Taking reservations for Bottle Boys

Breeding season for goats has just started, so we are taking reservations now for bottle-baby boys.  New goat kids will start arriving in January and we will have them arriving until about June. Our reservations for doe kids & milking does are already full, WE ARE TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR WETHERS ONLY AT THIS TIME.

Virtually all buck kids will be sold as wethers (neutered males). Wethers picked up at 3 weeks of age are $60. If we happen to have two available under 3 weeks of age & you want 2, then they are 2 for $100. Why three weeks?  This gives them one week of their dams colostrum, which is really important for their development & immune system. Then they will have two weeks to make sure they are doing well on milk replacer before they go to their new homes. They will need to be bottle fed until they are at least 8 week old, 12 weeks is better. This gives the new owner plenty of time to bottle feed, too, so the kids will bond well with you. It makes them much more people friendly & easier to handle in the long term. Wethers picked up after three weeks are $100 each, or 2 for $165.

When you contact us to be put on our waiting list, please let us know if you have a preference for color or the month you would like to pick them up (Jan-June). 

our kidding plans are available here:

http://lzrdslomah.com/Just-Kidding.php

Doe kid for sale. F2, polled & blue eyes

IRM'SGIRL (you get to name her)
F2 Polled & Blue eyes
It is with great reluctance that we are offering this kid for sale. We are looking at the kidding schedule for next year & will just have too many, so someone has to go. We are selling her over all the others simply because we think she will be on the small side. She is still too young to really make any other evaluation.  We are asking $250 for her. She will be registered with either TMGR or MDGA, your choice.  

DOB 3.5.12

SSSS:SUGAR PINE RH GEM DANCER                           SSS:MYSTIQUES GD BLUES DANCER                                        SSSD:MYS DB CRY BABY BLUES                SS: WALNUT HILL HUBBA BUBBA                                        SSDS:SHOOTING STAR WS RANSOM PGCH                           SSD:SHOOTING STAR PIXIE STICK                                        SSDD: MYS DESERT ROSE PGCH      S: WALNUT HILL CHARLIE SCHAPLIN  SDSS : M'S-SAGEBRUSH-ACRES DAKOTA  SDS : SGCH M'S SAGEBRUSH DAKOTA KEIRAN SDSD : WILD*WEST MISS KITTY                  SD: BLACKHOOF 1 GOOSEBERRY SDDS : CROWN*POINT SIR WINSTON SDD : COVERED-BRIDGE STRAWBERRY FIZZ SDDD : CROWN*POINT SILVER BELLS IRM'SGIRL (you get to name her) DSSS:WOODHAVEN FARMS TKO

DSS:WOODHAVEN FARMS BUCK OWENS

DSSD:WOODHAVEN FARMS ROXANNE

DS:SHOOTING STAR TUMBLEWEED

DSDS:PRARIEWOOD DOUBLE STUFF OREO

DSD:PGCH MYS DESERT ROSE "VG"

DSDD:PRARIEWOOD MOONLIGHT SABLE

D:IRM'SGIRL HEIDI

DDSS:PAW PAW NIN QUIET WYAT

DDS:GOOD GOATS BLAZIN DESERT SON

DDSD:PAW PAW NIN WHITNEY

DD:RHEBA

DDDS:4B SONG'S RAMBLIN' MAN

DDD:BRANICUR FARMS RAMBLIN REDROSE

DDDD:BRANICUR FARMS RED RAIN

Clarice kidded 5.25.12

Moon Spots - yes
Blue Eyes - yes
Female - YES!!
Polled - maybe, but hard to say at this point....

but You can have everything, right???? I will be keeping this girl!

Being strong....

isn't something you choose to do. It is something you are forced to do when being weak isn't an option.

Those were the words of wisdom a friend shared with me on Thursday when TuTu (aka Phantom) Kidded. It did not go well.  Being a hobby farmer is not always fun, so for anyone reading this page to get a real taste of what it is like, I have to share the un-fun days, too. There was no time to call the vet. I did the only thing I could think of to save her, and lets just leave it at that. She is alive & doing pretty well all things considered. I think she is going to be OK. The buck kid did not survive.

