tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65644601344243282092024-03-14T00:25:59.489-07:00HORSESHOE CANYON RANCH MEAT GOATSWhere goats are allowed to be goats. Forage raised Kiko, Spanish and commercial goats for your breeding stock needs.5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-63779434534010498822013-09-26T12:39:00.001-07:002013-09-26T12:39:26.061-07:00Goats: A love hate relationship...<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">What I enjoy about the goats:</span></i></b></div>
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1. Putting together breeding pairs.</div>
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2. When they are out brushing and just being goats.</div>
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3. Kidding season ONLY if the weather is ideal, doesn't have to be perfect, but it can't be deathly.</div>
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4. Watching the kids bloom</div>
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5. Taking the kid crop to the USDA buying station. A- It tells me how I am doing with my program and B- I get a check. :)</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Things I don't enjoy about goats:</span></i></b></div>
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1. Bad kidding weather.</div>
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2. Bad kidding situations: Two or three does kidding in the shed together. Goat dogs that want to protect the kids from EVERYTHING including their dams, bad mothers...etc.</div>
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3. Bottle babies! I don't get many but if you raise any amount of goats you are going to have some if you choose to not let them die.</div>
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4. Worming day</div>
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5. Handling the bucks, especially during breeding season...shweew! </div>
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<br />5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-72078527323646008602013-09-05T07:00:00.001-07:002013-09-05T07:00:37.795-07:00New BuckI decided it was time to add another buck/bloodline to our herd. My first plan was to figure out who raises goats closets to my "style". Second, see who had bucks for sale. My search ended with Troy Lohman of TNT Farms.<br />
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It was a beautiful morning as I headed to Troy's farm. I wished I had my "real" camera.<br />
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I am not sure what little town this was but it had this neat older house, I love stuff like this.<br />
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Headed back home on the 6 hr drive. I saw this old car place and thought of our 10 year old son who LOVES all kinds of cars. So I snapped this for him. </div>
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You can see his silhouette in the rearview mirror. I had an Asian family ask if they could take a photo of him, they took several. Another time driving down the road I kept wondering why the person in the passing lane had slowed down and was not passing. They were snapping photos as well... I am sure he is now on some college girls Instagram or Facebook page with a quirky comment. </div>
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He is a purebred AKGA registered buck. When I was inquiring about him I got all the up and up on his bloodlines but alas I have forgotten them, you know me! As soon as his papers come I will update our website with his bloodline information. We are excited to cross him on Zipper's daughters and some of my favorite crossbred does. Look for his kids in 2014!</div>
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<br />5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-26835481829961062952013-04-03T09:25:00.001-07:002013-04-03T09:25:28.898-07:00One Of These Seasons...I don't think you can expect kidding season to be stress free but I don't think it has to be a high stress time of the year, right?! One of these years I'm some how going to make this less stressful. This year, it was not even close to one of those. If you remember last year I had the "oops" kidding season, which stressed me out because 90% or my herd had kids in the middle of winter when I had planned for March. The year before it was extremely rainy and the shelters filled with mud from too much water and goats standing in them for hours to keep dry. In turn, I ended up with mud covered kids that did not survive. This year we had unseasonably cold, wet, snow, windy conditions. My kidding set up is not a "fancy" one. I kid in the pastures and the shelters are not meant to hold a bunch of does kidding at the same time. There are no kidding stalls, heat lamps or heaters. This is why I kid in the spring, not winter. <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Just a note: There is nothing wrong with barn kidding, it serves a purpose and the last couple of years I would have loved to have had one. We don't have a place for one and we are not set up like that. </span></i><br />
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The forecast said snow after a few does had had their kids. I thought, "No big deal, there will be a pause in the kidding." It seems in years past that a few does will kid and then it will be another week before the rest start to go. It's like you just happen to catch a few does in heat when you first turn out the buck and it takes another week or two for the rest to start coming in. </div>
