Some of these we have been on the waiting list for 3 years and have been working our way up to the top of the list. Out of these 8 reservations we are 1st on 2 and 2nd on 1. So we will hopefully take home 2-3 new doelings to add to the genetics of our herd.
We are going to an Artificial Insemination clinic in October to learn the basics. It's a hands on class so they will actually walk us through AI'ing a doe each. So I've been looking for some great straws before class. October 18th Saturday Karen Lewis - Frozen Assets Hosted by Judy Bevaart Shows are a great spot to meet up and purchase straws. I had the pleasure of meeting the Springwater herd at the Logan Utah show and fell in love with her doe Apricot. I reached out to Nancy Boling and while straws of her buck Alejandro (Apricots Sire) are sold out she had a couple straws for personal use she sold to us.
Friday August 21, 2020 Grants Pass, Oregon Josephine County Fairgrounds This was a long haul of a trip!! I carpooled with a friend and we drove through the night to make it happen. I woke up at 2am to load my car and get to Serena's house by 5am to make the long drive. A few of us all camped at a nearby campground the night before. The Grants Pass location wasn't as ideal as some of the other locations. The parking to the back barn was hard to get to so we had to haul everything quite a ways. But there were ringside holding pens which were nice. We only brought junior doelings and were excited to bring home some ribbons. The show wrapped up by 8pm and we drove through the night taking turns. I got home at 10:30AM. That's my last time driving through the night.
August 29, 2020 at 9:00 AM Lewiston, Idaho at the Nezperce County Fair Grounds, Goat Barn Ring 1 Judge Amy Amkramoff Ring 2 Judge Lorelei Hallock Chairperson: Janet Hughes We arrived on Friday at 5:30pm and had an easy check in. There are two RV parking lots that have electric for each spot, we parked in the Northeast lot past the barns and had water hook up as well. Everything was close by with clean bathrooms and barns. Pens were already assigned and very well organized. Senior does showed in the late morning on Saturday so we mulled around the campgrounds and chatted with friends, and did last minute shave clean ups on our kids. The raffle also held lots of excitement... (yep, we are getting old and love raffles)
We broke a record last year and added 21 new goats to the herd from 5 different breeders. This year we aren't planning on adding any new goats (period) which of course means we are going to limit it to just a few stunning selections. Here's our plan so far...
We planned on picking up reservations on 4 doelings this year and ended up with 21!! 7 adult does, 4 bucklings and 10 doelings,
We always try to incorporate new genetics into our herd. With a small farm we are extremely selective of the goats we add to our family. We originally had a reservation for 3 does from DLMG. Added a buck reservation for Flutterbye along with our doeling which she delivered for us!! We were smitten with two more doelings as we were waiting for ours to kid so we will be taking home FIVE kids, 4 doelings and a buckling from Laurie Homer at DLMG Farms. All three of our Almar Acres reservations fell through. Two of the does didn't settle and the third had a single buckling and not a doeling like we reserved. We were disappointed but picked up a couple more does from Laurie with Almar Acres bloodlines. Then in the beginning of April Almar Acres announced that due to the current events and the restrictions from their Vet and the requirements for air transport they would only have kids available for local pick up. They are such an incredible breeder they are known Nationwide with most of their kids flying to herds all over the country. With the reservations opening up we were able to acquire a buckling from 'Fire N Spice', a doeling from 'Moonlit Sky' and a doeling from 'Miss B'. We couldn't be more thrilled!!
