Claire is buckskin with random spotting, roaning, frosting, and a white poll. Bunny is Claire’s dam, she is cream colored with a hint of a gold. Tam has a buckskin pattern. His sire is light buckskin, while his dam is a medium buckskin.
WyldeStyle was born with the first litter of kids on our farm. She continues to be naughty and I adore her. WyldeStyle’s dam is Willow, who is a solid cream color with random spotting and roaning. Crash is WyldeStyle’s sire. He has a light buckskin/swiss marked combination pattern. WyldeStyle is beautiful with a Swiss marked …
As our usual, the kids have been dam raised. We did have an udder issue with one of our dam’s this year, so her kids (EG3) are being bottle fed. All bucks this year will be banded at 8 weeks and sold as wethers. Goats are herd animals and should have other goats or companion …
This is the 4th time Georgia has freshened. It is also most likely her last. The birthing went well, however she ended up with gangrenous mastitis. Since that diagnosis doesn’t have anything to do with the topic of this post, I will save that story for another day.
Oh Clifford! She is named after the big, red dog. He was born the tiniest thing and grew up to be large and healthy.
Merida is Moon’s kid. She is the only one of Moon’s kids to not have spots. I am really curious if she will pass along that trait.
Claire is Bunny’s kid and was born on our farm. She is a bit stand offish and is very vocal. If we had a contest for the loudest goat in our herd, she would definitely be the winner.
It is such a fun, exciting, busy time of year. Our farm gained 9 does & 6 bucks this spring from 5 mamas and 3 baby daddys. My method of assisting the births is very hands off. I watch the mamas obsessively when their due date is approaching. I like to be there for the …
This was Betty’s first freshening. I wouldn’t give her an A+ on her pregnancy and birthing, but she did pretty well and birthed two cuties.
WyldeStyle was one of the first group of kids born on our farm. She’s always been a bit naughty & I adore her.