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As you have probably have already guessed the does didn't "pause". They all started kidding, more and more each day. Maybe it's because I had less goats to breed or I just put the bucks out just at the right time or maybe because that is just how goat ranching goes for me. Things were not fun but were not too bad until the forecast said below freezing with drizzle. Wet + freezing temps + wind = frozen kids. It doesn't matter how good the mothers are, some conditions even the toughest goats can't overcome. </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spanish doe with her twins - buck & a doe. </span></i></div>
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One morning I woke up and the temp was in the low 20's. I found one of my best does with two huge bucklings extremely chilled and their hair was icy. I brought them in the house, put them on a towel in the bath tub with a heating pad underneath them. I moved the does that had just kidded into our 24" stock trailer with fresh hay as bedding. Despite the cold temps it worked well because the kids were out of the wind and wet. When I got a moment I would check on the bucklings, slowly but surely they started to "come to life". I gave them some water with brown sugar in it once and by that afternoon I took them back out and to my relief their dam took them. I also had a set of twins were one twin did well and the other chilled. Later in the day I was able to reunite the one with her family. I did have a 1/2 Kiko doe kid in the shed with a Spanish doe. I found her new born kids that had been "lost" amongst some of the other goats that didn't make. In the confusion it appears that she decided that one of the Spanish doe's kids was hers. It will be interesting to see how the kid grows on the heavy milking 1/2 Kiko doe vs. it's Spanish dam. </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">AKGA Purebred Kiko Doe with her PB doeling. </span></i></div>
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Almost all of the kids have arrived and now we are having a "pause". That figures! Next year things will be different, right?! </div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">AKGA 1/2 Kiko Doe (Kiko x Spanish) with her 3/4 Kiko kids. </span></i></div>
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Come pick yours out! 5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-76340343861468575562012-12-05T18:21:00.000-08:002012-12-05T18:21:00.283-08:00Picking Up Goat Hay Feeders. What do you do when you drive 4 hours and the goat hay feeders you bought don't fit in your trailer by a couple of inches? You borrow the skid loader in the lot and put them on top. <br />
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Check back often as I plan to update photos of them and their sire and dam. They will be available for purchase. </div>
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Cull hard or go home is my new motto. We all cull our goats, most of the time it is due to age, bad traits or we just have to many so we pick the least desirables to leave our herd. BUT we all do one thing, we always keep that one or two goats that really should go but we give it a second chance. Why? I don't know why because it always turns out to be a bad idea 99% of the time. At least that is what happens at my place. <div>
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"She's old, and starting to look old but I'll keep her one more year and if she has doelings I will keep them." For me it 's one more year too long. She falls apart due to the strain of one more set of twins and then I have nothing but an old skinny goat that paid her dues many times over all ready.</div>
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"Well, maybe the dog cleaned one of the kids and that is why she only took one twin." Although you have not proof of this and you have other does that it doesn't matter if the dog comes over and bothers her or not, she makes sure her twins stay with her. Now I have a doe that again has given me a screaming, needs some sort of attention another year. </div>
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Oh I could go on and on but I won't, you know the justifications you do to keep certain goats that in the end should really go. So I have decided to stick with my 1st gut feelings and just cull! Goats are pretty prolific there will be more soon so don't sweat it. Get rid of what needs to go, clean house, take out the trash...etc. </div>
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</div>It all started on January 26, 2012...well, maybe a little bit before that... lets back up a little. Before we headed out to the Dude Ranchers Convention in Cody, Wy we saw a few does that had bags that seemed more developed then they should have been for when their kidding dates were. Occasionally the bucklings from that year will get one or two does bred, it's happened before, so we got them up and put them in a kidding pasture and didn't think much more about it. <br />
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We returned from Wy to find that none of the does we caught had kidded out but still looked "early". No worries, no big deal right? Then 1/26/12 rolled around. We had some hikers come to the office at the ranch and say they saw a brand new baby goat and its mom waaaay up by the "goat cave". Okay, we missed one... Barry and I head up that direction in the truck and sure enough there is a first time mother black purebred Kiko doe with a little black buckling. Catching a goat out in the open on our 350 acres is a bit tricky at times. It takes the other goats and some corn to cause confusion in the new mother and over crowding so you can grab a leg or a horn. It's not the easiest task but it works. <br />
