Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[babsbag]

We could meet 1/2 way. Maybe Oklahoma or Texas. @Southern by choice did your friend sell her mini Alpine?

 

[Southern by choice]

We could meet 1/2 way. Maybe Oklahoma or Texas. @Southern by choice did your friend sell her mini Alpine?

She decided to keep him... she sold the dam and bought my Alpine.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Ben and Bucky Bronco went to their new home today with a lovely family! They have 3 little humans and the little guy was so excited abut all the friendly goat kids in the back yard, that I am sure they will love those 2. They applied for the job with a description that included friendly pets that will do some weed eating on the side.

Casanova went home already yesterday too.
So my kid and I decided that FireBall should stay. She was originally supposed to be a keeper anyways....but then the well was acting up and all of that....But she is so friendly and so "All That" that we just wanna keep her!!! And her temp name was actually Fire Storm, but the kids have always called her FireBall without realizing it. FireBall it is.

OK so here is the worst confession.... I, admittedly an addict, have been searching, actively asking questions about 2 different Boer bucks!!!!I need another 300 lb beast like I need a hole in the head! But they are soooo pretty!!! One is black with almost all orange spots over his whole body and then there is this other super spotted dude, lets just say he is YUMMY! but wait, that old well is being a bad child right now....the well guys are coming back out to see about drilling. They will be out Tuesday or Wednesday as they are drilling just down the street from us next week. Soooo, I really should not get anther buck. (But if I did, I could use him over Bellini and Cosmo and Cherry.....)

 

[babsbag]

I can't keep track of all of your goats...where did Cherry come from? I am not going to encourage your addiction...You can use either one of your bucks over Bellini and Cosmo. But I do understand the need for more spots.

Sorry the well is getting in the way of your addiction, but water is just so very important.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Cherry is our only unregistered Boer female. She is the mom to my kids market wether that he just sold at the county fair. She is a good size for being smaller than the big girls. She is nice and wide. I need to get some pics of her for my website. When I do that, I will share some here...I might actually have one or 2...hold on a minute...


A kid and his human

Cherry is a friendly gal, really easy to work with.

Here they are out for some exercise and sayin hi to the locals through the fence.

My concern with trying to breed Bellini and Cosmo to either of my 2 big boys is the sheer size difference. When you see them in person, they look way smaller than in the pictures. Rocky is smaller than Andy but even then, he is a solid, 2 times their size. And he isn't as suave as Andy, not that Andy is all that suave either, but clumsy, rough and 2 times the size makes me nervous. A young buck would be more their size at least. And I will need someone for GhostRyder next year.

I forgot to say that Mini Mac, Rigatonis red doe kid went home yesterday with the guy that bought Ravis first doe kid, Hazel, last year.

 

[babsbag]

I understand the size difference but they are only young for the first year. Then what?

Is that Rocky in that picture with the horns and all grown up?

 

[ragdollcatlady]

If I were fortunate enough to be able to use a young guy on the small girls, hopefully they would kid with no problems and the kids would grow bigger than their moms. Then I would have the genetics from any girls I hold back to use the big boys on. I don't care to swap out bucks every year unless I get tired of their personalities so I could be in trouble if Jr. turns out sweet too. Unless he turns out to be much gentler than the other guys. Maybe I wouldn't be so worried if I had a shy guy.

Ravi really disliked Rockys romantic moves. She looks as big as a house right now, but we have given up on her kidding any time, ever. We think she is growing a giant watermelon instead. I will need to DNA test if she did decide to have goat babies though, since Andy got into the pen with her and Rocky for a few days.

Yeah that is him in the back ground. I don't have any good pics of him. I should try to get some one of these days.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I am not going to encourage your addiction...

If you saw these buck kids you would have a harder time resisting.... If only water didn't really matter so darn much to just stay alive and healthy and all that!!!


But....if I sell 2 of the nigerian bottle babies, I could buy one of those gorgeous boys without affecting the rest of my budget hardly at all.....Anyone looking for some cute nigi kids????

 

[babsbag]

I think we need some pictures of the gorgeous boys so we can drool with you and help you make the right choice concerning new buck(s). I bet you can sell the kids easy enough, everyone loves those little goats.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

See if this link takes you to the pic of the main one I am considering

Well that didn't work....let me see if I can figure this out.....

how about this, if it works, it is the one with white on his front legs



https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=921786984613558&id=100003467954537





And this is the pic of the other one (not my pic by the way, borrowed from her add.)