Wehner Homestead

[Wehner Homestead]

So we did a thing!!! Lol!! I’d been watching a Standard Lamancha for almost two years that I really liked at Buck Creek Stables in KY. They have a Mini program and the opportunity arose to bring home two doelings. We drove down and brought them back last night. They are littermate sisters, from triplet doelings. I got to pick which two I wanted.

Introducing Treasure (part of registered name will be ‘X Marks the Spot’) and Xylie (pronounced zylee, this line has “X” names.) Treasure is a dark buckskin with random white. Xylie is a light chami.

This morning when I walked in the barn. They were being raised by a surrogate dam for the time being. They’d had a few bottles when first born but not since Sunday. Xylie has taken to the bottle well. Treasure will suck but not for an extended period of time so I’m working with her.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Discovered a few pics I missed in the updates...

Beast playing dead on the far right. Middle is our bull, Mack Daddy. Left is Alex the Steer.

Proof that Beast was only playing when I said his name.

Came across an old pic of Otis on dH’s phone. Had to share.

Beauty during her hoof trim. I’m about halfway through getting caught up on hooves. Fecals are in the immediate future as I hope to order a microscope and supplies today.

Lean-to after being cleaned and fresh bedding spread.

Cupcake. She’s so pretty. I touched her yesterday and she took off like a shot.

Eli wants his mommy!

Gunner and Buck on the way to play practice on Sunday.

Colorful eggs.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Congratulations on the munchkins! They are adorable!

Loved all the pics!

I’m a little (lot) jealous of the skid steer! We looked at renting one, so expensive!!!!
Looks like we’ll be having to muck the barn by hand. Not something I can think about right now!

Now, aren’t those two little bucks going to be meat? Didn’t your mother teach you not to play with your food?

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats on the LaMancha doelings!!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

@Goat Whisperer the skidsteer isn’t ours. Borrowed from a friend. Came in crazy handy! There’s one on DH’s want list though.

Thanks! We are really excited about building our own Mini program. CeCe and Sparkle will be the foundation but we wanted to be able to mix in some other genetics down the road too.

 

[Bruce]

Thanks for the great update Wehner!!! Love all of the pictures.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

@Goat Whisperer messaged me with a question since I didn’t explain myself well on the new doelings. I replied to her but thought others may be confused as well.

The Standard Lamancha that I liked was Xena. Her udder and production, along with her personality drew my eye. (This breeder also hand milks so she prefers her does to hand milk easily.) I was on the list for a doeling last year and Xena had twin bucklings.

A prior Xena daughter that was a F1 (first generation Mini Lamancha, 50% Nigerian and 50% Standard Lamancha) named Xarra ended up with gangrenous mastitis as a FF and lost her whole udder!

Last year, Xena and Xarra were induced together and kidded together, cleaning all five babies together. Xena provided all five with colostrum and was a surrogate to the extras for the first few weeks of life. I prefer to bring home goats in pairs and it wasn’t going to work out so we opted to wait.

It was then decided for Xena to take a year off. Xarra was induced with a half sister named Xelda that became the surrogate for her kids this year.

Xarra (pronounced Czara) kidded with triplet doelings for the second year in a row. This was her third freshening. She was bred to another F1 buck that was also 50/50. This makes the kids F2 (second generation Mini Lamanchas.) We were given the option to get two as bottle babies. I chose the two that stood out to me.

They’ve been wonderful! I’m definitely in love with Lamanchas and Mini Lamanchas!!

All of that to explain the generation of the kids and their granddam that had caught my eye.

 

[CntryBoy777]

My goodness.....I'm telling ya, I just don't know how ya can keep up with so many things happening and going on.......the animals all look wonderful and sure hope ya can get some drying out kind of weather the next couple of weeks...ya can sure use it....

 

[Hens and Roos]

@Goat Whisperer the skidsteer isn’t ours. Borrowed from a friend. Came in crazy handy! There’s one on DH’s want list though.

Thanks! We are really excited about building our own Mini program. CeCe and Sparkle will be the foundation but we wanted to be able to mix in some other genetics down the road too.

a skidsteer is great to have, DH inherited the one from their family farm, makes moving big square hay bales easy to move and stack! Even used ones are pricey!

 

[RollingAcres]

Really love your pics! The ones with kids and dog on the row of round bales are really nice!

Colorful eggs.