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We decided after that we should get the goats up again and look at bags one more time. This is not a full proof way to see if a goat is close to kidding time but it helps. Some does don't really show a bag until they kid... those are the sneaky ones. <br />
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As I pulled goats out of the herd to put in kidding pastures I started to get a panicked feeling. I kept finding goat after goat that was going to kid... it seemed more than 1/2 the herd was separated out. What gave me the panicked feeling was the fact it is winter. I sometimes will breed 5 - 10 registered goats for possible breeding bucks for people to purchase, I can handle that if the weather goes bad but more than 1/2 of our herd?! YIKES! Fortunately we have been blessed with very mild weather this year. <br />
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The other part that kind of was bothersome... all that planned breeding. We have three new bucks and we will have very few kids from them. At this point all I can do is learn and laugh from this experience.<br />
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So what have I learned? <br />
1. Get those bucklings up no later than 3 months on the date. We castrated all but six bucklings and those six bucklings had a lot of fun. The bucklings were born April and May... I have never experienced such aggressive young bucklings. I have never had young Spanish bucklings before and I have never had those bloodlines of young Kiko bucks, who I noticed their sires were very aggressive breeders (extra).<br />
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2. Just because it is HOT, like 108 degrees, does not mean that does will not come into heat and young bucklings won't breed. <br />
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Today is February 7, 2012 and we have 105 kids born with 4 that did not make it and one bottle kid. The positive side to all of this is that we will have some really nice commercial doelings to offer for sale this year that will be ready to breed for spring kids for next year. AND the weather couldn't have been better!<br />
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</div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-50372604829900228942011-12-14T07:15:00.000-08:002011-12-14T07:15:16.360-08:00Searching for Mr. Right...Four years ago we decided we wanted to raise registered AKC Anatolian Shepherds. Back when we started with the brush goats, a big group of wethers, we had a Pyrenees who was "adopted" by a neighbor (that is along and interesting story - not the time nor the place to explain). Who was then replaced, after his "adoption", by Rabies, an Anatolian cross (looked all Anatolian). We really liked that he had short hair and stayed cool in the summer not to mention his great athletic ability and the no questions asked when it came to taking care of business. Later after Rabies passed and we re-started our goat venture (another story) we purchased a pair of unregistered Anatolians, Jo and Mischief, from a couple out of TX. <br />
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</div>As our goat herd grew we knew we were going to have to find another dog (or two) to add. That is when we decided we wanted to raise this wonderful breed. Much searching went on to find the right female. To my surprise a lot of Anatolian breeders 1. do not raise them as LGD and 2. Are extremely picky about whom their dogs go to. I understand being picky, they are a different type of breed and are not for everyone, but occasionally it felt more political... the contracts that came with the dog seemed more detailed than adopting a child. I won't go any further into that...<br />
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We found Ookii (pronounced Okie and means Big in Japanese) at Dream Catcher Farms in TX - she was raised with goats and children, which makes for a good fit for our ranch. Did I mention our dogs have to be very tolerant of strangers, this is not an easy fit sometimes - again another story.<br />
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We decided to wait on the male thinking we might breed to an outside dog. This also allowed Ookii to turn 2 for her OFA certification which came out as good. During that two years we purchased a male that didn't work out and ended up with another female as a replacement. Horizon Farms Amazing Grace. She is a beautiful dog.<br />
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So now we have two registered females and no "Mr. Right". If we were going to do this, the time is now. Ookii is now 4 and Gracie 1(she won't be bred until she is two and her OFA test done). <br />
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I have three dogs I am considering right now... it is hard to choose, they are all different and very nice in their own right. There are so many different "types" of Anatolians if you have not noticed. Some have more of a Mastiff type body, others are long and lean and then you have the inbetweens.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we are just deciding on who we like the best and we have to factor in who will work the best in our situation. The dog needs to be aloof to strangers but not eat them because even though you tell the people running around our ranch DO NOT PET OR FEED THE BIG GOAT DOGS they will. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-89021114858338463452011-11-11T14:23:00.000-08:002011-11-11T14:23:01.065-08:00Organizing the 2011 Doelings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1th4_4fbuIk/Tr2B0ysKChI/AAAAAAAAE6c/mpvxKaCAc64/s1600/DSC_6332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1th4_4fbuIk/Tr2B0ysKChI/AAAAAAAAE6c/mpvxKaCAc64/s320/DSC_6332.