Thursday, 21 April 2016

Huh....?

The last ewe still hasn't lambed, but one of the goats stepped up to fill the birthing gap -


The above photo is seconds after I discovered them inside the goat house, so you're seeing exactly what I saw (minus my jaw hanging open, obviously). I had zero idea that she was pregnant. We don't keep any bucks, nor do our nearest neighbours. There was a ram in with her but shoats (sheep/goat hybrids) are too rare to be a possibility. If I do the maths, she was covered in late November last year, just before I took her son away. The kids, both does, have Boer goat markings like him.



So far the kids seem healthy, despite having a brother for a father. I think the saying goes "If it works, it's line breeding and if it doesn't, it's inbreeding". Then you eat your mistakes and try again.

5 comments:

  1. Mom Goat clearly regrets nothing.

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  2. Well that was a pretty awesome surprise! Congratulations, especially in view of them both being does!

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  3. There's a town near us with a reputation for family trees like that...

    Well done Mum (which one's that?) for just getting on with it :)

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  4. Janice Bendixen22 April 2016 at 01:42

    Oedipus rocks!

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  5. I love how you get to eat your mistakes!
    Delish.
    barb

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