[Rancho Draco]

Hoping for at least 2! 🤞 She sure is pretty. Do you know how much she weighs approximately? She sure is petite at 20".

Any pictures of the buck?

 

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Yeah, she's little even for a Kinder. Her mom is too and had some really nice doelings so we don't count her out Before pregnancy she was 90lbs.
We retained her doe from last year and she's turning out really nicely. I'm excited to breed her to a strong milking line in the spring.

I've seen a few different lines that tend to run about 90 lbs. My girls are all right around 100 lbs but they are around 23" at the withers.

I would wait to breed her until late fall .. it’s really hard on the doe to kid and support growing babies more than once a year

I believe Lilgoatgal is referring to this doe's kid from last year, not the doe this thread is about.

 

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All of ours are brown with the black stripe right now & getting a little hard to tell who's who!

It's my favorite pattern but it does get tricky when there's more than a couple of the same pattern. What color kids has she had in the past?

 

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Is it really your favorite? Well... do I have some goats for you then! haha!
Her kids last year were the same color as her, but that sire was brown also so no real surprise.

It is! Half my herd is that pattern. I recently learned that it's called Bezoar. All my goats carry recessive black so can throw black kids even though they aren't all black. Are you hoping for boys or girls from her?

 

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How did you discover that they throw recessive black?

I got black kids from all of my does this year bred to my Bezoar buck. Black is the most recessive color so both parents have to either be black or carry black.

 

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Looking good!

 

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I'm sure she'll pick the coldest part of the week to give birth!

 

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It is! Pretty sure it's a requirement to participate in goat society or she may face dishonorable exile for not upholding the doe code.

 

[Rancho Draco]

I'd check her in two or three hours and then make a decision on getting up again. If no change, get your rest while you can

 

[Rancho Draco]

I get it! I stayed up all night with Red because it was -15 and then she didn't kid until the following evening.

 

[Rancho Draco]

I hope she goes during daylight hours for you!

 

[Rancho Draco]

Perfect kidding weather!

 

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She's keeping things interesting, that's for sure. Is your weather warming up at all?

 

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Yay! Heat wave

 

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Pretty girls! That's too funny that she's up on the bales. She looks like she's enjoying keeping you guessing

 

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Come on girl! We want babies!

 

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I agree. Babies on the way!

 

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Congratulations! He's adorable

 

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It's a pea size amount

 

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Glad he is improving!