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Kudos to the does! They go through so much to produce kids for our variety of uses! Yesterday Pinkie, one of my son's Boer does, had triplets - 2 doelings and a buckling. She was wider than she was tall. The buckling is colored like a paint horse! Red with 4 stockings, a white patch on his body and a white tip on his tail. So far today another doe has had a buckling and is still in labor. All of his does are due within the next few days.
Ouch! Get these kids out of me!
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Pinkie's doelings.
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Pinkie's buckling.
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Aw, aren't they sweet babies. Our gals do work hard. They're truly gifts to be treasured.
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Congrats! That bucking has cool markings!
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Oh Lord you are starting early! Beautiful babies!
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My son always has his Boer does kid this time of year. My two does are due the beginning of May.
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We like to start mid to late February. Still cold enough to keep the bacteria down but warm enough not to freeze. Usually
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12-28-2014, 04:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-28-2014, 05:24 PM by Taffy.)
I wasn't going to breed my does this year. When I decided to sell my buck I thought I better get another breeding from him since he produced 5 gorgeous doelings with them last spring. Normally I'd prefer February or March.
Here are a couple of photos I snapped of "Buckshot" while he was out exploring today. They're a little fuzzy but you can see his color. He is either walking around checking everything out or sound asleep. Like all kids there's no in between.
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I think it's rather odd that boers are one of the cutest breeds and we just eat them. Why couldn't they be less cuddly looking since they just go for meat?
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^^^ LOL thats funny
Oddly enough, never eaten boer. Just dairy goat.
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I am new to this web sight I,d like to sell some of my alpines that are 1 year old they were bottle fed wethers with horns. Iam having a hard time figuring out how to advertise here can you help me?
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