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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: fifixx on December 05, 2011, 09:13:02 pm

Title: Scanning
Post by: fifixx on December 05, 2011, 09:13:02 pm

I had the goats scanned last week and:

2 sets of triplets
5 sets of twins
1 single

Hurray!  Good old Boris!

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 05, 2011, 11:19:15 pm

Is scanning very expensive?

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: fifixx on December 06, 2011, 06:33:51 pm

I paid the minimum price, which was £50 and he scanned 8 mums - but well worth it to know what to expect next march!

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: maybelle on December 06, 2011, 06:44:49 pm

Wow! You will have lots of kids in March. How many goats do you have?

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: fifixx on December 07, 2011, 06:02:29 pm

We've got the 3 original mums, 5 of their daughters - all in kid.  Plus 4 9 mth old girls, a billy and Hunky the 9 mth wether!

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: maybelle on December 07, 2011, 08:01:34 pm

That will keep you busy then!  :goat:

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: fifixx on December 07, 2011, 08:18:45 pm

Busy yes - and such timewasters....

We have just separated Boris the Billy and Hunky the wether see below).  Hunky who is 9 mths is not happy being away from mummy and in fact almost lost his voice this afternoon from all the fuss he was making!

Mind you, I wouldn't want to be with Boris - who leans slightly towards human men not girls!!

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 07, 2011, 08:46:03 pm

What a pretty face.  What breed are they?  Difficult to tell from this angle but the ears look AN.

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: fifixx on December 08, 2011, 05:30:47 pm

Boer crosses - the 3 original mums are Cashmere - although this isn't a breed, so not sure of the original type!! Always put to Boer Billys

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 08, 2011, 09:41:12 pm

Don't know much about Boers.  Mine are Sanaans.

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: melodrama on December 09, 2011, 09:26:48 am

He is gorgeous!  Big smiley face after all his fuss ha ha

Title: Re: Scanning
Post by: maybelle on December 09, 2011, 06:58:30 pm

I like their names, especially Hunky! Looks cute.