Kidding season began a few weeks ago with a nice set of triplet bucks from Queen Anne up in Monument. The next day we got a set of triplets from Queen Victoria too with two does and a buck. So the fun began with 6 baby goats in the house. Thankfully we have two large dog kennels to house them. We let Victoria keep the boy to mother him some before he was sold because last year she didn't take care of her kids.
We had barely gotten the bigger kids outside when these three showed up. The nubian is from our Purebred Sapphire (AKA B'Lou Bell). Sadly he had a sister we lost to compilcations and he had to wait a few days alone to get new friends. But they are growing fast and playing nice together. The Cou Blanc (half black half white) kids are from Firefly. A nice big buck and doe. The little nubian wanted to make it quite clear that no matter what anyone said about the spot on the rug, it wasn't HIM.
This monsterously BIG Buck was born soon after the Cou Blanc. We are very lucky as large as he was that his mother Anise, who is only a year old herself, didn't have problems or have damage to herself. But she is doing fine and milking really well for a first freshener. This little guy looks just like Dad.
Into the mix came a set of triplets from our experimental Alpine Oberhausli, Princess Sarah Ferguson of two bucks and a doe. Very small and very much a surprise that there were three. Not hard to tell they are Ober crosses. We were hoping for a throwback to the black in their Oberhausli bloodlines for some black kids too but not to be. Only two days later came a set of Cou Blanc boys from Queen Elizabeth. These were a wild card set of kids from the only time a buck has ever gotten loose here. I thought she was bred for May....
Most recently Queen Mary gave us a set of triplets with two does and one buck. These kids are having some issues and it remains to be seen if either of the girls will be in the upcoming show lineup. Mary placed 4th at the 2012 ADGA National Dairy Goat Show. We had very much hoped for and very happy to have gotten does from her. Keeping our fingers crossed.
So for the first half of our kidding season we have had 19 kids from 8 mothers, with 6 more does left to kid. We often sell our little bucklings quite quickly to reduce the work load in caring for the kids.* We do however have the Purebred Nubian Buckling Bister on our For Sale page . He comes from excellent bloodlines and is being sold very reasonably if anyone is in the market for a Purebred Nubian Buck. We also have a large number of milk shares available for sale. The girls are milking extremely well already and we love to share the farm fresh goodness. For more information check our milk share page.
*we raise Registered goats in the Recorded Grade catagory and the bucks cannot be registered as they are not proven to be 100% pure. This is the first year we have Purebred Nubians and will have American Alpines if the girls decide to give girls.
*we raise Registered goats in the Recorded Grade catagory and the bucks cannot be registered as they are not proven to be 100% pure. This is the first year we have Purebred Nubians and will have American Alpines if the girls decide to give girls.
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