frustratedearthmother
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GW & SBC's kidding thread: 2019
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Daxigait
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I hope you guys are doing okay. I understand the spent part I hope by the time I crawled out from under my rock that was very similar to yours that your story would be complete. I will updated on my thread Mine included a 3 a.m. vet visit.
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Southern by choice
Herd Master
Going through pics and sorting and with the latest 19 kids born last week I don't know where the time has gone. Next week will be our last doe for April. Then 1 in May and 1 in June.
Here are some of my fav of some of the Nigerians. 1st round... this lil girl I LOVVVVVVVVVVE! I just get a kick out of her, she has so much moxi!
This is Clovers doeling.
This one was overexposed but I still love it.
She is stinking cute!
Such tude!
This 3 shot series is too funny.
She was a prancing, then she stops for a pose, then looks back like "did ya get that?"
Here are some of my fav of some of the Nigerians. 1st round... this lil girl I LOVVVVVVVVVVE! I just get a kick out of her, she has so much moxi!
This is Clovers doeling.
This one was overexposed but I still love it.
She is stinking cute!
Such tude!
This 3 shot series is too funny.
She was a prancing, then she stops for a pose, then looks back like "did ya get that?"
Southern by choice
Herd Master
2nd round.
Ruth's buckling- he was braving the tall grass.
Ruth's buck in back, Clover's buck in front
One of Red Hot's doelings
Clover's buckling (left) and Ruth's doeling (right)
Ruth's buck (left) and Clovers smaller buckling (right) amazing the size difference. Clovers buckling is more "normal size" lol. We all love this guy! He is getting spoiled.
Ruth's doe! (buck to the left)
Ruth's buck again.
Red Hots does & Clover doe to front
Red Hot doe, and Clover's playful buckling
Clover buckling
Ruth's buckling- he was braving the tall grass.
Ruth's buck in back, Clover's buck in front
One of Red Hot's doelings
Clover's buckling (left) and Ruth's doeling (right)
Ruth's buck (left) and Clovers smaller buckling (right) amazing the size difference. Clovers buckling is more "normal size" lol. We all love this guy! He is getting spoiled.
Ruth's doe! (buck to the left)
Ruth's buck again.
Red Hots does & Clover doe to front
Red Hot doe, and Clover's playful buckling
Clover buckling
misfitmorgan
Herd Master
They are all soooo cute!!
Wehner Homestead
Herd Master
Love it!
Baymule
Herd Master
They are so cute, how do you refrain from cuddling them all day?
Southern by choice
Herd Master
We have had a LONG weekend. So tired.
Saturday was work on pens, stalls, property, mowing.... you name it. UGH
We had put Strawberry in a kidding stall a few days back.
Got up at 6am GW started milking , ater milking feeding babies.
Meanwhile I got one of our yearling Lamanchas ready to go for transport. I bathed her, ran her fecal, checked hooves, weighed her etc.
GW got all the paperwork together and her and DH left at 10 to meet.
Strawberry kept acting like she was going to kid all morning and day.... the fam was at a gathering. So I was on my own for awhile.
GW and Dh gave 30 CD&T's and I clipped goats.
I can only do easy body work with my injury and even that was too much. We all napped a late nap.
This evening at milking time and running late Strawberry decides to get serious. Looking like she'd have contractions coming soon.
YEP. Of course when we are all spent.
GW was still milking, I was in the stall.
10pm she kidded!
Strawberry did fantastic. She had a gorgeous 6 lb 4 oz doeling! When I saw the kid I knew we had a single! I thought for sure it was a buck!
YAY! A DOE!
Kinda forgot I bred her to a standard Lamancha.
Strawberry is a 2nd generation 50/50. She turned 1 in February. She has erect ears, I kept her because this doe is so correct there was no way I was selling her just because of erect ears! Her foreudder is SWEEEEEEEET and rear udder and attachments beautiful! So excited about this udder! Strawberry is a beautiful doe. At our first and so far our only MDGA show Strawberry was 1st place Sr Kid, her dam Bingo was 1st place 2YO and Best Udder in Show! Her daughter looks like she will have a better udder than her dam! Really excited about this doe!
Strawberry was bred to "Charlie", a Standard Lamancha. I sold Charlie to a friend of mine. He has put kids on the ground but no duaghters have freshened yet so we will see. He does produce the tightest feet though which is a big deal in Minis.
So even though this is 3rd generation mini, on papers a first gen because the sire is a standard. She will be a 75/25.
Can you tell I am excited?
Saturday was work on pens, stalls, property, mowing.... you name it. UGH
We had put Strawberry in a kidding stall a few days back.
Got up at 6am GW started milking , ater milking feeding babies.
Meanwhile I got one of our yearling Lamanchas ready to go for transport. I bathed her, ran her fecal, checked hooves, weighed her etc.
GW got all the paperwork together and her and DH left at 10 to meet.
Strawberry kept acting like she was going to kid all morning and day.... the fam was at a gathering. So I was on my own for awhile.
GW and Dh gave 30 CD&T's and I clipped goats.
I can only do easy body work with my injury and even that was too much. We all napped a late nap.
This evening at milking time and running late Strawberry decides to get serious. Looking like she'd have contractions coming soon.
YEP. Of course when we are all spent.
GW was still milking, I was in the stall.
10pm she kidded!
Strawberry did fantastic. She had a gorgeous 6 lb 4 oz doeling! When I saw the kid I knew we had a single! I thought for sure it was a buck!
YAY! A DOE!
Kinda forgot I bred her to a standard Lamancha.
Strawberry is a 2nd generation 50/50. She turned 1 in February. She has erect ears, I kept her because this doe is so correct there was no way I was selling her just because of erect ears! Her foreudder is SWEEEEEEEET and rear udder and attachments beautiful! So excited about this udder! Strawberry is a beautiful doe. At our first and so far our only MDGA show Strawberry was 1st place Sr Kid, her dam Bingo was 1st place 2YO and Best Udder in Show! Her daughter looks like she will have a better udder than her dam! Really excited about this doe!
Strawberry was bred to "Charlie", a Standard Lamancha. I sold Charlie to a friend of mine. He has put kids on the ground but no duaghters have freshened yet so we will see. He does produce the tightest feet though which is a big deal in Minis.
So even though this is 3rd generation mini, on papers a first gen because the sire is a standard. She will be a 75/25.
Can you tell I am excited?
Hens and Roos
Herd Master
Congrats! So would a kid still considered a mini if it's 75% ND/25% LaMancha(we triplets with this percentage)?
Hope you can get rested up
Hope you can get rested up
Southern by choice
Herd Master
Thanks. Really happy. Now... to decide which bucks I am keeping. LOL We needed a mini buck year and we got it! But can't keep them all.Congrats! So would a kid still considered a mini if it's 75% ND/25% LaMancha(we triplets with this percentage)?
Hope you can get rested up
Yes, they still can be registered. They remain experimental.
The does should not be bred to anything higher than a 50/50 though and the bucks can be used to bring down the height and % on doe to get the correct height and %.
The reason we are retaining so many mini bucks this year is to take the 75/25's and breed them to our 50/50's. This does advanced a generation and with get the % down.
Whenever you talk about percentages or see it listed the lamancha % is always first ND second. So your guys are 25/75.
You might appreciate this... snapped this of Henry the other day. He is a beast! He is the sire to the doe that just kidded. Henry is the best mini buck I have ever seen and he is only a 50/50 1st gen. He is also a milk buck, gross but hey good milk genetics. He may need to go on a diet again.