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most breeders probably all ready put their does up for sale and have been sold out for over a month. Me, nope. I drug my feet thinking I didn't have that many (read post before this) to sell. With the culling of quite a few older does I figured I was keeping most of them. After getting everything up, separating the doelings and taking the wethers off to market I realized I had a lot more than I thought. Also after the drought this summer and talking with my husband we decided there was no need for keeping an extra amount either. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dgcBnbZ3Md0/Tr2as1J7lII/AAAAAAAAE7c/XwsO-DoAQFg/s1600/Diamond+Acre+Bucks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dgcBnbZ3Md0/Tr2as1J7lII/AAAAAAAAE7c/XwsO-DoAQFg/s320/Diamond+Acre+Bucks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>These are the two NZ Bucks I used last breeding season.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Black Buck: DAR Kareem O Wheat</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Red Spotted Buck: DAR Diamond Trout</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>All of our registered stock this year will have to be DNA tested regardless of the %. We turned both bucks in at the same time with the does due to not having enough pens. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So yesterday I had the task of "organizing" the doelings into groups. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Replacements: Who and how many.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Who to sell: A. Who to sell as registered stock.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> B. Who to sell as commercial.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> C. Who will go straight to market</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f8qJCiGrTwA/Tr2aFFoHRNI/AAAAAAAAE7U/Ff7ekfAP5hc/s1600/Green+17+Spotted+Doe+Keeping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f8qJCiGrTwA/Tr2aFFoHRNI/AAAAAAAAE7U/Ff7ekfAP5hc/s320/Green+17+Spotted+Doe+Keeping.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1/2 Kiko doeling that we will be retaining.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Sire: NZ Kiko Dam: PB Spanish - she is one of my favorites to look at. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>She did not get her spots from the </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Spanish side believe it or not. I am pretty sure he sire is</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>DAR Diamond Trout. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>The DNA test will let me know if I am right. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W02eBKJwXHQ/Tr2W_LGkGkI/AAAAAAAAE6s/Clz0np4KAzk/s1600/B029+PB+Brown+Doe+Keeping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W02eBKJwXHQ/Tr2W_LGkGkI/AAAAAAAAE6s/Clz0np4KAzk/s320/B029+PB+Brown+Doe+Keeping.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Purebred Doeling we will be retaining.</b></span></div><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-JUXSLbMJ4/Tr2XzYE0zaI/AAAAAAAAE68/N-7lh2DEfIs/s1600/Or002+Lisa+Granddaughter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-JUXSLbMJ4/Tr2XzYE0zaI/AAAAAAAAE68/N-7lh2DEfIs/s320/Or002+Lisa+Granddaughter2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">FOR SALE: 7/8 AKGA Doeling (papers pending)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>She comes from a line of dams that have made excellent mothers. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$350</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dJmUZn0ywy4/Tr2ecSng6GI/AAAAAAAAE78/WGFcJrXLuiU/s1600/Purple+010+3%253A4+black+white+trim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dJmUZn0ywy4/Tr2ecSng6GI/AAAAAAAAE78/WGFcJrXLuiU/s320/Purple+010+3%253A4+black+white+trim.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">FOR SALE: 3/4 PB Doeling (papers pending)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">$300</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Purebred Spanish Doelings</u></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Below are 2 of the 6 Spanish doelings we are offering for sale. All of them are black. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Priced $200 each or $175 if you take them all.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mptgh7QGwQ0/Tr2ZPmYlnoI/AAAAAAAAE7E/Vvyy_NFzDKE/s1600/Spanish+56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mptgh7QGwQ0/Tr2ZPmYlnoI/AAAAAAAAE7E/Vvyy_NFzDKE/s320/Spanish+56.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tDJ6fjQJhV8/Tr2cK0uZinI/AAAAAAAAE7s/G0H8DWdjG5A/s1600/B+027+Black+white+trim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tDJ6fjQJhV8/Tr2cK0uZinI/AAAAAAAAE7s/G0H8DWdjG5A/s320/B+027+Black+white+trim.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Purebred Doeling who is a triplet.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r7OV6P0Ct_E/Tr2doNfNHhI/AAAAAAAAE70/8MjUOFwOLwU/s1600/W006+Big+Doe+No+Info2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r7OV6P0Ct_E/Tr2doNfNHhI/AAAAAAAAE70/8MjUOFwOLwU/s320/W006+Big+Doe+No+Info2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">High % Kiko Doeling </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>So if you haven't all ready purchased you doelings this season, give us a call!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>870-715-2891 or e-mail at kiko@gohcr.com</b></span></div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-9561671218597333182011-11-10T14:54:00.000-08:002011-11-10T14:54:00.817-08:00A New Spanish Buck<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are excited to announce our purchase of a new Spanish buck. A 2011 Buckling that is out of a Kensing bred doe and by a Weinheimer bred buck</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: x-small;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;">We put him in with 15 Koy Ranch bred does on Oct 21. Barry likes his build and his type but is not excited about him not being black. If the kids turn out like I think they will, I don't think he will mind. