Merry Oaks Family Farm: December already?!

Wow! Has it really been 3 1/2 months since I've posted!?!

I guess we've been pretty busy since breeding season started! We've had had a crazy breeding season, and some trouble getting the younger does to settle. Sadly, I lost one of my favorite herdsires this year, Cherry Glen Gentry Google. We have only one kid out of him, SaturdayNiteSpecial. I think he may have bred a doe shortly before he died, we'll see in a few weeks. Most of the older does are bred to Adonis, and most of the younger ones to Taxman. Since we lost Google, we've bred a few of the girls to friend's bucks, some to Taxman's sire, Willie, and one to Busy-B&D L Lucinda's Luke.

We had a good end to our show season at the NC State Fair, back in October. All of our does did well, Gypsy was Reserve Jr. Champion in the Open show, and Breeze was Reserve Jr. Champion in Youth.

Hard to believe it's December already! First kids are due in just 5 weeks! Iris(Nigerian) is due Jan. 5 and Tansy is due a few days after.

I believe we have 15 does bred, still trying to get Bam to settle, and waiting on a Nigerian buck to bred Loretta to. I also might breed Reb's daughter from this year, and freshen her in June.

I'll be sending blood in soon to confirm breedings for most of the does. I have a growing suspicion that my Nubian doe, Lily is bred. She must have been in heat the day Adonis jumped the fence. Oh well, I didn't really want grade kids, but I'd rather not lute her this late. She's probably due sometime in January. Which of course is going to drive me crazy, not having a due date for her.

These are the does I have bred for 2017, in the order that they were bred.

Tansy~

My old girl, she'll be 11 next year! Bred to Adonis