Mandy, Freckles and Hannah - 9 wk update / pics

[Roll farms]

I took Mandy and Hannah for a walk today. Freckles is well enough to live w/ the main herd, I'm sneaking her into the barn 2x a day to eat, though.
I'm going to *try* to post pics of them every Friday, tracking their progress.

Freckles:

Mandy and Hannah

You'd never know in this pic that the other goats are all 9 mos or less old, and she's 2.5 -

I think they're starting to develop little mini rumens (they should be, they're getting about 3 flakes of alfalfa a day) and seem stronger.

HOPEFULLY they'll be back to looking like this before too long...

 

[daisychick]

I think they look a lot better! You are doing an amazing job on them. Love the update!

 

[RPC]

Wow kim I can see a difference. It is amazing how much better they are doing with you and it makes you wonder if mandy would have made it. Another 2 weeks at that mans house? Keep us updated you are awesome.

 

[jodief100]

Looks like progress. They are in good hands.

Don't take this the wrong way, I mean it in the best of fun but....... Nissan is FAT

 

[redtailgal]

x

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Is that Levi on the far right in the last photo?


And as you know it will take about a month but you will see some MAJOR changes in those girls. I was shocked at the difference that 2 weeks of good nutrition did the the minis.

 

[Roll farms]

Yes, yes..... I *know* Nissan is fat. I also know that Levi is fat..and yes, SFC, that is her.
S'what happens when they live w/ dairy goats who get grained daily....they (hardy meat goats) don't NEED grain with good pasture, so they get fat. Right now is the worst b/c one 'fat girl' pen has a doe w/ kids in it, and the other 'fat girl pen' has a breeding group in it.
As soon as breeding's done, Nissan, Puffy, Levi, etc. (fat girls) move in there and get no more grain until post-kidding.

I keep begging and pleading w/ DH to make me a big pen somewhere where I can keep the easy keepers. It'd cut my grain bill AND be better for Levi / Nissan / Creampuff, etc. Jazmine and Patch are mighty porky, too.

And Jodie, if you notice in the 'kid' pic...that's YOUR goat (Yoda) in the middle...lookin' a lil porky, TOO. So there. (I'm gonna blame you, even if I have been feeding her since she was a week old.... )

 

[jodief100]

And Jodie, if you notice in the 'kid' pic...that's YOUR goat (Yoda) in the middle...lookin' a lil porky, TOO. So there. (I'm gonna blame you, even if I have been feeding her since she was a week old.... )

I saw her and thought "My goodness she is almost as big as Bullit." Only where he is muscle, she is FAT!!!!!!!! Her Momma's name is "Fat Girl" and you know I don't give mine much grain at all.

 

[Roll farms]

Oops, RTG, I forgot to tell you what they're getting.

They're up to about 1.5 c of grain, 2x a day. ALL the alfalfa they want, and whatever leaves / browse they get on our daily walks. The grain is 8 parts Noble Goat, 1 part calf manna, 1 part goat balancer. They were dewormed on the night they got here w/ ivomec, have ea. had CD-T boosters, B shots, and will be getting BoSe and copper soon. (I didn't wanna hit 'em w/ too much at once.)
I'm deworming all 3 w/ valbazen today and this weekend - 3 days in a row... (hoping to A- get rid of tapes and B- get rid of any early pregnancies, if they are bred.)
I'll be giving Freckles the Lute / Dex combo on Monday. I do believe she's strong enough to 'handle' it, most likely to be bred anyway.
They're also getting free choice mineral (and eating it UP) and the feed is top dressed w/ probiotic powder.

They're FINALLY starting to go to berries, instead of gooey logs that I keep stepping in.

Mandy and Hannah will go see Dr. B in 45 days for an ultrusound.

PS...do y'all like my fancy balin' twine lead rope on Hannah? I just can't bring myself to put a horse lead on a goat that is malnourished, and don't have any dog leashes in the barn...so baling twine it is. At least I dug out a pretty blue one.

 

[neener92]

Oops, RTG, I forgot to tell you what they're getting.

They're up to about 1.5 c of grain, 2x a day. ALL the alfalfa they want, and whatever leaves / browse they get on our daily walks. The grain is 8 parts Noble Goat, 1 part calf manna, 1 part goat balancer. They were dewormed on the night they got here w/ ivomec, have ea. had CD-T boosters, B shots, and will be getting BoSe and copper soon. (I didn't wanna hit 'em w/ too much at once.)
I'm deworming all 3 w/ valbazen today and this weekend - 3 days in a row... (hoping to A- get rid of tapes and B- get rid of any early pregnancies, if they are bred.)
I'll be giving Freckles the Lute / Dex combo on Monday. I do believe she's strong enough to 'handle' it, most likely to be bred anyway.
They're also getting free choice mineral (and eating it UP) and the feed is top dressed w/ probiotic powder.

They're FINALLY starting to go to berries, instead of gooey logs that I keep stepping in.

Mandy and Hannah will go see Dr. B in 45 days for an ultrusound.

PS...do y'all like my fancy balin' twine lead rope on Hannah? I just can't bring myself to put a horse lead on a goat that is malnourished, and don't have any dog leashes in the barn...so baling twine it is. At least I dug out a pretty blue one.

I'm jealous you have blue baling twine! Ours is just green and brown.

And they are looking A LOT better!