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zZQfoaNEjZ8/TrMOanaNlkI/AAAAAAAAE0E/HC-IsZQ-LKM/s1600/Buck2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zZQfoaNEjZ8/TrMOanaNlkI/AAAAAAAAE0E/HC-IsZQ-LKM/s320/Buck2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We have not come up with a name for him yet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4kNXjwuRp58/TrMPX7-G3GI/AAAAAAAAE0M/LPu0QKB0y_8/s1600/DSC_5609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4kNXjwuRp58/TrMPX7-G3GI/AAAAAAAAE0M/LPu0QKB0y_8/s320/DSC_5609.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In with some Koy Ranch Does.</span></div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-58369588174366073562011-11-03T07:14:00.000-07:002011-11-03T07:14:33.096-07:00How many doelings?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KX8kntT5lLA/TrKecY8FYPI/AAAAAAAAEww/jZowLUImyk8/s1600/DSC_5578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KX8kntT5lLA/TrKecY8FYPI/AAAAAAAAEww/jZowLUImyk8/s320/DSC_5578.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2011 Spanish Doeling</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div>I take records, I write down birth weights and who was born when. I even tag everything when the kids are born... the trick I have found is looking BACK at your records and actually reading them. This kidding season it felt like for every doe kid that was born three buck kids were born next. I kept thinking how we were going to have to keep every doe to replace older does I was getting rid of this year, plus the usual number of culls. So I didn't look at the doe kids or count them as time went on... WELL, we pulled all of the doelings off the 350 acres to avoid them getting bred. I don't like breeding does in the year they are born. <div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1N9uQf7qVM0/TrKaMyrVHvI/AAAAAAAAEwU/U2k9YI5SxQY/s1600/DSC_5556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1N9uQf7qVM0/TrKaMyrVHvI/AAAAAAAAEwU/U2k9YI5SxQY/s320/DSC_5556.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The pen we put the doelings in. Lots of food, although, not for long since there are so many of them</span>.</div><div><div><br />
</div><div>As we were working the goats and separating the 2011 doelings my husband asked "How many of these do you have?" My reply, "I had mostly bucks, there shouldn't be too many." Then he asked "How many of these are you keeping?" "Well, most of them because we got rid of so many does this year." As the work went on the doeling number got bigger. The pen we were putting them in was getting more and more crowded, to the point we had to use a different pen.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>When all was done we counted the little girls and I had fifty two. Hmmmm, fifty two? I was thinking I had around 30 with some that would end up at the market. Moral to the story: It is important to read and use your records not just make them.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>What now? Now I need to go through the doelings and figure out who I am keeping, who is worthy of being sold as breeding stock prospects and who is going to market. </div></div><div><br />
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</div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-67886133489013859562011-06-06T07:56:00.000-07:002011-06-06T07:56:20.325-07:00Goat this and thats...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IBmWbuVtAd0/TezgYwiKSvI/AAAAAAAAEI8/sWmugXVibsE/s1600/DSC_2671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IBmWbuVtAd0/TezgYwiKSvI/AAAAAAAAEI8/sWmugXVibsE/s320/DSC_2671.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Mid Spring</span></div><div><br />
</div>I would say summer is now upon us. The cool rainy days have stopped and the heat has arrived. I think it was a bit rude of Mother Nature to go from one extreme to the other, but she does what she does and we have no say in it. :)<div><br />
</div><div>With all the rain we had some of the goats were very "challenged" while others took it in stride. When extreme weather comes it lets you know who your real tough girls/guys are and who needs to go. So some have been added to the culling list.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>During this time of the year there is a lot more thinking about the goat program than doing. The kids are starting to show more of what they have potential to be and the does are out just doing their job. A lot are starting to put weight back on due to all of the summer forage (which is nice to see). A few things I have thought about while watching the goats be goats:</div><div><br />
</div><div>1. I really need to update my website, and do it on a regular basis. I usually am more involved with it but this year I have been very ho-hum about it.</div><div><br />
</div><div>2. I need to get back in the Goat Rancher. Another, sigh, I didn't renew my breeder listing. That is something that is important if I am going to sell any kind of breeding stock, duh! AND I need to do a 1/4 page ad or something.</div><div><br />
</div><div>3. Breeding plans. I have decided I need to stager breeding better. Breed the top does to kid out earlier and the first timers and commercials later when the weather is pretty okay (unless we get more rain and mud like this year, then it really does not matter). </div><div><br />
