Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[aggieterpkatie]

My gosh, I wish you were closer because I would just about GIVE you these buck kids. Between them and the pig, I practically get knocked down when I go to feed them. They're cute and all, but I'm definitely a lamb person. I like goats when they're grown and calm.

grown and calm you say? Since when are grown goats grown calm?

My June is grown and calm. Well, 95% of the time she's calm.

 

[Roll farms]

But....unless you give me a doe to go w/ them, I wouldn't need a buck.

I'm serious, Penny (my Ob) will be bred Nigerian next time, or never again.

I'm working on pics of Valentine, my camera battery took a poo when I went down to take pics of the March kidders for a kidding thread.
Then I noticed Allegro's acting sorta funny.

Then I decided to vacuum out my jeep b/c it's going into the shop soon and has a winter's worth of mud, gravel, hay, etc. in it. I may BE a total redneck and treat my 'car' like a farm truck, but I don't necessarily want the dealership to know that...

Now I'm going to go armor all it, windex the windows, grab the camera (hopefully the batteries will be done by then), and get the pics.

Hopefully in that order, unless I get distracted..........ooh, a butterfly.......

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

But....unless you give me a doe to go w/ them, I wouldn't need a buck.

I'm serious, Penny (my Ob) will be bred Nigerian next time, or never again.

I'm working on pics of Valentine, my camera battery took a poo when I went down to take pics of the March kidders for a kidding thread.
Then I noticed Allegro's acting sorta funny.

Then I decided to vacuum out my jeep b/c it's going into the shop soon and has a winter's worth of mud, gravel, hay, etc. in it. I may BE a total redneck and treat my 'car' like a farm truck, but I don't necessarily want the dealership to know that...

Now I'm going to go armor all it, windex the windows, grab the camera (hopefully the batteries will be done by then), and get the pics.

Hopefully in that order, unless I get distracted..........ooh, a butterfly.......

I look forward to seeing new pictures of Valentine.

 

[Roll farms]

Well, here she is.

She loves me today, I'm her onliest friend.

"Mommy....will you play w/ me?"

 

[redtailgal]

She is quite possibly prettier than Freeny. Dont tell him I said that.

So, is it ok to bred one that heavily spotted with another one that heavily spotted? I know that with some animals its bad to breed two similarly colored animals together. For instance, breed a blue dobe to a blue dobe can yeild some health problems in the pups, and when breeding paint horses one has to consider markings before breeding. Is it so with spotted goats?

 

[Roll farms]

I haven't heard of any reason not to breed spots to spots, but she won't be bred to Freeney anyway.

She's Bullitt's future girliefriend. Then maybe the next year I'll breed her to Freeney. He's only a %, I gotta shoot for a FB spot or spotted gene carrier (and recoup some of her cost) before I can play w/ the colors for fun's sake.

 

[Queen Mum]

That is just too cute for words.

 

[redtailgal]

I was just wondering. Thanks for the answer.

I've been trying to see how spotted genes work, what to bred to what, if one can manipulate markings and spot patterns the way you can with rats and rabbits, but there is just not much on color genetics and goats.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Wow, spots AND gorgeous blue eyes.

 

[Roll farms]

I know, right?

Allegro's having congractions....

She's one of the new does I bought 2 wks ago who's bred to a Pruittsville buck....