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NC State Fair Youth Dairy Goat Show - Best in Show

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#1 ·
we got them home too late to get pics but I'm just so excited I had to post tonight
We just brought home 2 beautiful Toggenburg does
Freday is a 2 year old FF
And Climate Control is a 5 year old with 4 freshenings
Both are in milk and on milk test we are going to finish their test
We have our linear appraisal on Wed and they will be appraised here
They are real eye candy
Can't wait to post their pics
 
#5 ·
Climate Control is still jittery this morning. They aren't used to being around dogs and she seems especially nervous about the GP's in the adjacent field.
She is looking a little slack sided this morning. She's nibbling the hay, but she isn't really munching like Freday is.
But, she made some milk last night. If you click on the 2nd picture it will zoom in and you can get a good look at her udder.
 
#9 ·
So the girls are settling in nice
Ate much better this evening
Always heard that Togg milk didn't taste good
We did a side by side taste test with Nigerian milk
Only difference was the Togg milk was pasteurized and the Nigerian was raw ( we didn't have any pasteurized )
Tasted the Togg milk first
We didn't notice any off or odd taste to the Togg milk
If anything it tasted flat compared to the Nigerian milk
Nigerian milk was definitely better sweeter creamier
 
#15 · (Edited)
So we have moved the Togg's in with the Nigerians and the GP's. All good so far.
The Togg's seem to be happier now with all of the other goats. I think they are figuring out this is their new home.
The GP's are actually a little afraid of the Togg's.
It was raining last night and they were all in the barn. One of my GP's Angel was at the other end of the barn and Climate Control was between her and me. I called Angel and she would have had to walk pretty close to CC to get to where I was at. CC kind of gave her an evil eye and Angel wouldn't walk past her.
So, I went back to where she was at and told her she was a good girl.
 
#21 ·
The Toggs are proof why Nigerians are so good
They require so much more input
I'm not just talking about quantity
They are much bigger animals and will eat more
But they need 2nd cut orchard and more Alfalfa then the NDs
And these girls are such heavy milkers feeding them more doesn't necessarily improve their body condition they just make more milk and keep the same condition
Definitely a learning curve here
 
#23 · (Edited)
We realized something today
We were looking at the 2016 Milk productions leaders

Based on those numbers Climate Control could make the Top 10 for fat production
She has produced 62 lbs of fat as of day 124
Her forecast now is 101 lbs
Last year 3 goats tied for 8th at 98 lbs
Our next test is next Thursday so I guess we see how that goes

ETA
The 62 lbs was at Day 165 not 124
 
#24 · (Edited)
An update on Climate Control
She is still on pace to make the top 10 in fat
We had figured if she averaged 7 lbs of milk with 4% fat on her last 3 tests she would have 102 lbs of fat and the last 2 years 98 lbs tied for 10th
Last month she milked 8. 3 lbs at 5.4%
Yesterday at day 252 she milked 7.6 lbs
Yesterday we had a validation test with a different tester than our normal tester
That's required if you have a top 10 doe
We will see what the lab results are on fat. But she could do 120 lbs which will certainly be in the top 10
I think she looks great for a goat still milking close to a gallon per day at 250+ in lactation
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#33 ·
We awoke to a very pleasant surprise last week.
The attached email from ADGA.


November 30, 2017

You are to be congratulated as the animals listed below have now met all the requirements for the Superior Genetics (SG) designation!

NAME, REGISTRATION #, AWARD, PTI 2:1, PTI 1:2

SG KBARC DDKC CLIMATE CONTROL, 140, 152
 
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