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Jasmine will miss the fair, she started her cycle yesterday. Oh, well. We prefer she be pregnant than a premium check from the fair. Flashy Benjamin aka Benji has become very interested in her now. Hoping for twins or triplets!

Here is a better photo of the buck we are using - Flashy Benjamin! Champion bloodlines. Including Eggs tra Flashy Clip EN and High "C" Checotah.

Just passing this email along to anyone that may be interested. Jim ====================== East Texas Goat Raisers Association Fall Sale We are expecting a good turnout of sellers with good stock. Rancho Volsa Basias will be bringing some first time Does and wethers. Please take the time to...

We found a registered Boer Buck and left Jasmine with him today. Hoping for twins or triplets this time. Benji is about 18 months old. This will be Jasmine's second pregnancy. Benji is at a small farm near Friendship, Arkansas.

We are taking ours to a buck in the morning also. My wife asked what date she would be due. So I did a search and found this. Thought I would post a thread about it so I can find it easier.

Goat Gestation Calculator http://americangoatsociety.com/education/gestation_calculator.php Very easy to use!

We have successfully weaned Annabel. There was some screaming at first. Jasmine is still calling her a little. They have just teh fence between them, so are not lonely. We will return Annabel after Jasmine is dried up. Here is our latest photo, taken yesterday.

And both mother and daughter are fat and healthy! They have plenty of pasture with grasses and brush on the back side fence line.

Here are Jasmine and Annabel. We separated them yesterday. They screamed for about 30 minutes, calmed down and seem fine now. Just a fence separates them. Annabel was lamost weaned anyway. How many days until Jasmine dries up? Been too many years since we had goats and I just do not remember.

Winter Pasture for Poultry Jim A. Hall (Originally written for the 2010 American Poultry Association Yearbook). Growing up on our family farm on the beautiful Lake Eufaula and North Canadian River in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, winter was always green and luscious! Folks would visit and ask...

We have a Boer goat doe and a young doe kid, born in April 2012. When should we attempt to breed the mother back? What age should we breed the doe kid? Photo taken in April 2012.

Updated photos in post #1.

Our livestock guardian dog (LGD) was attacked today. It was a premeditated attack by a juvenile delinquent! Thankfully, we caught the offender! Here is a photo of the attacker. Note, the attacker was a bit younger in this photo. I watched in shock as she trampled our LGD! Then she stood...

Will update with the completed photo as soon as I can. Lots going on this morning.

Slide-in Transport cage/totes. Fully completed and ready to use for goats, sheep, calves, swine etc. Slides easily in most pickups. Can be strapped to a small equipment trailer. Transport cage is finished out with fencing and a top. We suggest a horse trailer pad from Atwoods/TSC for...