Wow. I'm such a slacker on this blog. We're about 2 months into
kidding season. The does are really spread out this year(not planned!) and
we'll only have a total of 14 fresh(also not planned!)
Much to my disappointment, Special & Poppy did not settle. Special
was bred 3 times, but blood test came back open. Not really sure why she didn't
settle, but it was a bad breeding season all around, most FFs took at least 2
breedings to settle. Poppy gets a pass since she's 10 years old, but I'm still
really bummed that breeding didn't take. It was a repeat breeding, that
produced Gypsy in 2016.
We lost Adonis back in January. We believe he had a respiratory
virus, and as cold as it was he was unable to continue fighting it. Adonis will
be greatly missed here, he had a huge impact on my herd and has produced some
absolutely gorgeous kids. I'll be looking into bringing back a son of his in a
few years. Della and Gypsy got the same virus, and we came close to losing
both. Thankfully they did recover, but Della was apparently too sick to carry a
healthy pregnancy and miscarried.
Current kidding count is 9--6
does; 3 bucks
Tansy kicked off kidding season in January with twin doelings Deja Vu & Black
Sabbath. They are Adonis's, so Sabbath is retained. Deja has been reserved.
Iris had triplets, 2d, 1b, all are sold. Oreo had a very handsome single
buckling, Merry Oaks Last Rebel. He was an Adonis son, and was just as stunning
as last year's bucks from this breeding. Sadly, we lost him to tetanus. Lily
had buck/doe twins. I am very pleased with Lily's udder as well as her
production. Her kids are Adonis's(50% Alpine/Nubian--Experimental) so the doe
is retained. Twist had tiny a single doeling, who weighed in at only 4.5 lbs.
Twist is a second freshener and her udder looks even better this year! Her
doeling, Merry Oaks Heart of Gold, is retained. Next up is CallMeTheBreeze.
She's not technically due until March 17, but looks as though she'll go in the
next day or so. She is bred to Taxman, all kids are reserved or retained.