11/19/2024
I sold 8 of my goats, most were bucks and some older does. And I found out I can keep more than 5 goats. I am glad because I have a Nigerian Dwarf doe that I love, I should just register her, as both of her parents were registered. And she was out of my favorite daughter of Cloverdale Libbys Lucky Panda. Lindy Haven LB Midnight Storm. Her sire was Lindy Haven FD Rusty Blue, I wish she had gotten her sire 's blue eyes. She did get her sire 's sister's color a reddish brown and white, not as flashy as Mustang Sally, but beautiful anyhow. She is about 4 or 5 now. And her udder is nice, unlike Spirit Song's daughter Speckles, she seems to just have one side that the kids would drink from, and those kids messed her udder up.
I also like Buttercup my Mini NuMancha doe same age as Rosie, Midnight's daughter. Buttercup is very good on the milking stand. She is T'pol's granddaughter, who was one of my best milk does I had at Lindy Haven Farm. I got her grandmother from Urban Acres Farm when they still lived in California. They are now in Washington. Most of my goats came from them. My first American Toggenburg doe Snickers. Now I have a bunch of Mini Toggenburg does all originally from Snickers. Some have different sites, my favorite has always been Darka. She gets a little crazy when she is in heat. But she does very well on the milk stand and she has very nice Nigora kids. So Darka would be one of my keepers too. For Nigoras, the only disbudded one I have left is Fluffy Cloud, so I may keep her , then I will have to pick from the yearling does for any others I want to keep. After I move , I will have to find another Nigora or Angora buck . I would like a white one if Cotton never fully develops into a buck that wants to breed. He may be just a cute pet.
A tiny little Angora buck. He has developed a nice heavy white fleece. He needs his hair trimmed under his chin and around his head, I don't think he can see under all that hair. Too cold to shear him now. But, I may get Jan to help me do it, since the shearers we have had do him in the past have been too rough with him. I don't want him injured from rough handling. We had one shearer do the other Angoras once that was the best, but he is retired now. I wish he would come back to do my Angoras, I only have a few of them. I wish there were more shearers that would actually care about the animals they were hired to shear, and not throw them around, lifting them by their legs . I guess I will have to get Fred again, he was better then the last one.
Enough on that subject.
I still have too many goats in my herd, so need to find homes for a few more . I still have some Nigerian Dwarf does, there are 3 that have horns. They need to go. I have more Mini Toggenburg does, and 1 elf earned mini NuMancha -Que. She can go. She is a great brood doe, not the best in the milk stand, she use to be, but she will lay down. I have broke Nigerian Dwarf does of that problem, it is doable. Just have to find that right log to put under her. One to hold her up & one that is so uncomfortable she won't try to lay down on the milk stand. My first Nigerian Dwarf doe Cloverdale Libbys Lucky Panda use to do that, and by the time Urban Acres bought her back she didn't do that anymore, I trained her to easily lead too. We have to work with some of my keepers, on that leading thing. Most of the milking does lead good now. We will have to work with the yearling does.
