BREEDING GOATS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FUNCTIONAL EFFICIENCY
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS! 2019 We have had several requests for sales catalogues. Please let us know where your interests lie to help narrow down the selection! Thank you. See our sales page for featured goats. Many more available! Best to come to the farm to see them.
DOES ARE THE HEART OF THE HERD
Shawney had twin doelings! by Simon
Liebling delivered triplets. Sadly one was stillborn. Lieb's buck kid and doeling braved the very cold temperatures of an unforgiving February. They are growing like weeds. She is a great mama. These are Naquabi Galavant's first kids!
Sandy kidded twin buck kids with traditional colouring. (All of our April babies are sired by Red Ambition)
Daisy surprised us with a Red buck kid and a paint doeling on Easter Monday. We are retaining this doeling.
Putney had triplets! two males and one female. These kids are exquisite!
Schwaenli produced twin doelings. Thank heavens for little girls.
Blue Velvet (an own daughter of Naquabi Velvet) Triplets! Not too shabby for a first freshener.
Carmen produced triplets, of which one is a strikingly marked doeling. Tried and true, Carmen ALWAYS produces quality.
Castana had quadruplets. This is a first for our farm. All of them are colourful and strong like their dam. We are retaining Castana's doeling.
Moselle had a single male. Smart and good looking like his dam. Coming from our hardiest and most productive line he will not disappoint. Moselle is now seven years young.
Zambezi had two strapping buck kids. They are knock outs! Masculine bucks come from feminine does.
Tughela blessed us with twin doelings. This doe is worth her weight in gold.
Frangipani kidded twin doelings. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree nothing but fabulous udders out of this strong line of female descendants.
Theunetta produced our future herd sire.
Tosca kidded twin doelings without any fuss.
Mimosa kidded a large impressive looking buck kid.
Edelweiss' beauty of a doeling is a keeper. This makes Liebling a grandma!
Juniper's buck kid was born in the field under the blue sky.
Pafuri also decided to kid outside....another good looking buck kid!
Topsy Jr. surprised us with her doeling one morning. All cleaned off and nursing in no time.
We are proud of our yearlings. All of them are great mothers.
This completes our 2019 kidding season.
Weaning time is July. Please come and choose your bucklng now for best selection. We have kids from four different sires. We have a select number of doelings on offer. A deposit is required to hold the kid of your choice.
DOES ARE THE HEART OF THE HERD
Shawney had twin doelings! by Simon
Liebling delivered triplets. Sadly one was stillborn. Lieb's buck kid and doeling braved the very cold temperatures of an unforgiving February. They are growing like weeds. She is a great mama. These are Naquabi Galavant's first kids!
Sandy kidded twin buck kids with traditional colouring. (All of our April babies are sired by Red Ambition)
Daisy surprised us with a Red buck kid and a paint doeling on Easter Monday. We are retaining this doeling.
Putney had triplets! two males and one female. These kids are exquisite!
Schwaenli produced twin doelings. Thank heavens for little girls.
Blue Velvet (an own daughter of Naquabi Velvet) Triplets! Not too shabby for a first freshener.
Carmen produced triplets, of which one is a strikingly marked doeling. Tried and true, Carmen ALWAYS produces quality.
Castana had quadruplets. This is a first for our farm. All of them are colourful and strong like their dam. We are retaining Castana's doeling.
Moselle had a single male. Smart and good looking like his dam. Coming from our hardiest and most productive line he will not disappoint. Moselle is now seven years young.
Zambezi had two strapping buck kids. They are knock outs! Masculine bucks come from feminine does.
Tughela blessed us with twin doelings. This doe is worth her weight in gold.
Frangipani kidded twin doelings. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree nothing but fabulous udders out of this strong line of female descendants.
Theunetta produced our future herd sire.
Tosca kidded twin doelings without any fuss.
Mimosa kidded a large impressive looking buck kid.
Edelweiss' beauty of a doeling is a keeper. This makes Liebling a grandma!
Juniper's buck kid was born in the field under the blue sky.
Pafuri also decided to kid outside....another good looking buck kid!
Topsy Jr. surprised us with her doeling one morning. All cleaned off and nursing in no time.
We are proud of our yearlings. All of them are great mothers.
This completes our 2019 kidding season.
Weaning time is July. Please come and choose your bucklng now for best selection. We have kids from four different sires. We have a select number of doelings on offer. A deposit is required to hold the kid of your choice.
"GROWTH RATE IS IMPORTANT BUT NOT AT THE COST OF LOSING MOTHERING ABILITY OR OTHER ASPECTS OF BIOLOGICAL FITNESS." R. GILBERT, Sheep Canada, 2009.
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BLOODLINES THAT FOSTER PERFORMANCE
IN THE 2017 SUMMER ISSUE OF THE CANADIAN MEAT GOAT ASSOCIATION JOURNAL IS A SUMMARY OF THE DATA COLLECTED FOR 2016 AND 4 PREVIOUS YEARS OF THE GOAT HERD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WHILE PARTICIPATION IS STILL LOW ONE CAN SEE HOW THIS INFORMATION MAY BE USED AS A BENCHMARKING TOOL. THE 2016 EFFICIENCY RATIO OF THE 280 DOES WHO WERE ENROLLED IS 71.91
OVER HALF OF OUR DOES HAD SCORES WELL ABOVE THIS. THE HIGHEST BEING, 117.77 NOT SURPRISINGLY, THEY ARE THE DOES WHO PRODUCE THE MOST MILK. IT HAS BEEN AN INDICATION TO ME THAT THESE DOES REQUIRE AND WOULD DO WELL TO RECEIVE A HIGHER PLANE OF NUTRITION BEFORE PARTURITION AND AT LEAST THROUGH THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF LACTATION SO THAT THEY DO NOT "MILK OFF THEIR BACKS."
"Yes, we want to have good production but we need to be looking at what is optimal rather than what is maximum."
Dr. Temple Grandin addressing the attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention in San Diego.
Dr. Temple Grandin addressing the attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual convention in San Diego.
This is our foundation doe; Naquabi Schneehopli (Irish Winds Pepsi X Stonemoore Winona)