GW & SBC's kidding thread: 2019

[Mike CHS]

They are all beautiful!!

 

[Daxigait]

We had posted last week that our lovely doe, Charlotte, had kidded. Of course we love all our goats and kids but these kids are pretty special to us!
Over the years, our Miniature Lamancha Program was put on the "backburner" while we focused mainly on developing our Nigerian Dwarfs and Lamanchas herds.

We have several Mini Lamancha does and some lovely bucks, but our herd had quickly become closely related. We struggled to find exactly what we wanted for a Miniature Lamancha herdsire. Although there are some lovely animals out there, few fully test their goats and that was not in our best interest. We were faced with a decision- either sell out of the Miniature Lamanchas completely or continue within and just make our own new lines..... We chose the later. When the 2018/2019 breeding line up was being planned we decided the Miniature Lamanchas would be our main focus!
We sat down and assessed all our goats, and after lots of discussion we decided to use our Nigerian buck, Kiegh, over our Lamancha does, Charlotte Bronte & Hester Prynne. Charlotte is quickly becoming a favorite here, we loved her first freshening udder and she is one of our most correct Lamanchas in our herd. We feel she excels in feet and legs as well as a lovely, high, wide and firmly attached mammary system and we anticipate watching this doe continue to grow and mature! As a first freshener Charlotte has proven to be competitive in the show ring and was part of our first (2x) and second (1x) place dairy herd at the local ADGA shows here in NC (& VA). Charlotte's & Prynne's dam is Candlelight JRMY Mariah- another competitive, correct doe who, despite nearly losing her two years ago, is continuing to flourish and has exceeded our expectations! Charlotte's sire was Chance, who produced several lovely daughters while he was with us, including or RG doe, Tiffany who earned two legs toward her championship, and had several BUofB wins as a first freshener. Charlotte goes back to a long line of exceptional Lamanchas and we look forward to getting her out more in 2019 and she will also be appraised and on milk test this year as well. We will share more on Prynne after she freshens, also an incredible young doe with a beautiful mammary with one leg toward her championship.

Kiegh is the sire to these kids. We were very excited for the opportunity to bring this lovely buck to our Wings & Caprines herd. We feel he will compliment Charlotte & Prynne nicely. We used Kiegh heavily over many of our Nigerian Dwarf does in fall 2018. A few of those does have kidded and we are already thrilled with what we are seeing on his kids! Keigh's dam is SGCH CUATLILREDBARN Dust Bunny 4*M 90 VEEE who was 2nd/2nd udder in her age group at the 2018 ADGA NATIONAL show. Keigh's sire's dam is SGCH Old Mountain Farm Shy Elk 2*M 92 EEEE who was 1st Place 4 year old/1st udder at the 2017 ADGA NATIONAL show, and 1st Place /2nd Udder 5-6 year old/Reserve National Champion at the 2018 National Show.



We feel there is a lot of potential in these crosses and we are on pins and needles watching these kids grow and develop! We do not focus on ear type or generation. Our goal is to have functional, healthy, hardy and CORRECT Miniature Lamanchas. We are hoping these kids will put us one step closer to that goal!

We retained several from last years mini breedings so this is really exciting for us.
Doeling
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Buckling
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Love the doeling looking from behind
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[Daxigait]

The only lamanchas I have had are these two I picked up last fall since I wouldn't have to worry about g6s as ump does. I'm not even sure what I think of them. I will be selling them though, because my -nubians are mean to them.

 

[Southern by choice]

The only lamanchas I have had are these two I picked up last fall since I wouldn't have to worry about g6s as ump does. I'm not even sure what I think of them. I will be selling them though, because my -nubians are mean to them.

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yeah, goats seem to discriminate by ear type.

So, today Prynne is in the kidding stall!!!!!!!
Another really exciting kidding for us. Again for minis. GW thought it wise to breed two does closely related to Kiegh in case one didn't give us a buck. Smart girl that GW!

I love kidding season. I love lining up the does/bucks.

I don't know- guess I still get like a little kid with getting so excited. I know not everything works out the way I hope but stilll.... it is fun and exciting. I do wonder sometimes, I rarely see people get excited about a line up.
Shoot, I get excited about other people's line ups.
I'm on a few FB groups and geesh, it's like everyone is in competition instead of being happy for each other.
I never want to lose my joy over goats.

 

[Southern by choice]

All night glued to the cameras. Worried... almost went out at 4am to do a sweep...
I am so tired. Need sleep.
Prynne had twin bucks! GW's plan of ensuring we got a buck was a good one but geesh, Prynne, 1 doe would have been nice.
Prynne is blaming Kiegh.
Here are the two boys.
F-1 50/50% Miniature Lamanchas
These boys are big! They each took 10oz.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Beautiful boys!!! Now get some rest!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Absolutely adorable!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats!

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

I never want to lose my joy over goats.

Amen!!

Congrats on the new bucks!

 

[rachels.haven]

SBC, you've got beautiful goats. Love those earless mini-manchas and nice nigerians. Not good for discouraging me from finding nice lamanchas around here (lucky for my husband, there seems to be a focus on nigerians, nubians, and mini nubians, so I guess I'll focus on the nicest nigerians I can breed and forego the big goat discussion with him). I'll just have to enjoy the poetry of your goats through your pictures. Kidding threads are a blast.