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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: plumseverywhere on December 11, 2011, 12:54:12 pm

Title: My new goat is here!
Post by: plumseverywhere on December 11, 2011, 12:54:12 pm
Our gorgeous new Toggenburg has arrived! She is beautiful  :)   Very happy with her, the others are just getting used to having another goat around  ;)
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Post by: salopman on December 11, 2011, 01:24:19 pm
Pics please !!! well done Lisa and welcome Puffin
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Post by: HappyHippy on December 11, 2011, 03:46:14 pm
 ;D :thumbsup:
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Post by: NormandyMary on December 11, 2011, 03:50:41 pm
Cant wait to see the newbie. Congratulations on your new addition to your family!
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Post by: little blue on December 11, 2011, 04:27:42 pm
:thumbsup: welcome Puffin :)
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Post by: katie on December 11, 2011, 05:35:07 pm
Hurrah! How exciting for you!
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Post by: plumseverywhere on December 11, 2011, 05:46:06 pm
(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af154/itsbaaathtime/puffin1-1.jpg)

(http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af154/itsbaaathtime/puffin2.jpg)

Here she is  :) 
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Post by: maybelle on December 11, 2011, 06:03:12 pm
Ah shes lovely  :)  How many have you got now?
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Post by: Bionic on December 11, 2011, 06:09:19 pm
I don't know anything about goats but she does look lovely
Sally
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Post by: NormandyMary on December 11, 2011, 06:43:11 pm
She is beautiful. I just love the markings on her back. No wonder you are proud!
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Post by: Brucklay on December 11, 2011, 06:44:45 pm
She is great - you must be sooo pleased
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Post by: plumseverywhere on December 11, 2011, 06:59:06 pm
Just the 3 at the moment Maybelle - but Puffin is pregnant so that number will go up in March  :) she is a little sweetheart but every time she hears the back door or a car in the drive, she's shouting to us for a cuddle!
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Post by: katie on December 11, 2011, 07:02:10 pm
She looks just like my Peewit. I don't know if they're related. What a sweet face!
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Post by: salopman on December 11, 2011, 07:04:49 pm
Great new addition Lisa!
Nice markings
How are the other 2 taking to her, ???
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Post by: princesspiggy on December 11, 2011, 07:27:04 pm
shes very pretty, well done
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Post by: jaykay on December 11, 2011, 07:43:52 pm
Very nice ;D
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Post by: plumseverywhere on December 11, 2011, 07:54:34 pm
Will have to compare pedigree's Katie! they could be related.the breeder concerned's goats  always seem to have a distinctive face don't they? I can see so much of Avocet in Puffin  :)   :goat:
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 11, 2011, 08:57:27 pm
She's a beauty.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Anke on December 11, 2011, 10:16:01 pm
She seems to have a nice soft winter coat. Any head butting yet?

Toggies are lovely. When you seen them in the almost dark, all you can see are the white stripes looking at you - really such a funny picture. Very affectionate too.
Will the kid(s) be toggie or cross?
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Post by: Penninehillbilly on December 11, 2011, 10:27:06 pm
She's gorgeous, love her fringe along her back, does it come up her neck like a mane? Who is she in kid to?
One of mine has developed her long coat this year, either it's colder than where she came from or they develop full coats at 3rd winter ;D
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Post by: plumseverywhere on December 12, 2011, 07:38:33 am
There was some headbutting when she arrived Anke, but we've got her opposite sides of the electric strand for a few days while they adjust (and while we get some hosepipe to stick on vanna's horns!)
The kid(s) will be pure Togg.
She is in kid to a Togg billy owned by Puffin's breeder, he was a new line to the herd.

Her fringe doesn't come right up her neck as yet but there's lots of fluff. I'm still blown away by how colourful she is! We have her second cousin's son here (Reggie) as she is from the same family as my first goat, Avocet  :)
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Post by: Cinderhills on December 12, 2011, 06:32:32 pm
She is adorable.  I love that she calls for cuddles.  :)
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Post by: katie on December 14, 2011, 08:38:46 pm
Mine are in kid to the same chap so the kids will probably be identical! Bags all the doelings!
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Post by: goosepimple on December 14, 2011, 08:56:44 pm
Superb plums, she's gorgeous, big kisses from our wee pygmies  :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: plumseverywhere on December 15, 2011, 07:41:53 am
Mine are in kid to the same chap so the kids will probably be identical! Bags all the doelings!
noooooooo!!! Milli is holding out for a little girl to call Esmerelda and breed from  ;D when are yours due Katie?
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Post by: katie on December 15, 2011, 06:25:40 pm
They're due the first week of March. Faerie is already looking like she has panniers! Richard asked me today how many kids goats normally had. When I told him these two had three each last time he went pale!
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Post by: plumseverywhere on December 16, 2011, 07:42:19 am
haha! don't tell him about the AN in Aldington who had 5 last year then  ;) Not sure Tony has really twigged about the kidding side yet, bless him. He did ask Fay the other day though if the movement form had to say "one (plus) goat" due to pregnancy but she reassured him it was just 'one'.  Not to mention I think we'll be seeing lambs born to your little WH girl same time  ;)