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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: divanp75 on January 31, 2011, 04:51:03 am

Title: My New kids
Post by: divanp75 on January 31, 2011, 04:51:03 am
Velvet had 3 beautiful kids around 7.30pm last night.  Had to get local sheep farmer in as one kid was across the exit.

Two girls and a Boy.   ;D

(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/divanp75/DSC01481.jpg)

Diane
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: maybelle on January 31, 2011, 07:56:57 am
Oh how lovely! Bet you are pleased  :)
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: Anke on January 31, 2011, 12:18:52 pm
Well done for getting a breech one out, and I assume they are all doing fine?! Still five weeks to my first kidding here.... nanny is getting quite big already....
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: fifixx on January 31, 2011, 12:19:37 pm
they look lovely!  How does she feed all three - in turns?
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: katie on January 31, 2011, 01:31:16 pm
How lovely!
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: little blue on January 31, 2011, 07:15:44 pm
aww, they're lovely!
congratulations to you and velvet  :)
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: Luce747 on February 01, 2011, 05:38:49 pm
Congratulations!

Hope you will keep the thread updated with new pics as they grow?  :love: :love: :love:
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: faith0504 on February 01, 2011, 05:42:11 pm
they are adorable, how is everyone doing?  :wave:
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: ballingall on February 01, 2011, 10:42:48 pm
Congrats- they look lovely.

Beth
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: divanp75 on February 02, 2011, 01:10:38 pm
all doing great.  need to get some more photos.  They are into everything and all over the place :)
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: Anke on February 02, 2011, 01:59:03 pm
Hi, what's/who's dad? BT or BA?
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: Mays on February 02, 2011, 08:19:21 pm
o yes more pics pease, they look lovely xx
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: ballingall on February 02, 2011, 11:07:57 pm
I think it's BT boys that Diane has, so the kids should be BT. They are nice dark one's though- but they look damp in the pic so will probably have dried a little lighter.


Bteh
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: divanp75 on February 03, 2011, 09:31:58 am
I think it's BT boys that Diane has, so the kids should be BT. They are nice dark one's though- but they look damp in the pic so will probably have dried a little lighter.

Bteh

Yep only BT's for me.  In that photo they were fresh fresh / brand new :) 

The mother "velvet" is quite a dark brown and so far all her kidds have been nice and dark. 
The larger kid this time, a girl, is a bit lighter.  I will get some photos tomorrow.

Last year she had a billy which I have kept,  he is a lovely dark colour and well marked :)

Diane
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: Anke on February 03, 2011, 10:39:43 am
Oh I can't wait for mine to kid - five weeks to go. My BT type girl is lying down an awful lot, I think it's definitely twins at least, she's getting quite large. Udder is also starting to come out a bit again...

The GG's are a lot neater, so probably only singles again....
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: Blinkers on February 03, 2011, 05:51:41 pm
Awww.....just gorgeous.   ;D
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: divanp75 on February 05, 2011, 01:58:04 pm
Managed to get a group shot outside in the sun

left to right  Silk, Satin and Steel (green rings as dehorned yesterday)  Mother Velvet in the middle
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/divanp75/Goat%20Kids%202011/DSC01491.jpg)

Silk
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/divanp75/Goat%20Kids%202011/DSC01492.jpg)

Satin
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/divanp75/Goat%20Kids%202011/DSC01493.jpg)

This is their dad Polomint (minty)
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/divanp75/Goat%20Kids%202011/DSC01499.jpg)



Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: faith0504 on February 05, 2011, 02:16:48 pm
oh they are so sweet, love there little jackets, they are lovely pictures :wave:
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: ballingall on February 05, 2011, 03:15:39 pm
Oh how cute they are. Makes me want my kids to arrive. I was going to call my female girls Silk and Satin last year- and then one of them died 2 hours after being born, so I decided to change the remaining girl to Spring instead, but I still want to use Silk and Satin for a pair of girls sometime. Steel fits in very well too. What are your plans for him?


Beth
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: divanp75 on February 05, 2011, 03:40:28 pm
Steel fits in very well too. What are your plans for him?

Steel has been dehorned, castrated and will be unregistered so is destined for a pet or the curry club.  It is hard beth but he will have a good life growing up and a quick end if that is how it plays out.

Diane
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: plumseverywhere on February 05, 2011, 04:44:55 pm
Awww they are just gorgeous.!   
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: ballingall on February 05, 2011, 06:22:03 pm
Steel fits in very well too. What are your plans for him?

Steel has been dehorned, castrated and will be unregistered so is destined for a pet or the curry club.  It is hard beth but he will have a good life growing up and a quick end if that is how it plays out.

Diane

I don't think that's hard at all Diane- far better that than some of the other horrible things than could happen. I now have orders for 3 unregistered boys, two castrated and one for personal breeding, so that is great, and makes it far easier on the little boys. I am now more worried that I won't have enough AN boys! Don't have any bookings for any swiss males so will have to wait and see what happens and how many we get.


Beth
Title: Re: My New kids
Post by: Mays on February 05, 2011, 08:03:38 pm
loving the pics x

the billy has a fab mane!