So excited - new goats are home... pics pg 3

[20kidsonhill]

I didn't look through all of them, but if you can pick me up,

Candy apple
Red Hawks Perfection
Janie Mae
or
Red's Image

I would appreciate it.

Oh, Rebel Ridge Boer is in our neighborhood, The herd sire cherokee is just down the road from us, I see stuff for sale on Craigslist all the time from Lady bug Hill farm. They are in partnership. Don't know if Cherokee himself does a lot for me, but he sure has the enoblements.

Red Hot eye candy blood-lines crack me up. Love the name and the spots.

How do you determine udder quality, from on-line or just seeing the individual animals at the auction, do you contact the farms?


good luck on your bids.

 

[Roll farms]

I'm hoping for one described as "2 clean teats" or "1x1 teats."

If I have to take a 4 teater, I will...but fixing it will be 1st on my agenda....

I'll see what I can do for you, but considering how high they'll probably go, I wouldn't get my hopes up too high

 

[20kidsonhill]

I haven't seen anything for sale throgh rebel Ridge for under 1,200 off the farm, I would think auction prices would be higher, would be interesting to know more about it.

Lady bug hill farm, sells in the range of 600 to 850, Not spotted, more traditional with a few paints.

 

[Roll farms]

You don't have to pay anything to sign up to watch, I don't think...If you're not doing anything Sat. you could 'sit in' and see how it goes.

 

[Roll farms]

Well, just in case I actually get lucky and get one...I just cleaned the empty kidding pen down to the sand floor, sprayed the walls, feeders, doors, etc. down w/ bleach solution, cleaned the water bucket, and put down barn lime then fresh straw.

If nothing else, at least that icky job is done.

Is it Saturday yet???

 

[20kidsonhill]

We are always doing something, It is opening day for baseball for our son, and our daughter has a pancake fundraiser breakfast for soccer, and we are so behind on trimming goat feet, that we put ourselves in a heck of a situation and know we work on feet everyweekend until our backs hurt and we run out of time. But hopefully as we get some of these does off of all this feed from milking babies and the ground starts to dry up a little we can start seeing imporvements with them.

We are on round 3 in the past couple months with all the hooves. Coming into kidding season and into the wetest time of year with their hooves out of control was a really bad idea. It wasn't really an idea so much as a result of having a family emergency taking place over the past few months, resulting in things not getting done.


I am keeping my fingers crossed you can fill that pen up.

 

[Roll farms]

So far I've been outbid on most of the ones I really wanted....but I got one!
Lot no. 16, paint doe bred to a black / white spotted buck....hoping for spotted kids.
Auction's only half over...

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

 

[PJisaMom]

So how did you end up?

 

[Roll farms]

I only won the 1 doe, the others just went higher than I was willing to go. I bid on a few, but quit before it got ridiculous.

The high selling goat was $6200.00.

PLUS...Jodief100 called me today before the sale started to see if I was interested in a SPOTTED boer bottle doeling someone she knows had for sale.

Was I??? Does a duck like water????

So I sort of already knew I was getting her (and at a MUCH better price than the spotted kids in the sale) too. She's disbuddable and gonna be a big sweetie since I get to bottle raise her.

I'm heading for Cincinatti in the morning, meeting the guy who's bringing my doe that far, and then Jodi who's bringing the kid to me.

I will post pics tomorrow evening.