Kids are off and running!

Our 2013 kidding season went very well.  71 kids born, only 1 stillbirth, and 1 kid that was weak and died during his first week.  The rest of the kids are looking very strong and hearty.  The first group, born early-mid-March has been weaned (we wean bucklings at 90 days, and leave the doelings with the dams for closer to 120 days).  Most of the others will be weaning soon.  Some have already gone to new homes, and we've taken deposits on a number of others.  All our kids are evaluated at weaning, when we decide if they are headed to market later on, kept in our own herd, or offered for sale as breeding stock.  If the kid isn't one we'd consider keeping in our own herd, we won't sell it as a breeding animal.  Some of the bucklings are pictured below.  We'll be weaning the first group of doelings soon and hope to get some photos of some of them posted as well.