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Diva has siblings.

1/5/2014

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On a side topic, Diva's dam was bred back to Diva's sire before we ran our G6S blood tests this fall. In hind sight, if we had tested sooner, we would have terminated the pregnancy, rather than bring more potential Affected kids into the world.

Nelly Kidded 2 days ago, in the evening. Two Buck kids. We were very happy to see two boys come into the world from this ill-fated breeding. Boys we can make a 100% guarantee that they will not be used for breeding simply by making wethers out of them. 

This mornings food for thought: Nelly's two new boys are slower to stand, they are not as strong as all of the other kids we have had born in the last week. They flail around at the teat, only half trying to nurse until someone intervenes to help them. Nelly had the exact same diet as all of our other does. The only difference between these kids and our others- Genetics. It makes me wonder about their status. Are they affected Kids already failing to thrive?

We won't be testing the boys, as there is no real reason to blood test a wether for a genetic disorder, other than curiosity. These boys are destined to be culls, and will be raised with the idea of being used as a meat animal.
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    I am Julie. I consider myself the "Head Goat Wrangler" here at the farm.  Joe calls the Goat herd "My Project", so I get to make 90% of all the decisions involving breeding, feeding and long term care for these beautiful animals. 

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