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Zaph's little ones are almost six weeks old. Time is flying by and soon they'll be joined by lots of bouncy kids! Hopefully, I can find someone who will give them a nice home before then... Ferdinand (will be a whether) and Gracie (blue eyed), unregistered. Both have some moon spots.
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Gosh has time flown by. When you said 6 weeks I was like ... Nooooooooooo.
WOW! Gosh they are cute!

I was surprised to see them with horns. You don't disbud?
 

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I am pro-disbudding, but I have had mixed results when I've disbudded in the past. My main disbudding partner has moved away and I missed the window on these.
 

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Yeah, I get that one.
With everyone having the flu last year at kidding season we were late too. Some of ours got done at the stage your doeling is now. Believe it or not they all came out fine. Even the boys. :idunno
But one of our little guys never did got disbudded or wethered. :oops: He is the cutest thing ever! Have no idea what I am going to do with him. We all love this guy. He is a mini- but he is a grade and cannot be registered (grade males are ineligible). And he is intact. lol

I hate tattooing- not tails as much as ears... so GW does tattooing.
I don't mind disbudding and she hates it... so I do that part. All works out.
Just sometimes the day they need it done is the day I can't do it.
 

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Today, Lightning is going to her new home and Zaph's kids will join her when they are weaned and Ferdinand is wethered! Now I have to consider either building new housing + pens or finding homes for some of the males. Yubi and Romeo decided to endlessly pester Biskit's wether buddy and Biskit eventually lost both his scurs defending his honor. I think the solution is more housing because I would rather have two bucks than one. And in goat math that equals four males! I am going to have to be very careful when kidding happens this spring not to succumb to a case of severe goat-mathitis. (I am expecting cuteness overload.) My does are looking very pregnant and healthy. First due date for two is March 3; second two, March 17; and finally Mable in April.
 

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I missed all the fun in the snow! My whole family took a once-in-a-lifetime vacation to Grand Cayman island. We scuba dove (first time for me), rode horses in the surf, sampled the rum, drove on the left side of the road, spent too much money, but had a relaxing time despite the general cloudiness, gusty winds, and choppy seas. I had been preparing for this for months by training a neighbor girl to be a farm buddy. She had it all under control until her family took a vacation at the same time! So I enlisted some nearby friends who know my farm and have goats and chickens themselves, and then just in case there could be bad weather making it hard for them to drive here, I put an ad out for walking distance neighbors to learn the ropes. I am glad I did!
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The wind is biting today! Just when I was getting used to the idea of springtime. All the talk of kiddings coming up gets me excited and then I realize that the winter isn't over and there are four plus weeks to go for my first goats' due dates. I tried to get some photos today and wasn't very successful. First Yubi and his shedding undercoat-
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The rain seems to have washed some of the yellow off his nose.

Here are Mable and Bella. They are due in early March. Mabel was bred by Yubi and Bella by Biskit.
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Today is blustery and chilly much like last month. Day 145 for Bella and Stella; day 144 for Mabel. Everyone's ligaments are holding steady for now. I moved animals around this morning and somehow Mabel ended up limping on her right back leg. And my vet is away until the 8th... Here are some morning photos-
 
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