2020 was such a hard year in so many ways. Between Covid, partial layoffs, the shut downs, distance learning, wild fires and evacuation, to last years goat problems which were numerous and serious.
Then little things like being stuck home with 3 children, no shows, no fairs, no sports . . . It was quite a rough year and much of it has continued through to this year. I really need an uneventful kidding season!
My first up to kid is Venus. She's a 4yo doe and has had 2 sets of triplets and 1 pair of twins. Venus was bred AI this year and my daughter has been chanting "triplet girls" for almost 5 months to her [emoji23] Due March 4th
Next up is Tasha. She'll be a 2yo first freshener. She was confirmed bred with ultrasound, AIed to the same buck as Venus and on the same day but showed signs of heat after. I put her back in with the buck 3 weeks later but she wasn't marked (buck wears a harness whenever he's with a doe). Tasha isn't showing any signs of pregnancy and I can't bump a kid on her either. I may have her checked again. If she is bred and took AI she'd be due the 4th too.
Next one due is Stubborn on the 9th. Also bred AI, I'm really crossing my fingers for these kids! Stubborn had listeriosis last year just before kidding and while we managed to save her she has some permanent vision loss. Not blindness but she has a hard time with depth so she struggles with getting on and off the stand and things like that.
Bonnie was another AI bred doe and another 2yo first freshener. She's due the 14th.
Last is Franny. She's a half sister to Venus on the sire and bred for big milk production. She should be due May 10th but she acts like she's in heat often so she's getting checked again. I bought this doe as a pair for her daughter. It turns out Franny is crazy. She hasn't been handled much and no one told her flight was the other option to fight. She's ok with my daughter but hates me and tries to hit me every time I handle her. She's smashed my face when I got her on the stand for her ultrasound and hit me hard enough that my tooth was knocked loose, massive nose bleed from both nostrils, and my lips mangled. After she kids I'll see if there's a dairy that wants her. She was bred to my buck that I retained last year. I don't have decent pics of her because I'm not going to pick a fight to get them.
Then little things like being stuck home with 3 children, no shows, no fairs, no sports . . . It was quite a rough year and much of it has continued through to this year. I really need an uneventful kidding season!
My first up to kid is Venus. She's a 4yo doe and has had 2 sets of triplets and 1 pair of twins. Venus was bred AI this year and my daughter has been chanting "triplet girls" for almost 5 months to her [emoji23] Due March 4th
Next up is Tasha. She'll be a 2yo first freshener. She was confirmed bred with ultrasound, AIed to the same buck as Venus and on the same day but showed signs of heat after. I put her back in with the buck 3 weeks later but she wasn't marked (buck wears a harness whenever he's with a doe). Tasha isn't showing any signs of pregnancy and I can't bump a kid on her either. I may have her checked again. If she is bred and took AI she'd be due the 4th too.
Next one due is Stubborn on the 9th. Also bred AI, I'm really crossing my fingers for these kids! Stubborn had listeriosis last year just before kidding and while we managed to save her she has some permanent vision loss. Not blindness but she has a hard time with depth so she struggles with getting on and off the stand and things like that.
Bonnie was another AI bred doe and another 2yo first freshener. She's due the 14th.
Last is Franny. She's a half sister to Venus on the sire and bred for big milk production. She should be due May 10th but she acts like she's in heat often so she's getting checked again. I bought this doe as a pair for her daughter. It turns out Franny is crazy. She hasn't been handled much and no one told her flight was the other option to fight. She's ok with my daughter but hates me and tries to hit me every time I handle her. She's smashed my face when I got her on the stand for her ultrasound and hit me hard enough that my tooth was knocked loose, massive nose bleed from both nostrils, and my lips mangled. After she kids I'll see if there's a dairy that wants her. She was bred to my buck that I retained last year. I don't have decent pics of her because I'm not going to pick a fight to get them.