SBC/GW's Journal- Spring shows DONE! & Update

[Goat Whisperer]

LOL He is living at a client's farm 6 miles away. She only has our goats and needed a Mini buck for the two does she got from us in 2016. He is being leased. So right now he's 1/2 a goat. In my book anyway

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Makes sense. Owned by not responsible for care at present!

 

[Southern by choice]

I got a bit choked up when George left. I loved that lil guy. We retained him because we really liked him and hoped to use him, however his sire is still our main herdsire and all the does we retained this year have the same sire.
What is great is he is going to a really nice herd with really nice goats. I asked her to let me know when her does kid as I may be interested in one of the does.
Ran his fecal and was happy to have 0 coccidia eggs and 0 EPG .
He has lost a lot of weight from rut though, he even has a bit of scald on his front legs. He has lost almost 20lbs. That is a lot for an 8 month old buck.
Our big bucks have really lost significant weight. Rut has been very hard on the boys this year. Easier on Will and Isaac because they have their own field and it is not along the does fenceline.
The lamanchas and Nubian...

Once we complete our paperwork and it becomes "official" then George will receive his *B. His sire is a *B and Zephyr unofficially has met her requirements for AR. So both sire/dam are Starred.

I am kind a sad I am selling Monopoly too. GW is right and it was the smart thing to do but I like him, he is so sweet and geesh... 2nd gen gopher eared and his dam will have her * and she had best udder. Yeah. I maybe getting a doe out of him and Pearl, a goat we placed, she is Prynne's sister. She will be 75/25 gopher. Kinda hope no blue eyes though... it is ok if so, but whatever.

Meanwhile more rain here. It won't end it seems. Mud. Mud. Mud.
Having to clean the building constantly and we still can't keep up.

A few more does to leave. Will is showing his age now. (ND retired buck)
Trying to figure out how to separate our retired does they don't need the feed the bred does need.
We bred a bunch of goats and for the first time ever I cannot even remember who is and isn't bred. It has been just so much from September on.
I have it all written down though. LOL

My nose.... still tender, sore and have to be pretty careful. Blowing my nose is a very unpleasant experience right now, washing my face is fine til the nose.
I can smell and have taste so that is good.

Looking forward to getting the milker numbers down. It would be nice to just have maybe like 4 goats in milk. I think we will be drying off 4-6 goats soon.

 

[Baymule]

That broken nose must have given you a brain fever. I never thought I'd read that you sold bucks!!

 

[Southern by choice]

That broken nose must have given you a brain fever. I never thought I'd read that you sold bucks!!

@Baymule after all these years you would think I'd know better.
NEVER read Bay's post while you have a sip of coffee in your mouth, or water or anything else.

I do not learn.

Your post about your nose also had me laughing because it made me feel like "oh, good, I'm not the only one out there".
Baymule it's bad... When I wore glasses if I went around a corner I could knock those suckers right off my face. I also can't hear well when I wear glasses.
I have scratched my cornea just from reading the paper. My kids tell me I should wear safety goggles pretty much all the time.
I think I am up to 8 scratched corneas in one eye and 10 in the other. I actually had a dr freak out with the one. Raspberry barbs all through my eye.
I also cannot walk straight. @Goat Whisperer is so good for me because I swear I can walk into anything... she grabs me and pulls me out from my own near disaster.

I have found the older I get the more damage when I fall or knock into something. geesh... when did that all start?

Yes! Bucks. I know, it's weird. I love the boys. I am sad about George leaving.

This will blow your mind. I may sell Henry too! Henry is my awesome first gen mini buck. But reality is I have so much from him and he will do great things in another herd.
I will be VERY selective where he goes. Genetics are so good I don't want him going to just a farm that isn't trying to do something.

We have a bug going on here, not too bad but we are all kinda out of it. UGH.

 

[Baymule]

Spewing water or coffee isn't so bad, but when you take a big gulp of coke and try to laugh at the same time, it snorts out your nose.

My middle name is Grace. It didn't work. I accused my mother of putting a jinx on me and she said I wasn't her fault. I figure half of me had to be her fault, my Daddy sure wasn't the one that was pregnant.

