Wehner Homestead Kidding Thread 2018

[Wehner Homestead]

Trough is hung just above her tail height so she can reach to drink since it’s full but shouldn’t be able to drop a kid in it.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Hope it goes well! Don't know why a sitting doe makes me nervous... maybe just because she could be full of babies that make it hard for her to breathe when she's lying down. Hope it goes well and can't wait to see what she has for you!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

The sitting freaks me out! Not sure what’s up and I’ll have to get some sleep to process it all but I pulled twin does and both have nursed with a little help. I’ll give details after some sleep.

 

[MiniSilkys]

Diamond and Jasmine: (Diamond’s boys got taken to market this week.)

Diamond
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I thought I got a pic of Jasmine chewing on the seat of my pants but it’s not on my phone so I took another while sitting with Caramel. She’s about 3/4 the size of her mother.
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You mean you got rid of those handsome boys??

 

[MiniSilkys]

Congrats on two cute does.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

You mean you got rid of those handsome boys??

Yes. I bought the doe bred with an agreement that bucks from that breeding couldn’t be registered without her approval. Diamond’s udder didn’t meet standards and she agreed to let me keep one if I wanted and register it but not to sell as a herd sire. Her udder isn’t convincing enough to duplicate. I’ll be breeding to improve her udder.

I was raised with beef cattle. You send animals to market. It may be a bit callous but animals that aren’t fed at home for the freezer or kept to reproduce or aren’t sold for breeding purposes, go to market.

 

[MiniSilkys]

I wish I could have gotten them to bred with. I have pygmy's so so Diamond's udder wouldn't be a factor.

 

[Latestarter]

Jeeze Mini... have you looked at craigslist? Here there are boy goats out the wazoo for cheap. I would think come kid weaning season, there would be all kinds of "unwanted" nigie boys available for you there.

ETA: Grats on two new doelings! Don't get much better n' that. the "ETA" because I'm up with reflux and not thinking straight/missing the obvious.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats!

 

[Mini Horses]

Adorable girls! OK, I love the speckled b/w! I mean, how cute will that be jumping all over the place?