Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[ragdollcatlady]

Rigatonis doe kids are once again the biggest, fastest growing of all! If I could i would keep the paint with dark patches one. She was the late delivery kid.

 

[Bruce]

All very healthy looking and cute!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

@Devonviolet , thanks for the recipe. I sent a screenshot to my mom.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Oh my gosh, they are so cute

 

[Baymule]

Wow! You have the prettiest, spottiest goats I have ever seen!

 

[babsbag]

Are you taking Bailey to Alaska with you? She might not know what to do with all that white stuff being a CA girl and all. She was my first spotted goat born here and boy was I excited and look at all those pretty kids she is giving you. I'm happy that she found a good home with you.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Yes, Bailey and Rigatoni are both going to the "new country" with me. They are my biggest boers and my best producers. I culled my boer herd really hard in the last 2 years with size as one of the main deciding factors. I let go of some of the high percentage purebred dapples to keep the bigger girls. Ghost Ryder had size, I only let her go because I needed to pay bills, but she was a great specimen too. The only smaller girl I held onto was Blueberry Melanie, she is a RaviliAnna baby, not the best goat, but a favorite. I probably should let her go, but I love her. She seems to have weaker pasterns, they get loose when she is pregnant and she will walk on the back of her hooves. This years kids seem a little better than last years, she is definitely doing better as a mom. We will see how they do growing though. Bailey definitely gives me the prettiest kids.... but Rigs always has the best body type and fastest growing kids. I just wish Rigs was easier to handle. I have been tempted to keep a couple doe kids from her to take her place, but I don't know if they will compare and I couldn't buy a goat this good if I tried. This year, I have Kandy Kisses, the first doe kid I kept out of Rigs. We will see how she does as she just kidded yesterday. So far so good!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Oh and I just took a deposit on Manny. Sad as he is a beautiful animal, I was so excited to add his genes to my nigi herd. But it is good as that means we are one animal closer to the final Alaskan herd count.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Ok, So I just accepted a deposit on Calico Pony too. The same person that is taking Manny! I am thrilled that she really appreciates all the effort behind my nigerians. I hope she will keep me updated on the progress of these goats. They are a couple of my best animals, I even wanted to keep both of the kids from these 2 and would have, life being different of course.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Those dapples

Those are some gorgeous kids and moms!! You have an excellent looking kid crop going.