My new La Mancha doe!

She’s gorgeous!!! Hope she does good for you!

She is beautiful! What farm is she from?

Pretty girl.

She’s a pretty girl- have fun with all that milk! 🤩

Pretty girl! Best wishes

Aw, love the Swiss markings…she’s beautiful. Congratulations 🐐🥰🤗

Goat Tamer said:

She is beautiful! What farm is she from?

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Thanks y'all! I got her from a farm about an hour away from us. The woman has twelve La Maancha does in milk and several other breeds, and she just wanted to down size her herd. I think I got a pretty good deal, but I've never purchased a goat in milk before.

Congratulations! She looks lovely!

She is not set well or shaved so confirmation is harder to see. Shes really pretty but a little under weight may want to try and bulk her up a bit. Has she had any blood work done? Sorry for the question and congrats on your new doe. I'm thinking of getting some standard-size goats to up milk production over a gallon a day from one doe would be great!

Awww shes a pretty girl! Congrats!💕

SarahH said:

Here are a few more pics! View attachment 256123 View attachment 256124 View attachment 256125 View attachment 256126
How do yall think she looks as far as conformation?

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Is her nose bent? If so she most likely has wry face and is not some thing that should be registered.

SayYesToGoats said:

She is not set well or shaved so confirmation is harder to see. Shes really pretty but a little under weight may want to try and bulk her up a bit. Has she had any blood work done? Sorry for the question and congrats on your new doe. I'm thinking of getting some standard-size goats to up milk production over a gallon a day from one doe would be great!

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Oh, ok! Yeah, I thought she might be kinda underweight, but I've never had La Manchas, so I wasn't sure if they were more on the skinnier side as opposed to Nubians. I'll be feeding her alfalfa and grain while I'm milking, so hopefully she'll get some good weight on her. As far as blood work, I don't think she has had any done, or at least not that I'm aware of. If you don't mind me asking, what would blood work be for? As in what would it be testing for?

SayYesToGoats said:

Is her nose bent? If so she most likely has wry face and is not some thing that should be registered.

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Yeah, I did notice that her nose seemed a little bent! 😅 I've never seen a goat like that! Oh, I didn't realize that something like that would make it where she shouldn't be registered! Oh well. I'm not planning on showing her or anything like that, just keeping her for dairy purposes, so that doesn't really bother me.

Also, her fur feels pretty corse, and I'm wondering if she might be coffer deficient. I only have boluses for kids, up to 50 pounds. Could I just give her two of them since it's what I have? I have no idea how much she weighs... and I have no idea how to weigh her! I weigh my little kids and younger goats by weighing myself, then picking them up and subtracting my weight. But I don't think I'll be able to do that with her...
I'm guessing she probably weighs at least 100 lbs, right?

You can get a goat weigh tape for a fairly accurate weight.

She's lovely 💜 and I love her name.

Its awfully hard to put weight on a doe producing that much, but slow and steady wins the race.

My girls had rough coats and were a little thin when I got them, and copper bolus + good minerals + BOSS and good feed and forage has really got them healthy and shiny.

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SarahH said:

Yeah, I did notice that her nose seemed a little bent! 😅 I've never seen a goat like that! Oh, I didn't realize that something like that would make it where she shouldn't be registered! Oh well. I'm not planning on showing her or anything like that, just keeping her for dairy purposes, so that doesn't really bother me.

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I won't tell you not to breed her because her your doe.... but would ask that you don't register her kids at least. She looks like a lovely doe. 🤗

SayYesToGoats said:

I won't tell you not to breed her because her your doe.... but would ask that you don't register her kids at least. She looks like a lovely doe. 🤗

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Ok! Yeah, I wasn't planning on registering her kids any way. I don't even have access to a La Mancha buck, so I'll have to breed her with my Nubian buck. The lady I bought her from had a few La Mancha/Nubian crosses, so I'm assuming that's ok to do?