sold one more doe bred by him, but IDK what happened to the buckling she had so he may already be gone. My guess is that he looks similar to the above two.
Aramis added more spring of rib, but his whole rear end geometry feels off to me and it looks like he may throw it. I may let him go and go buck shopping while Pete's daughters are maturing. I'm glad I bred Aramis to SOME does last year even though the drive was for Pete kids.
Aramis
Daughters here
These two are wethers from a doe we sold bred being raised with the goal of more close to organic meat in mind.
This one is not as bad.
I sold one more doe bred by him, but IDK what happened to the buckling she had so he may already be gone. My guess is that he looks similar to the above two.
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I kept hoping those hips would go down a bit, but I guess not.
