HoneyDreameMomma
True BYH Addict
I know, I know...'tis the season for kidding threads, but for those goat addicts like yours truly, what does one more hurt?
We bred our 8 girls last year between Oct. 25 and the end of Nov. We pasture breed, and we didn't get a chalk harness this year, so we have exact breeding dates for some of the girls, but only guesses on the others. Based on behavior and belly size, we're pretty sure all the girls have at least one bun in the oven. We have CDT boosters, hoof trimmings, etc. for everyone in the next week or so in preparation for the 1-2 months of waiting for kids, and I am cleaning up the birthing stalls in the barn and beefing up my kidding first aid kit.
Our breeding bucks were both blue-eyed - Chewy is the black and white one and Jax is the tri-color:
Pictures of our girls in their cute pregnant, winter fluffiness are below:
Stats are as follows:
3rd Year Freshener
Holly - (black and white) bred Oct. 25 to Chewy and Jax
FF 2013 - twin doelings
2F 2014 - twins 1 boy/1girl
2nd Year Freshners
Queenie (light brown tri-color; our herd queen) - bred Oct. 25 to Jax
FF 2014 - twins 1 boy/1girl
Nibley - (dark brown tri-color) bred to Jax in late Nov
FF 2014 - twin doelings (one stillborn)
Sophie - (tri-colored; daughter to Holly) - bred to Jax Nov. 5
FF 2014 - one doeling
First Freshners
Jayna - (light brown with white; daughter to Holly) - bred mid Nov to ???
Ami - (tan/light brown with dark brown 'racing stripe'; daughter to Sophie) - bred Oct. 25 to Chewy
Lucy- (reddish brown with white band and frosting; daughter to Queenie) - bred late Nov to ???
Snigglefritz - (dark brown with white spots; daughter to Nibley) - bred late Nov to ???
None of our girls are registered, although they are full Nigerians. We love Nigies for their size, temperament and coloring. One of the things I love most about kidding is seeing what color combos we get with each birth. As for whether we want boys or girls this year, I'm actually ok either way. Does are always a wonderful thing (and we were abundantly blessed with them last year), but since we have 8 great girls and we don't want a much bigger herd that that, I won't cry if we get a lot of bucklings this year. Everyone here is just getting very excited and looking forward to all the fun of cute, bouncy goat kids!
We bred our 8 girls last year between Oct. 25 and the end of Nov. We pasture breed, and we didn't get a chalk harness this year, so we have exact breeding dates for some of the girls, but only guesses on the others. Based on behavior and belly size, we're pretty sure all the girls have at least one bun in the oven. We have CDT boosters, hoof trimmings, etc. for everyone in the next week or so in preparation for the 1-2 months of waiting for kids, and I am cleaning up the birthing stalls in the barn and beefing up my kidding first aid kit.
Our breeding bucks were both blue-eyed - Chewy is the black and white one and Jax is the tri-color:
Pictures of our girls in their cute pregnant, winter fluffiness are below:
Stats are as follows:
3rd Year Freshener
Holly - (black and white) bred Oct. 25 to Chewy and Jax
FF 2013 - twin doelings
2F 2014 - twins 1 boy/1girl
2nd Year Freshners
Queenie (light brown tri-color; our herd queen) - bred Oct. 25 to Jax
FF 2014 - twins 1 boy/1girl
Nibley - (dark brown tri-color) bred to Jax in late Nov
FF 2014 - twin doelings (one stillborn)
Sophie - (tri-colored; daughter to Holly) - bred to Jax Nov. 5
FF 2014 - one doeling
First Freshners
Jayna - (light brown with white; daughter to Holly) - bred mid Nov to ???
Ami - (tan/light brown with dark brown 'racing stripe'; daughter to Sophie) - bred Oct. 25 to Chewy
Lucy- (reddish brown with white band and frosting; daughter to Queenie) - bred late Nov to ???
Snigglefritz - (dark brown with white spots; daughter to Nibley) - bred late Nov to ???
None of our girls are registered, although they are full Nigerians. We love Nigies for their size, temperament and coloring. One of the things I love most about kidding is seeing what color combos we get with each birth. As for whether we want boys or girls this year, I'm actually ok either way. Does are always a wonderful thing (and we were abundantly blessed with them last year), but since we have 8 great girls and we don't want a much bigger herd that that, I won't cry if we get a lot of bucklings this year. Everyone here is just getting very excited and looking forward to all the fun of cute, bouncy goat kids!