Get ready to gasp and ooh and ahh. These are the cutest photos you will see all week. All currently happening at the Farmer's Husband!
Baby parade 2013
April 24, 2013
Deloris, the Guernsey x Toggenburg doe kid.
Sorry you haven’t heard from us much lately. We don’t have internet
access at our new farm yet, and we’ve had lots of babies to squeeze.
Lots and lots of babies. To date, our gals have produced 26 lambs and
kids. Here is a photo list of who’s given birth to what on the farm this
year. We will update as more kids hit the ground to help us keep them
all straight, and to provide some cute babies for you to enjoy.
Goats
March 15, 2013,
Gertie the Toggenburg doe gave birth
to twin girls, sired by the Guernsey buck, Brady. Dolly, is a flaxen
blond color and polled, and Deloris is a dark Sundgau color with gold
markings and is disbudded.
Dolly and Deloris, Guernsey x Toggenburg goat kids. Born March 8, 2013.
March 24, 2013,
Esther the Toggenburg doe had
triplet girls. Dottie is a dark Sundgau pattern, with gold marking, and a
white spot on her head, and is polled. Daisy is almost white with a bit
of blond, and is disbudded. Daphne is almost white as well with a touch
of gold, and is disbudded.
Daphne, Daisy, and Dottie Guernsey x Toggenburg triplets
March 31 (Easter day),
Trixie the Sable Saanen doe
had one boy and one girl. The boy was sold shortly after birth. The
girl, Dixie, is very light blond in color, and is polled.
April 3, 2013, Bramble the
Guernsey (well mostly Guernsey) doe produced a boy and a girl, from
Brady, the Guernsey buck. Dick is blond at the head, fading to red at
the haunches, and is disbudded. Dorcas is solid ginger red from head to
tail, and is polled.
Dorcas and Dick, British Guernsey goat kids
- Dick and Dorcas, offspring of Brady and Bramble.
April 5,
Banbury the Guernsey (HB2) doe had twin
boys, from Brady, the Guernsey buck. Dudley is an even blond with small
white spots on his face, and is disbudded. Dexter is an even ginger red
with white spotting on his face, and is polled.
Dudley, the British Guernsey buckling
Dexter, the British Guernsey buckling
April 6, 2013,
Vapors, the Sable Saanen doe had twin boys. They were sold a few days later for pets/meat. They were both white.
Vapors and boys.
April 9, 2013, Aggie, the Toggenburg doe had one boy and one girl.
The boy was a flaxen gold color, and was sold for a pet or meat. Dusty,
the girl, is a light flaxen color, and is polled.
Thomas and Dusty.
April 17, 2013, Millie, the Nubian mix doe gave birth to twin boys.
One boy is a medium gold color and has gone to live with our friend
Meagan, and the other is a black and white cou blanc pattern with floppy
ears. He is available for a pet/meat home.
Calvin, the Guernsey, Nubian, Alpine mix
Sheep
March 27, 2013, Michelle, the East Frisian ewe had two ram lambs by
our Katahdin ram, Cranston. They are both white, and are growing
rapidly.
Twin ram lambs. Katahdin x Friesian
March 31 (Easter) 2013, Maggie the Katahdin had triplets, sired by
Marvin, the East Friesian ram. One boy and one girl (Wanda) are being
raised by Maggie, and the other girl (Wendy) is being bottle fed, as she
was rejected by her mom.
Boy and Wanda, Friesian x Katahdin lambs
Wendy, the bottle lamb. Friesian x Katahdin
April 3, 2013, Aster the Icelandic ewe had twin boys from Marvin, the
Frisian ram. They are very fast growers, and are already looking
delicious.
Aster with her boys. Friesian x Icelandic.
April 13, 2013, Coco, the Icelandic ewe had 2 ram lambs from
Cranston, the Katahdin ram. It will be hard to eat them, they’re so
cute.
Katahdin x Icelandic ram lamb.
Katahdin x Icelandic ram lamb
We have a few more does due to kid in
June, and will update this list as babies are born. The pure Guernsey
boys are for sale. The ram lambs could also be for sale if they are of
interest to anyone, but will most likely be finished in our pastures and
sold as meat this autumn. All girls, both lambs and kids, will be kept
for breeding purposes. A few older does may be available this autumn.
