The boys' conquests!

Amethyst has the most gorgeous eyes!!!!

Anyway, to the point of this post.  The goats have been paired off for next year's kids.  See below for the latest match ups.



Daniel, our Myotonic buck, wearing his marking harness and ready to get down to business.  He has successfully bred the following does.

 Our Myotonic doe Zephyr.

Our other Myotonic doe Georgia.

 Our Boer doe Tanzanite.

Our Boer doe Andesine.

We have to breed Tanzy and Andesine to Daniel because they are related to all of our Boer bucks.  We will have to get an unrelated Boer buck for next year.

Last, but not least, our 50/50 Boer/Myotonic doe Amethyst. 
Am I biased when I saw she's one of the most gorgeous goats we have??

Next up Jasper is being bred to all of the same does as last year. 


Excuse Jasper's dirty face.  He looks so good!  He's getting bigger.  He was already over two hundred pounds, so I'm curious how big he's gotten now.  Below are his match ups.

 Our Boer/Alpine doe Garnet.

 Our percentage Boer doe LeeAnn.

 Our Boer doe Coral.

Our Boer doe Topaz.  I have to get new pictures of her. 
She is looking so good lately, but was not cooperating for pictures... grr!

Below are more pictures of Jasper just because he was being so photogenic.

 Zoom in and look at his tongue lol!!

 He can reach leaves that are over my head!!  I'm 5'10" tall!

 Hehe.

 He is such a star gazer.   Always looking up for leaves low enough that he can reach them.


He's so handsome!  That's all for now. I'm SO looking forward to seeing next year's kids.  Now comes the hard part......... the waiting!!  Good thing I have my bottle babies to keep me busy and exhausted haha!

P.S.  This is what the does were doing when I was trying to get pictures..... chilling out and chewing cud.  That makes it hard to get pictures.  To their credit, it was hot.


 Now they've made me sleepy hehe.  Later guys!

Komentar

Posting Komentar

Postingan populer dari blog ini

Jackal Puppy Pictures

Gambar
Does anyone remember how freaking adorable Jackal was as a puppy???  Soaked from playing in his pool.  He loved Frisbee!  OMG soaked Jackal puppy straight out of the bath!!  He LOVED his pool!  He loves going fishing with us.  Adorable just isn't a strong enough word!!  Those ears!  Sleeping on hubby's chest.  Catching toads out of the pool the ducks made nasty lol.  Spoiled rotten!  Sitting by the wood stove to stay warm.  Seriously spoiled!!    If I was on the couch he was piled up on, next to or behind me (like above).    Rotten and he knows it.  Just because I can't get enough below are some of my favorite pictures of Jackal over the years.  I was cleaning my horse tack and he wouldn't move... so cute!  That was a fun walk down memory lane.  I need to get some current pictures of him.  I've been so bad about not taking pictures lately...
Baca selengkapnya

Garden Update

Gambar
 Our first pumpkin from the garden!!! It is 24.6 pounds!  It is a Yellow of Paris pumpkin so it's not supposed to be orange.  Isn't it awesome?? The garden has done so well.  I'm so pleased with it.  I've lost count of everything, but we've gotten at least 38 acorn squash, 12 butternut squash, around 20 spaghetti squash, a bunch of yellow squash, cucumbers and zucchini,  as well as miscellaneous other squash.  We've gotten a tomato, a bunch of okra, two watermelons and four eggplants.  That's only the beginning.  There will be a lot more to come. Check out these pictures. See the acorn squash that was eaten on?  That's from Scuff, our resident box turtle.... Luckily he decided he's not really a fan of them because he hasn't eaten any others, but he LOVES cucumbers.  Did I ever tell you guys the story about Scuff and how he got his name?  I got in my car back in April to head to work.  As I was backing out of my parking spo...
Baca selengkapnya

Day 2 With Amethyst

Gambar
To my surprise Coral didn't get up when we went in. Coral and Amethyst are doing great! I'm still going to do a post to show a video of her labor and birth, but I'm having to figure out how to convert some files, so it will have to wait.  I'll just share pictures and video from today with Amethyst.  Your baby is not a pillow hehe. Coral is still tired, but they are both doing great.  I LOVE watching Amethyst play and explore.  I forgot how much fun goat kids are.  I LOVE her racing stripes on her ears. We gave them the first day alone together to bond, but today it was time to start socializing Amethyst so she doesn't end up feral like her mom.  Coral doesn't like it, humans still stress her out, but she didn't fight us.  She just watched closely and talked under her breath to her baby.  Hubby giving Amethyst a cuddle.   Ammy doesn't like being held, but she quickly gives up struggling.  She will get used to it.  I couldn't tell rig...
Baca selengkapnya