</div><div>4. When should I go look for another Spanish buck? We purchased two last year. One ready to go and the other was quite young and we only gave him a few does. So I am thinking the older buck is going to find a new home (think he has found it), breed all the Spanish to the younger and then look for a buck for the year 2012 breeding season... my thoughts thus far. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>So as the summer goes on I will sit and think some more and come up with more plans for the future. Before we know it, it will be time to gather up kids and take them off to market. </div><div><br />
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</div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-43616587246973620622011-05-07T22:45:00.000-07:002011-05-07T22:45:07.657-07:00Puppies for sale, you know you want one.The puppies are just a couple days over a month old. They will be ready in about 4 more weeks. There are 8 girls and 2 boys. This pups are full siblings to the last litter that went for goat dogs to pets. They do make great family farm dogs if you have time to spend with them. Priced $200 each. They will not be registered but are full blooded Anatolians. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ps6KsfNZn7c/TcYrlLTDFRI/AAAAAAAAEGI/BGGRXYNXgtw/s1600/DSC_2594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ps6KsfNZn7c/TcYrlLTDFRI/AAAAAAAAEGI/BGGRXYNXgtw/s320/DSC_2594.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><br />
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</div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-85795560443861536762011-04-08T07:52:00.000-07:002011-04-08T07:52:02.296-07:00Kidding season, new puppy and puppies at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Meat Goats.Kidding season finally arrived. It started the beginning of this month and is still going full force. This is the first year to have the Spanish kid and they are proving to be excellent mothers. They are very attentive and do not like to leave the kids for some time. We are very pleased. The only thing that is a little worry some is that they have given us a lot of singles but in their defense (for the time being) this is their first time to kid. Next year we will start to cull who gives us singles again... it is always a process getting your herd where you want it and there are so many ways of going about it, you just have to pick what works for you and your style you want for raising YOUR goats.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On April second I headed out to Limestone, TN to pick up our new Anatolian Shepherd. About two years ago we had purchased a male from the breeder but he had a few fluke issues and didn't work out so this is a replacement puppy. We went with a female this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The eastern part of TN is just beautiful! I would love to take the family back that direction to do some tourist kind of things. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dog in the middle is the sire of our puppy.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Horizon Farms Amazing Grace, aka Gracie made it all the way back to Arkansas. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I was away the goats kept kidding. Cameron took over the tagging and weighing of the kids. Thanks goodness for that. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also had a littler of unregistered Anatolian puppies born on April 6th. Ookii (pronounced Okie) gave us 11: 3 boys and 8 girls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One last thing, don't forget to re-order tags before kidding season starts. I had, what I thought was enough, an extra box on the shelf. Well, there was no box when I went to get it... I guess I used them all last year. So I have about 30 kids running around tag-less. This does two things: 1. makes it exciting to play the guessing game when my tags finally arrive (hopefully today) and 2. it's going to be a chase down now that the kids have a day or two of age on them. Oh the wonderful adventures of goat raising. How the simple things as having tags can make your life more difficult when you don't have them. Oh well, live and learn. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-13645605676540054952011-02-03T21:52:00.000-08:002011-02-03T21:52:26.471-08:002011 Winter Weather at Horseshoe Canyon Meat Goats...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Remember last years kidding season for HCR Meat Goats? You might not but we do! We had purchased quite a few does that were due to kid in Jan. and Feb. It was one of the coldest most miserable Jan and Feb I can remember - at least it was during the times the does started to kid. We had goats living in our garage to keep babies from being born and almost instantly freezing to death. What a mess! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year we purchase a few goats that were bred to start kidding the end of January and that they did. This year the difference was they picked a week that brought 60 and 70 degree weather. The last doe to kid decided to do so the day before the "big storm" was to hit. We were able to gather her up and put her and her twin bucklings in the end stall of our barn where we set up a heat lamp and had lots of straw for the kids to keep warm in. Kikos are tough and so are their kids but letting less than day old kids stay out in freezing rain would have been pushing the limits, no matter what breed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All that is left for our winter kidding season are 3 purebred Spanish, 1 Willingham Spanish and one Purebred Kiko doe all bred to the purebred spanish buck (due to start kidding mid-Feb.) The date is approaching fast. Hopefully this arctic weather will have moved on and we can have some days above freezing. Time will only tell what mother nature will bring. