Queen Mum's Dancing in the Rain

[Southern by choice]

Yay! Not been keeping up with journals... so forgive me... what kind of goats do you have now?

 

[animalmom]

Pictures! We would be thrilled to see pictures! Dogs, Goats what ever you have, please and thank you.

 

[Queen Mum]

I don't have a good picture of my baby boy but he's a purebred Alpine buckling. I'll try to get a picture to post this week. He's gorgeous. Cream colored with a dark brown belly, legs, face and dorsal stripe. He's from great breeding stock. He comes from Linda Coffee's Maple Gorge farm in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.

 

[Queen Mum]

I still have Mama, her daughter Margaret from last year, and her daughter Apricot from the year before. I also have Evelyn, Apricot's daughter from last year, and Bonnie, mama's granddaugher from last year. I have Goofy who is three years old going on 4.

 

[Queen Mum]

Goofy is my dog.

 

[Queen Mum]

APRICOT Three years old.

BONZAI Eight months old.

BONNIE Two years old

EVELYN Two years old

MAMA Thirteen years old (she needs minerals)

MARGARET Two years old

GOOFY Four years old.

These are my babies. All of the girls except Mama are expecting babies in about two months. The buck is Maple Gorge Bonzai. He is registered with the ADGA. Alpine Dairy Goat. Isn't he pretty. He is very gentle and sweet. His dam has the most gorgeous udder I have ever seen. His sire, I've never seen, (he's AI), but I guess he was a great buck.

Mama won't breed with Bonzai. I think she sees him as "too young". She's pretty picky. Either way, she is in rough shape. She's getting old and persnickety. She needs more minerals and more maintenance than she used to to keep in top shape.

Margaret is the last kid Mama had and she, at two years old is already bigger than Mama who is 36 inches at the shoulder. She's a lovely girl. She has Mama's feet (alpine typical) needing frequent trims. But she also has her size and is a beautiful girl. She's expecting and I think it is twins.

Evelyn is Apricot's kid and is much smaller, but still she's a nice doe. She's by far the most hardy of the three from the whole bunch. Almost never needs hoof trims; once a year if that. She hasn't needed a worming yet. Her fecals are negligible. She's never been sick. I am hoping her udder is nice. And she was the first to get pregnant. Looks like twins.

Bonnie is Mama's granddaughter. She's tall and slender. Her mama had a great udder and was a heavy milker. She has better feet than Mama does, but she still needs foot trims at least three times a year. So far she's pretty worm resistant. I've only had to worm her twice. I am pretty sure she's expecting, but it looks like a single.

Apricot has a poor udder, but she produces milk well and her kids are lovely. She needs hoof trims once a year and has never had worms. She is small but kids full sized kids without ANY trouble. If she was not a cross between Mama and the infamous Houdini, I would have sold her because of the udder and her size, but she has the best of Houdini and Mama in terms of personality, worm resistance, robust kidding, health and hooves. I'm trying to correct her udder with the new buck. FINGERS CROSSED.

Goofy is not pregnant. He's a boy. DUH! He's my special pup!

 

[Southern by choice]

So glad you have a MaMA Houdini baby!
Many on here now don't know who Houdini was... but I still remember some of the stories!
MAMA is getting up there. How are her teeth? Her legs and feet still look great!

 

[Queen Mum]

Her teeth are really pretty good for her age. I'm going to start supplementing her feed though. She had a really bad case of tummy trouble last year. I think she isn't as thrifty as she used to be.

 

[Queen Mum]

Did I tell you about Goofy and my "present "? Goofy buries little gifts for me under my pillow when he wants to remind me of what an important part of my life he is. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

A couple months ago I was out of town for a couple days and when I got back, Mr. Goofy was so happy to have me back that he brought me an extra special present the next day.

He buried it in the nice clean towels on my bed. There it was... a fully intact, still warm, fresh, whole cow placenta! Not a tooth mark on it!

Wasn't he thoughtful?!?

He stood there tail wagging furiously while I unwrapped it. Then he carefully buried it for me outside for later after I took it into the yard so no one would steal it.

 

[Southern by choice]

and

aren't animals so thoughtful
whose cow?