Another live & learn day here at Slate Creek

The quad of blue copper olive eggers that it has taken me 5 years of breeding to get to....a raccoon or skunks got in to the chicken tractor last night. Got the roo & one hen. I am guessing a skunk because a raccoon probably would have killed them all. They like to pull heads off chickens even if they dont eat them. Go figure. 

The only good news I can say is that I have two dozen eggs in the incubator, and three hens left who should still give fertile eggs for about another 7-10 days. He was SUCH a handsome guy & i was just telling myself yesterday that i needed to get pictures of them.

And the take away lesson is that I should NOT PUT MY POULET BLEU TRI IN A CHICKEN TRACTOR!!! and i was just about comfortable enough with the way it was working for the olive eggers to do just that today.

If it had not been cold & gloomy last night, I would not have shut all the windows in the house, then maybe Moxie or I would have heard the ruckus. Poor guys. I feel really bad because it was my mistake......

Hen #5 for sale

This hen is a little older than the other pullets, but she is still technically a pullet because she is less than one year old. You will note & I tried to get good pics, the rooster was a little too aggressive with her, and she has some feathers missing on her back as a result. Now that she is out of that pen, they seem to be growing back. I do not think the missing feathers are part of a molt because that would start at the head/neck & those feathers are not "new". She lays a lovely speckled egg. We are asking $15 for her because she is a little older than the other pullets.

Hen #4 for sale

This girl is a little older than the other pullets. Still less than one year old. She lays a lovley uniform brown egg. We are asking $15 for her because she is a little older (but that also means you get bigger eggs :)

Hen #3 SOLD

Hen #3 SOLD.  $20 for any of the hens listed, just let me know which number hen you want.

Egg from hen #3

Olive Egger cockerel

This guy is about 5 months old. He is the product of a Black Copper Marans crossed with a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana. He has lovely black copper coloring, but also the pea comb, which means he is also likely to carry the "blue gene" needed to make an olive egger.

I am down to only two roosters, and that is just one too many, so this boy has to go. $10 OBO.

UPDATE 5.20.12 SOLD

Hen #2 SOLD

This hen is also solid black, no copper color. Pictures of her egg are below. Lovely speckles on her eggs!

Hen #2

Egg from Hen #2

Egg from Hen #2

Pullets (young laying hens) for sale

I have lots of young hens I will be offering for sale in the next few weeks. These are young hens (pullets) 4-6 months old that just started laying. Some are pure Black copper marans that I am selling either because their eggs are not as dark as I like or because for one reason or another they do not meet the french breed standard. Some are a cross between my Blue Wheaten Ameraucana hens and my Black Copper Marans rooster. They will lay eggs of various green colors. I will be posting pictures of the hens & the eggs they lay as they start to lay & I am able to isolate them & get pictures.

 Hen #1 is a pure black colored hen who lays a lovely uniform honey-brown egg. (Hen #1 is SOLD)

 If this hen is not what you are looking for, use the "contact us" on our webpage to be put on our waiting list for a hen when she becomes available. Just let us know what color eggs you are looking for & we will let you know when we have a hen available.

Hen #1 SOLD

Violet kidded

Sorry for the late post. Violet kidded Sunday 4.22.12 with one very beautiful girl. My 9 year old niece just happened to be here when she kidded, so she got to watch. She helped wipe her off. I showed her how to tie off the chord, cut it & dip it. Then she got to carry her out of the barn & finished drying her off. She was quite thrilled. She thinks I should name her Daffodil :)

Pullets & Cockerels

Some of the chicks that hatched out in November. They are old enough now that I can almost tell males from females (it is not a easy a you think :) Some of them are starting to lay.  I will keep the pullets that most closely meet the French standard for Black Copper Marans. The rest are for sale. Some are marans, some are olive eggers. Use the "contact us" on our website if you are local & interested in purchasing some ready to lay hens.

Some of the girls hanging out in the coop. 

Can't wait to see what color this little one is going to give. She has a pea comb & "muffs" which would imply she got the "blue gene" , but she also has the dark eyes & ears.

Olive egger cockerel