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few days before the big freeze hit Arkansas.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/TUuNcy39bsI/AAAAAAAADyw/BnTPPXlNPxY/s1600/DSC_0383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/TUuNcy39bsI/AAAAAAAADyw/BnTPPXlNPxY/s320/DSC_0383.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Despite the cold the new kids that were born during the warmer weather seem to be handling it well. We have found if a kid can have several days to nurse he/she can handle pretty cold weather. They are more capable of finding shelter and following their mother around for some warm milk. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/TUuOeYcXBZI/AAAAAAAADzA/hmsgaK6wVAg/s1600/DSC_0373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/TUuOeYcXBZI/AAAAAAAADzA/hmsgaK6wVAg/s320/DSC_0373.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The majority of the herd waiting for the hay to be rolled out. Forage is not an option when there is iced grass covered with snow. </div><br />
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I was excited because I wanted to go back and take the kids to Corydon during Halloween for their big festival things going on around the square. <br />
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We arrived late, late Friday night - we had planned on leaving earlier, as we always do, but it didn't work out that way. The 9 hr trip always takes a little longer when you have 4 kids in the truck - but we arrived! <br />
The next morning we slept in a little (because of that dang time change - Cameron our oldest didn't think that Corydon wad far enough East to allow a time difference. I think I agree with him). <br />
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When we finally arrived at the sale Dr. Browning was just about to start his seminar. I feel that his information is so useful and well done if that is all you went to see it would be a well worth trip. We learned a few things and were reminded of a few others. He also talked about the flood from last year and showed a lot of photos from it. The goat industry is lucky to have TSU and the Brownings and all of the research for us to use for free. <br />
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Sale time rolled around and some how Cody and Cameron (our two oldest - were helping work the sale). It is funny because Cody is NOT a goat person but he was more than willing to go do a paying job.<br />
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The prices were up and I bid on a few but they were to much out of my reality price range for me to justify me buying a goat. We are not in need of any stock but there were a few that that I really wanted. :) I was proud of myself for refraining and having control of myself. Goat auctions, well almost any auction, it is hard for me not to go home with out at least ONE animal or item. <br />
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There was a lot of high quality stock and they buyers appreciated it. From what I can see the high selling buck was consigned by Egypt Creek Ranch Lot #71 and sold for $2400 - he was by BBM Hanky Panky's Y266 and out of a daughter of BHF Onyx's Shadow...he was a pretty buck and just got off of the WIU performance test.<br />
The high sellind doe was consigned by Goat Hill Kikos Lot #27 and sold for $2700 sire: Sunboy Stanton 149 (Nick) Dam was a daughter of TNT Cody<br />
The high selling % was a 1/2 AKGA doe Consigned by Goat Hill Kikos Sire: GHK Nick's Copy and out of a commercial Spanish doe - she was bred to Wild Bill... she sold for $525<br />
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After the sale we took the kids to the square for some Halloween fun. We were just an hr behind on the good trick or treating, most of the homes were out of candy after dark....so we ended up taking them to Wal-Mart to pick out a big bag of candy to make into one big pile of sugary goodness.5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-27627117749237986532010-09-06T21:08:00.000-07:002010-09-06T21:11:58.091-07:00Work, work, work....FINALLY we got the goats up again to check FAMACHA and worm who needed it and do a little weighing of the 2010 kids (I think we are off by a month, but better late than never right?). <br />
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</div><div>I had the great idea of using our two oldest boys as "ranch goat hands" since they were off for Labor Day. Cody, the almost 13 year old, let me know that working goats was a horrible "vacation" day activity. Cameron, 16, who owns some of the goats, decided to have a smile on his face (forced) since he owns some of the goats. </div><div><br />
</div><div>We started at 9 a.m. (if you don't count me getting up at 6:30 a.m. to get them all in before they left the arena/goat catch pen area) and finished at around 5:00 p.m. There was an hr and half break when I went to deliver the 5 commercial doelings I sold to a near by new goater. Probably having a not too excited preteen who complained of a sore wrist from rock climbing slowed us down by and hr or two - BUT we did it, together. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Now we have wormed the ones that need to be wormed and marked the ones that need to be culled - oh and weighed those remaining 2010 kids, late or not, they are weighed! Now onto breeding plans. </div><div></div><div>I pulled 5 does out to put in with the El Chido Quate (Spanish buck) tomorrow. I hope we get some nice bucklings for the forage test. (1) PB Kiko doe (3) PB black Spanish does from the Koy ranch and (1) Willingham Spanish doe. I wanted to breed some AKGA NZ and PB does early too but I do not have the paperwork back on the two older bucks we purchased this year. So until all the DNA checks out they will stay doeless. I am sure it all will but the minute I start putting does with them, something won't be right. I know how it goes for me sometimes in the luck part of the goat business... <br />
