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Thanks @Southern by choice. I’m hoping raise a keeper buckling out of her line after she proves herself or maybe from one of her daughters. I really like her sweet personality. We will see how she does on the stand too.
Still no babies. Waiting on two cows and a goat is grating on my nerves. It doesn’t help that Diamond is ticked since she’s separated and voicing her complaints and Jericho is talkative so I hear lots of goat noises from the barn that have me running back and forth.
I just did a check at 9 pm (20 mins ago) and Snowflake’s ligs are both there but deep. She’s now prolapsing a bit when she lays down. I think we are readily going to make it to Day 149 (Tuesday.)
Snowflake this morning to show how she’s dropped more.
A pic of her prolapse. It goes mostly away when she stands. I think she’s just that swollen and has that much pressure.
Any guesses on how many for this FF? My guess is trips.
for doelings!
I haven’t mentioned Nellie in a bit. Her Day 145 is Monday (4/2.) Her ligs are softening and her udder is building. She’s a 2F and I’m thinking twins.
Nellie is from a different farm from our other does. For this reason, she’s picked on by Caramel. Diamond mostly ignores her and Snowflake will share a feed pan/hay rack/ occasionally cuddle with her but she’s often isolated. I’m really hoping she has a Doeling so that I can keep it to be her buddy. Nellie has a permanent home here because her temperament is so sweet! She comes up for attention (and avoids me when I have feed to keep from getting Caramel’s wrath.) Nell is also a dream on the milkstand! She stands without fuss, even when she runs out of feed. Her orifices are huge and she milks out in no time. Nellie even tolerates all of the kids milking her! DD1 is 6 and can basically empty her. I just have to do the second letdown. Nell’s udder can stand to be improved so we used a buck with really good genetics over her and since he’s unproven, he won’t be used again until her daughter freshens to see how her udder looks. I really want that temperament and orifices in my herd. Now I just need to improve the udder! All bucklings from Nellie will always be wethered. She was also hard to dry off so I think I can milk her through this round...I’m going to try anyway.
I’ll try to get a pic of Nell’s back end tomorrow but here’s one from shortly after we got her last summer.
Still no babies. Waiting on two cows and a goat is grating on my nerves. It doesn’t help that Diamond is ticked since she’s separated and voicing her complaints and Jericho is talkative so I hear lots of goat noises from the barn that have me running back and forth.
I just did a check at 9 pm (20 mins ago) and Snowflake’s ligs are both there but deep. She’s now prolapsing a bit when she lays down. I think we are readily going to make it to Day 149 (Tuesday.)
Snowflake this morning to show how she’s dropped more.
A pic of her prolapse. It goes mostly away when she stands. I think she’s just that swollen and has that much pressure.
Any guesses on how many for this FF? My guess is trips.
for doelings!I haven’t mentioned Nellie in a bit. Her Day 145 is Monday (4/2.) Her ligs are softening and her udder is building. She’s a 2F and I’m thinking twins.
Nellie is from a different farm from our other does. For this reason, she’s picked on by Caramel. Diamond mostly ignores her and Snowflake will share a feed pan/hay rack/ occasionally cuddle with her but she’s often isolated. I’m really hoping she has a Doeling so that I can keep it to be her buddy. Nellie has a permanent home here because her temperament is so sweet! She comes up for attention (and avoids me when I have feed to keep from getting Caramel’s wrath.) Nell is also a dream on the milkstand! She stands without fuss, even when she runs out of feed. Her orifices are huge and she milks out in no time. Nellie even tolerates all of the kids milking her! DD1 is 6 and can basically empty her. I just have to do the second letdown. Nell’s udder can stand to be improved so we used a buck with really good genetics over her and since he’s unproven, he won’t be used again until her daughter freshens to see how her udder looks. I really want that temperament and orifices in my herd. Now I just need to improve the udder! All bucklings from Nellie will always be wethered. She was also hard to dry off so I think I can milk her through this round...I’m going to try anyway.
I’ll try to get a pic of Nell’s back end tomorrow but here’s one from shortly after we got her last summer.
I'll guess twins for Snowflake! 
