Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[ragdollcatlady]

We needed to move Rocky in to breed the big girls, trying to have some wethers born in time for 4H kids to show at the fair next year. Poor Rocky was so scared that we were going to do injections/deworming/copper or hooves (did those last week) that he hid in his room. By that I mean he hid his head under the hanging part of his shade tarp so he couldn't see us....But we could still see 85 percent of him sticking out underneath. But now he has 4 girlfriends for a little while.

My son and I were discussing one parenting move I missed entirely. Having grown up with goats, I could have ensured that none of my boys ever get married by just telling them that the way a goat romances, is how it is supposed to be done. You bellow some sweet nothings, really loudly, right in her ear, spit a few raspberries in her face and wag your tongue, make a "you totally stink" face every time you get near her, swagger around like you own the place, including her, and there you go! Really want to seal the deal? Add a little peeing on yourself and surely she will swoon!

 

[ragdollcatlady]

We picked up Beautiful Beast today!!!

He weighed in at a whopping 103 lbs of "I don't wanna walk, I wanna choke and scream"!!! And he is only 103 days old (born 5-10-16)! I am so excited about this kid! Every one of the breeders goats are built like bulldozers, even the girls. They are total brick houses build double wide!

I gotta move pics out of the way before I can take more, I am out of memory space already, but I will show him off here soon.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I forgot to add that he wasn't even on the property for 10 seconds and had girls swooning over him! Bailey reached through the fence and kissed his face, whispered sweet nothings in his ears and was trying to nibble on his cheeks! LOL! He even had slobber on his nose from her affections! I know who she wants to be bred to next year!

We had to walk (drag) him past their pen so they naturally came to see who was coming into their little backyard world. And apparently they liked what they saw, at least Bailey did.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Beautiful Beast

Rocky with his girls

 

[babsbag]

OMG, he is HUGE !!!! And Rocky has such a nice beard.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Wow!

 

[Southern by choice]

He is gorgeous!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Nice boys.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Thanks everyone!

I am so in love with my boers right now!

Rocky has been getting flirty with a few of his girls. ( I am not liking his horns right now... Ravi has a few scrape marks on her side I suspect might be from them, but they are impressive.)

Beautiful Beast is pretty terrified of us still, but we are working on that. At over 100 lbs already, I absolutely NEED him to be tame. Even as tame as Andy is, if he gets a mind to move and we don't have him secured to something immobile, we "go along for the ride" so to speak.

I am getting ready to sit down and plan next years kidding schedule for the nigerians and Brie (nubian). Then I need to update the website too.

The weather here is super nice....only in the upper 90s!