Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[babsbag]

Enabler I thought he was sold already? Ahh, he has wattles, how cute is that.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

He hasn't sold yet, but he is still a tad bit young. I offered 2 of Reeses early since they will take a bottle. He is a nice masculine little dude, type wise, this guy is a little smoother than Derpy, but I like Derpy so I am keeping him. 3 of the 4 have wattles. Kids think they are cool, I don't really like them. I can't wait to see these doe kids udders and milk...but I gotta wait til they grow up.

I only have these 2 nigerian kids left to sell, everyone else sold already. Unless something drastic happens.

 

[babsbag]

That's where I am with the minis...gotta wait until they grow up. If I knew beyond a doubt that they would be milking well as two year olds I would be stocking up on them and buying this buck but I just don't know. I hate to invest in a buck for a project that may not work. On the other hand if I wait to see if they milk then I am behind in getting a good mini buck that I can breed to everyone. What to do ??? And he probably would not be able to service my big does this year and I only have certain ones that I want to try and get a mini keeper buck from and they are big girls. *sigh*

I really need to learn to do AI.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

We have babies!!!

Ravioli exploded her watermelon belly and gave us 2 does! One is red and white paint with black shoes and one is a barely red with super heavy gray dapples!

 

[Latestarter]

Congrats! Looking fwd to pics when they're dry and settled.

 

[Ferguson K]

Congratulations! Waiting on pictures like

 

[Ferguson K]

Congratulations! Waiting on pictures like

 

[babsbag]

Rocky's or Andy's?

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Well... she was supposed to be bred to Rocky. But she doesn't like him. She refused for several months, then while we were out of town, Andy broke into the pen Rocky and Ravi were in. I assumed she was in heat. That time has long since passed so I don't think he bred her then. We reseparated the goats again....but I don't remember for the life of me how I ended up putting Andy or Rocky in their prospective pens.....I do remember waiting until the day before Bailey kidded to do it though.

Since Andy and Ravi had 4 almost all red kids with just a few spots and these kids are super different, they are most likely Rockys. I will be sending the DNA out to be sure though. With papers in order I can get more money than I can for commercial.

I have truly been blessed this year in goat sales. Hoping that continues (the grey kid is staying for sure, but I really should sell the paint kid).

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I guess Ravi wanted to secure her spot in the herd by having the most colorful kids....

I can't remember if I shared this pic already....Whoopsie keeps an eye on the milking from the handy dandy spy hole....