2019 Kidding Season

Goat related

by mrsdoni on February 12, 2019

Each year our kid crop gets better and better. We love the length of body/bone, levelness of top-line and width this year’s kids are showing! We are also excited about our two first fresheners and their gorgeous udders!! We will have some very, VERY difficult decisions to make this summer/fall to keep our number of does to only SIX. I really wish I had a larger barn with more room!

MLRT Victoria

February 1, 2019 — AI breeding, Forrest Pride Royal Flush x MLRT Victoria – gave us a beautiful doeling (MLRT Tzuriel) after being induced.

Kidding season is always such precarious and exciting time. So hopeful yet so un-nerving. Even the best kidding season will test our faith in God. This year was by far the worst for us. We lost our beloved MLRT Victoria due to kidding complications. The vet saved a doeling but Victoria could not recover from the invasive procedure. We have named the doe, Tzuriel. She is a very special kid to us. Victoria passed away 2 days after the very traumatic birthing . The internal damage was too great for her to overcome. Victoria was a very, very special doe and she is so deeply missed. Thank you God for giving us a doeling from her.

Tempo Kim

February 3, 2019 — Tempo Kim is open 🙁 We induced her to kid on February 2nd but she only cycled in estrus. She must have lost her kid sometime after the 30 day bioPyrn blood test. She only passed some bloody discharge after being induced and just to be sure, we had our vet come out. She examined her and did an US but did not see any kid. I can only speculate that it was the dewormer I drenched her with a few months ago. Her worm count was so high! 🙁 Lesson learned.

I am trying to bring her into milk and she is up to 5 cups (once a day milking) 25 days later. I will dry her off once we sell some kids.

I considered retiring her but will just let her rest this year and try AI’ing again this fall.

MLRT Ashara

February 5, 2019 — MLRT Hiro x MLRT Ashara – gave us buck & doe twins (at 144 days – natural birth). Both very correct with lots of potential. The dark chocolate sundgau buckling has been sold and the black doeling retained. We have named the doeling “MLRT Cali Belle” 🙂

Ashara’s kids; beautiful dark chocolate sundgau buckling and a black doe with adorable white socks!

MLRT Tylfybom

February 10, 2019 – MLRT Hiro x MLRT Tylfybom – Tylfybom freshened with two beautiful bucklings!

Lucky Star’s LB Faythe

MLRT Caesar x Lucky Star’s LB Faythe – Faythe is due around February 20-24 (144-148 days). She is HUGE and I am expected triplets from her!

Faythe freshened on February 20th (144 days – natural birth) with triplets! Easy birthing for all three. They are gorgeous tall, long and level kids. We will retain both doelings but the buckling is available at this time. The black/tan doeling with white is named “Cameo” and the grey doeling is named “Journey”.

MLRT Vanilla Latte

MLRT Hiro x MLRT Vanilla Latte – Vanilla Latte Birthed on day 149 with twin doelings! 1st was a large 8.2 and had to be pulled, 2nd was only 5.1 and ‘slipped’ right out.