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Until next time!</div><div><br />
</div><div></div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-40755956860962323282010-08-24T16:12:00.000-07:002010-08-24T16:12:15.457-07:00New Bucks!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/THRQ6q_o5_I/AAAAAAAADJU/L6SsVaBDWAE/s1600/Chido+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/THRQ6q_o5_I/AAAAAAAADJU/L6SsVaBDWAE/s320/Chido+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meet El Chido Cuate (The Cool Dude or The Cool Man)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was just minding my own business and here came this buck and I just had to have him. That seems to happen to me when it comes to nice goats. We have another young buck (2010 model) coming from the Koy Ranch where we purchased all of our does from. He will be arriving around the second week of Sept. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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A few weeks back we decided to give Ron Polette a visit and returned with AVG'S Ozark Hot Shot. His bloodlines are known for good parasite resistance. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More to come.... :)</div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-31842432640583437062010-08-12T09:25:00.000-07:002010-08-12T09:25:35.532-07:00The Kiko Advantage<object style="background-image:url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/f1MGaZdf83E/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f1MGaZdf83E?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f1MGaZdf83E?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-3081230608518293482010-07-20T18:47:00.000-07:002010-07-20T18:47:26.841-07:00Our goats at work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxSTsF6mgZ2V7PfOfhcjbx07wMyup8q-7Hdoqa3spGOWV3eSM6B4FvzFNSSLUtvTuHbx1XROGxcMgz1RxkKyw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-85116336629435579662010-07-01T19:58:00.000-07:002010-07-01T19:58:52.821-07:00Our spanish goats...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/TC1UdYkpreI/AAAAAAAAC00/-ddjmon1sGw/s1600/yearlingspanish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/TC1UdYkpreI/AAAAAAAAC00/-ddjmon1sGw/s320/yearlingspanish.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While we were at the AKGA National Convention I had some people ask me how our spanish goats were doing. Well, I really didn't know how many we had left out of the 52 we purchased. Between natural selection and a few, we are sure, leaving the ranch there could have only been 15 left. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today we worked goats, all 245 of them (well except a few 2010 kids that did not come in or slipped through the fence) and 39 of them were spanish. So if you ask me again I can tell you how many spanish goats we still have left and how they are doing, pretty good I would say. AND they are still wild as ever when you get your hands on them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I didn't get to attend any of the classes for one reason or another but I did get to visit with many friends that I only see once a year during this convention. <br />
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The sale went well. There was not a market for the % goats this time around like in the past which was bit of a bummer since I had brought two. Still, their prices were better than at a regular sale barn. I just consider it part of my advertising campaign and let them go for what they went for. If you wan to see all the prices from the sale go to: <a href="http://www.hcrhorses.com/AKGAConvention.html">http://www.hcrhorses.com/AKGAConvention.html</a><br />
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After we returned I finally got out and about and took SOME photos of goats we will be offering for sale and to update our website. Still have a lot to go but it is a start. I also need to get them all up and FAMACHA scores and start pulling hair and gathering information to register some 2010 babies....<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Commercial doeling</div><div style="text-align: center;">Twin</div><div style="text-align: center;">FOR SALE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">1/2 AKGA '09 Doe</div><div style="text-align: center;">FOR SALE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564460134424328209.post-42702127840595246962010-04-26T08:00:00.000-07:002010-04-26T08:00:20.624-07:00Little UpdateIt has been forever since I last posted it would seem. Kidding season is moving right along. I think we are nearing the end soon. I was able to get MOST of the goats up in their kidding pastures but some did not come in or they escaped. For the does that did not get in a kidding pasture, their kids, who were born out on the 350 acres, do not have tags or weights. Oh well such is life.....<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/S9Wog2oalXI/AAAAAAAACtY/vTE00GGLkDk/s1600/DSC_0055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_filKVg6EQjs/S9Wog2oalXI/AAAAAAAACtY/vTE00GGLkDk/s320/DSC_0055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This kid's dam was kind of an accident. We had a Myotonic buck for some time. We were brining goats to separate into breeding groups and the dam's dam jumped out into the Myotonic's pasture. So we just left her instead of trying to catch her again. This kid then is 1/2 Kiko and his dam is boer/spanish x myotonic.5Kgoatgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07186478361874011283noreply@blogger.com1