Lalabugs - Kidding done

My oldest DD took this pic today. The pic is of DD and Lotte.

Oldest DD picked a PB LaMancha doe yesterday. We brought her home. We have not met up with the breeder who was going to show my DD's what they need for showing. She had business take her back east. The breeder we purchased from yesterday said youtube videos will be beyond helpful.
DD will be showing against this breeder next year. They said their one doe has won Gand Champion two years in a row. The dam to the doe we purchased was CH the last two years.


Oldest DD and I have been watching youtube videos. We have a lot of time to learn and prepare for showing next year. The doe is only 6 1/2 months old right now. We have not weighed her yet. We got home really late. She's a nice doe. Will get pictures later after all school work is done.

Right now DD is working on building a relationship with the doe and training her to walk using a collar. Any advice from anyone? Including breeding her. I know a lot of people say 8 months & 80lbs. Is that what everyone goes by?

Her current weight is 75lbs. She turns 7 months on the 23rd.

Let @Southern by choice or @Goat Whisperer weigh in when they have power again as they also show their Lamanchas.

I'm in no rush. I pray they get power restored ASAP. Lots of damage from the hurricane.

Pics I took today. The doe was NOT thrilled about being walked. These were the best pics we could get. In all the pics the doe is not set up. How she is standing is how she stopped. She was not worked with before we purchased her.



Youngest DD seen oldest DD working with her doe. She wanted to be a part of it. This is the ND doe we are trying to get the papers corrected on. We are hoping the papers will be corrected. The breeder said she sent the information to ADGA. She also emailed me the information. Which I sent to ADGA along with the papers. We will see what happens.

Personally I think looking at hip width and general growth curve is best. We do not do the weight/age rule.
Our lines are not particularly great at breeding in the first season. Knowing your lines and what your buck throws size wise is important.
Our girls tend to pour into the growing kids and not grow as well. I also felt it was much harder on them to kid and go on the milk line at 13 months old.
I may breed some for minis but I won't breed for standards on my babes this year. We bred 2 last year in first season and it has been hard on them.
We do have old style lamanchas though- not the miniature cow version of lamanchas that seems popular right now.

Pretty doe, is she an American?

Nigie is nice! She looks like she has a good front end and really nice rear pin/hock.

She is PB. I sent her papers in on Friday. This is her pedigree.



I sent the breeder a text asking her if she usually breeds in the first year or waits until they are older. Our buck has no kids on the ground. I do not know what he throws. He's only 6 months old.

The ND is 8 months old and 48 lbs. To me she just looks to small to breed. Maybe that's because she is in with Almond who is a mini mancha. Her breeder said she is big enough to breed. I only have the experience with Rose being bred to soon and her having quads and not enough milk. That was a nightmare. Right now we have no plans to breed her until she is 1 1/2.

The ND pedigree.
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The breeder got back to me. She said she waits until they are 1 1/2 to breed. The doeling we have was a triplet. We will wait until next year to breed.


The first two pics is the dam of the sire for Nova. Sires dam is the GCH that has not lost in the last two years.
The last pic is of Novas dam. Her udder is not full in the pic.

Breeding for 2019

Marshmallow is bred for 25L 75N Due Christmas
Almond is Bred for 75L 25N Due Jan 8th

We are excited to have babies. I am really excited for Almonds breeding. DH is excited for Marshmallow.
Almond is already looking WIDE. She has not had grain since we dried her off earlier this year. She is only getting hay and minerals.

Almond is acting off. She is eating, just not a lot. She is being very slow about eating and is just slow. Slow eating, slow moving, laying around a lot more than normal.

I checked temp, she is normal. Checked ketones showed trace amount. She is not due until 1/8/19. 11 weeks until she is due.

I have been researching ketosis. Thinking maybe she is starting to show signs. Everything I am finding says it happens in the last 6 weeks and could happen after labor. Has anyone had it happen this early?

She has alfalfa 24/7 and minerals. I did give her 1/2 C of grain last night and this am to see if it helped at all. She was moving around a bit more this morning. Just not her usual energetic self.