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Two more does kidded - A Capella, a Nubian had these two cute does Then Patch had these guys the next day, black dappled boy (both sides) And this red doe w/ dark spots / splotches...she's a keeper

Yep. Fixin' to post the pics...

I'm sorry you lost them. I'm not online much during the week. I read back through and don't see anything glaringly obvious for a cause or that could be helpful to offering insight. B shots and probiotics are about the extent of our 'emergency meds'....if it requires more than that we are very...

A woman contacted me about a driveway breeding w/ our Nubian buck. The next week she emailed to tell me they wouldn't make it, she had to test her entire herd for it b/c a doe she'd bought from a well-known breeder's herd had tested positive. Scares me how easily we trust people and risk our...

For one glorious day...it was above 40 degrees, we could get the barn open, we got pens cleaned out (my manure pile is bigger than yours ;) ), and I took a lot of pics while DH was running around on the bobcat. There is no more attentive audience than goats at feeding time.... Our...

I'm hearing Johne's is getting to be a bigger and bigger problem in the goat world. :(

We harvested about 25 watermelons and 40 cantaloupe last year. I don't have a big garden area (4 - 10x10 raised beds) so I started putting the melons in a separate bed area. I laid down 50x10' of 6 mil black plastic on an area w/ a slight grade so it drains well. I dug several holes and put...

I only work at TSC 2 days a week (feed discount adds up, though!)...and the plants only net about 250$ per year...but it's enough to pay for my next round at the greenhouse. ;) I'm a flower nut. I blame my mom. I could sell more plants but then I'd have to deal w/ more people and goat...

The rabbit's are my hubby's 'thang'....They have a heated / air conditioned barn w/ a better floor (when you can see it) than my kitchen has...I told him, "I have enough to do, they are ALL YOURS, pal." Of course, when he's working 16 hr days in summer I somehow end up taking care of them. And...

How you gonna get HIS new bunny if you don't come back...?

There are some really good spotted genetics in TX. But you're welcome to come all the way to IN if you want... :frow

Show off Bullitt? Nah, not me. *halo* I still think he's one of the best red bucks I've ever seen. Look at his head! (I'm half in love w/ this goat...lol). His 1 yr old pic almost 2 yr old almost 3 yr old I traded Chase for a bred doe - he's "Just" a purebred, but his breeder and I...

Last time I put the tape to them (early last week) they were at 27 and 32#. Not real accurate but Santa didn't bring me my platform scale I've been wanting. Everyone seems to have a favorite color pattern they are after....I want red or black spotted paints. Haven't had any. Patch (being...

They're bottle babies, getting 3 - 24 oz bottles....and alfalfa hay. At 6 wks just starting to play with their feed but not really eating it. Noble Goat. Technically they're both black and white...but the loudly dappled one is a doe, named Hilton....the mostly black is a buck named Mathis...

And...I *do not* dump show feed in these guys, nor do I hook them up to any fancy pants equipment to build muscle. If they can't look like that from genetics alone...I don't want them.

Thanks for the kind words! Pretty, pretty babies! Congrats! I just took these pics of our Bullitt x Valentine kids @ 6wks of age....we need more drool on this page!

Southern, we have wet, swampy, mucky summers where parasites can be an issue...A lot of boers do poorly here as well. I just won't tolerate the weak ones, we rarely deworm and I give all the credit to culling hard for puny, wormy, non-thriving animals. I don't care how pretty they are, if I'm...

Thanks, guys. :) I'm not loving his head (Bullitt spoiled me for big old South African looking buck heads) but will keep some of his daughter's to breed to Mathis, the Bullitt son we're keeping.

That's an ADG of .39. Not great, but not worrisome either, IMHO, esp. for a dairy kid. It should go up as his amount of intake increases. At 2 weeks, I'd be giving him 3 - 20oz. bottles, 6-8 hrs apart. That amount given too often will increase the risk of tummy trouble....4 hrs apart is too...

This is Copper's Joker Is Wild, his sire is the awesome red spotted buck Coppertox and his dam is a dapple-headed traditional. We got him back in March but life's been crazy (adult child moved back home in April, then left again in November, then kidding started, then we've had 400 inches of...