Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[sadieml]

Wisconsin really is a beautiful place to visit...

Oh, I'm sorry, that's enabling, isn't it?

 

[Uralba]

Have fun. It really needs a friend (hint, hint)!

 

[Latestarter]

Greetings @Uralba from the front range in Colorado Welcome to BYH. Glad you jumped in and joined the discussion! Enjoy the site and if you have some pics to share, we all love gloating over animal pics.

 

[Hens and Roos]

so we have the bucklings separated from the does and doelings tonight....there was some calling from both parties but once hay was put into the does feeder it got quiet! Will be milking tomorrow morning, hoping it goes better than last year

 

[OneFineAcre]

Had someone contact me yesterday- asking if we had an older pair of goats needing a pet home- wanted for helping clear an area and to be pets only- wethers or does didn't matter to them. Told her I would check with DD and youngest DS(11) and get back to them....

because, we have another party interested in a pair of wethers and thinking of adding a doe at a later date so we are waiting to hear if they want Marsh and Monty- who are coming up on a year or if they want 2 wethers from this years kidding.

we do have Moose and Monkey our tiny does from last years kidding-not sure they will grow to size, we do know that the kids wont be able to show them at fair this year because of their small size. When we asked DD and DS(11) about the possibility of these 2 leaving....

DS(11) just kind of looked at me and I could tell from his look,it was quickly decided that Moose and Monkey would be staying and we would be giving them more time to hopefully grow.

What does Moose and Monkey weigh?
How tall are they at the withers?
And how old are they ?

 

[Hens and Roos]

What does Moose and Monkey weigh?
How tall are they at the withers?
And how old are they ?

Moose and Monkey will be a year at the end of June- they were the smallest of the group of 6 kids
We last weighed them mid March and at that time: Moose was 27.5 lbs and Monkey was 34 lbs- we will try and re-weigh them tomorrow
They are roughly 18" but we can get a better measurement tomorrow.

 

[Ferguson K]

So tiny!

 

[Hens and Roos]

So tiny!

yes, that is why we decided they should stay with us, we are hoping that they will start growing but only time will tell. Monty and Marsh(2 of the boys) are still with us as well and might be a bit bigger then the girls.

 

[Latestarter]

OK, so you cross a Nigie with a full sized doe to get "minis"... Are you positively sure one of your rabbit bucks didn't get to thier dam? What would you call goats that are 1/2 the size of dwarf? Mini is already spoken for... Ittybittys?? You may have started a whole new "breed!!"

 

[Hens and Roos]

OK, so you cross a Nigie with a full sized doe to get "minis"... Are you positively sure one of your rabbit bucks didn't get to thier dam? What would you call goats that are 1/2 the size of dwarf? Mini is already spoken for... Ittybittys?? You may have started a whole new "breed!!"

Pretty sure our rabbit bucks were not involved , she was bred before we purchased her! DH calls them "super dwarfs", we(DD & I) tend to call them "the littles"