 

[Southern by choice]

 

[Carla D]

I got a bit choked up when George left. I loved that lil guy. We retained him because we really liked him and hoped to use him, however his sire is still our main herdsire and all the does we retained this year have the same sire.
What is great is he is going to a really nice herd with really nice goats. I asked her to let me know when her does kid as I may be interested in one of the does.
Ran his fecal and was happy to have 0 coccidia eggs and 0 EPG .
He has lost a lot of weight from rut though, he even has a bit of scald on his front legs. He has lost almost 20lbs. That is a lot for an 8 month old buck.
Our big bucks have really lost significant weight. Rut has been very hard on the boys this year. Easier on Will and Isaac because they have their own field and it is not along the does fenceline.
The lamanchas and Nubian...

Once we complete our paperwork and it becomes "official" then George will receive his *B. His sire is a *B and Zephyr unofficially has met her requirements for AR. So both sire/dam are Starred.

I am kind a sad I am selling Monopoly too. GW is right and it was the smart thing to do but I like him, he is so sweet and geesh... 2nd gen gopher eared and his dam will have her * and she had best udder. Yeah. I maybe getting a doe out of him and Pearl, a goat we placed, she is Prynne's sister. She will be 75/25 gopher. Kinda hope no blue eyes though... it is ok if so, but whatever.

Meanwhile more rain here. It won't end it seems. Mud. Mud. Mud.
Having to clean the building constantly and we still can't keep up.

A few more does to leave. Will is showing his age now. (ND retired buck)
Trying to figure out how to separate our retired does they don't need the feed the bred does need.
We bred a bunch of goats and for the first time ever I cannot even remember who is and isn't bred. It has been just so much from September on.
I have it all written down though. LOL

My nose.... still tender, sore and have to be pretty careful. Blowing my nose is a very unpleasant experience right now, washing my face is fine til the nose.
I can smell and have taste so that is good.

Looking forward to getting the milker numbers down. It would be nice to just have maybe like 4 goats in milk. I think we will be drying off 4-6 goats soon.

Wow! Tough decisions. Hard option to think through.

 

[Bruce]

@Goat Whisperer is so good for me because I swear I can walk into anything... she grabs me and pulls me out from my own near disaster.

So you are saying that GW is your "service animal"?

 

[Southern by choice]

So Raina was in heat yesterday and I procrastinated all day to choose a buck for her.
Finally after evening milking @Goat Whisperer said, "if you want to breed Raina and want to be able to show her in the spring then you need to make a decision now."
My farm partner is tough! And smart!
I went down the list. Decided on Black Tie Affair. A repeat breeding.
For a couple of reasons- I thought about minis but also feel like sometimes really good genetics get wasted because people wanting to do more with minis can be far and few between. Some do milktest but not many. Yet so many want "proven" milk genetetics yet they don't do anything themselves soooo... there is that.
Then I thought about Charlie (I borrowed him back from my friend that bought him- she only has my goats) hmmmm
I decided on BTA because 1) he is a *B buck. 2) Raina has met all requirements for Advanced Registry and will be a * Milker - I believe she will be either a *9M or *10M.
I love the kids they produced in 2018 as a FF I am very happy all the way around. I retained both doelings.
The bucks will inherit a *B and the does, they will have to earn it but they are quite promising.

Today "Monster" was in heat. She is a 2nd gen elf eared mini. She is a nice doe, her escutcheon is great, width is great but her main issue that needs improvement is her rump- not length, it is steeper than we want so we want to breed to improve that.
Ran down the road to get David (F-1 mini)
DAvid is out of Jane and Isaac.
I think the breeding was great! Two really nice goats.
I saw David when we went get pics and see all the goats - David is there temporarily. The owner bout all her does from us and her Lamancha and Nigerian Buck, so david went with them so no loneliness. I was shocked to see how much he has grown! WOW!



I am so happy with how he is turning out! LOVE him. This was a good breeding and I think Isaac and Jane meshed very well. I kept the doeling Sass. This way I can see the udder from the breeding. It is a risk to use any buck from an unknown breeding but hey- that's the way it goes.
Most 1st gen 2nd gen minis go through really ugly stages... David is just gorgeous. I am so excited about him. I think he is beautiful.
This is him in the breeding pen so a little "distracted"... I am going to try and get some better pics later.
He is very Lamancha very dairy looking esp for f-1. I think Isaac and Jane were a good line up. Jane leaves next week for her new home after I confirm pregnancy and get VC (she is going out of state).
@OneFineAcre - This was a good breeding I really see Isaac and Jane so well blended in him.


The angle I took the pics doesn't show how tall this boy is.
Today-

The girls LOVE him

This is him in August at 4 months old

His sister-