B is for Blue Eyed Bucky Boy (the Big Bad Buck of CBF)

Okay, so I had a moment of exaggeration - He isn't Big and he's not really bad at all - more or less kind of shy. But he is the king of Goatie world here at CBF - Piddlin Acres H Calm the Storm. THE BUCK. and he is blue eyed. So, he gets his own "B" day here on the blog. For those of you who don't own bucks, I don't recommend it to the faint hearted, they are nasty but sweet critters! How is that possible you ask - well, if you've ever been around a buck in rut, well, they are rather UNPLEASANT - peeing all over themselves and generally stinking up the airspace (for quite a distance) around them(even though the girl's LOVE the buck cologne)Not to mention the noises - trust me, being woken up (or kept awake half the night) by some rather obnoxious noises out in the goat pen isn't fun.

Most of you who know me, know I'm not really BIG on blue eyes but this year the blue eyed bucks just came my way. I really prefer MILK genetics as I'd really like to be known as the little herd that has lots of milk - we will see! Anyway, I did not go out looking for Blue eyed bucks but was in the market for a new buck so I bought a buck from Arizona who did not work out for me, I was given a blue eyed black and white (for those of you who follow my blog - Flying goat Jazzy Blues, who now resides at PrairieWood Ranch) who drove me nuts singing to the girls ALL NIGHT LONG. Then, this little guy came my way. I jumped at the chance since my best milking Nigerian has similar lineage as this guy. JUST so happens, he too has blue eyes. Now that the other two bucks are gone, he is here to pave the way for a new generation of CBF babies. I don't care if he throws me a single blue eyed baby but if he passes down some of those milky genetics he's carrying from both PiddlinAcres and Lost Valley we will be very happy campers indeed!

Updated Tirzah - 4 mo.

Getting Pictures (esp. good ones) on overly friendly goats isn't easy!
I hadn't gotten a good one of Tirzah in a while and I certainly wouldn't say this is a good one.
She is 4 mo in this picture. She is long and level with nice feet and legs. Nice shoulders and a fairly long neck. She appears to be very dairy but she's a little "overly conditioned" at this point.
Despite being the youngest goat in the Food chain here we know she's getting plenty to eat. Right now she is the only doe not pregnant. She will wait until March for her hot date with (we hope) Lost Valley ML Nekoda *S.

FUN Idea

I love what my friend Lisa did at LaughingOrcaRanch (see link on right)
on her blog. She did an Alphabet BlogSchool. Too much fun. I am going to copy her
but keep all thinks goatie - it will make the wait until BABIES go faster. I won't guarantee an everyday blog but I plan on making it fun and interesting. And EDUCATIONAL!!!!
IF you want some fun and educational reading visit Lisa at Laughing Orca Ranch. she REALLY did a great job - I'm inspired!
Thanks Lisa for always have such creative ideas and interesting reading on your blog. I don't get on often enough and then when I do - I spend so much time there I don't get all my chores done!
BAD MOMMY!

Update on Goats.

We finally have all the tests done on all the goats: All goats have tested NEGATIVE for CAE.
Joie, Miss Priss, Dixie and Malina were also tested for Johnne's and are NEGATIVE. The reason why the other goats weren't tested for Johnnes is that I didn't own them at the time and they were all tested for CAE before they came on my property so we will get tests on Storm, Narnia, and of course little Tirzah in the spring (Tirzah isn't done at all because she's too young).
We believe that all the does are bred now except Tirzah who is too young to be bred yet.
Due dates are as follows:
1. Narnia - Due March 1, 2oo9 For Boer/Alpine crosses - NONE FOR SALE
2. Joie de Vivre - Due March 24, 2009 to PiddlinAcres KR TapDance
3. Twinkle Lil Star -Due March 26, 2009 to PiddlinAcres H Calm the Storm
4. Whistling Dixie - Due March 27, 2009 to PiddlinAcres H Calm the Storm
2 Does and 2 wethers are reserved already out of these 3 does - I may have a limited number of does and wethers for sale. NO BUCKS available this year.
5. Miss Priss - Due May14th, 2009 to Piddlin Acres H. Calm the Storm for Mini Oberhaslis - does will be available but no bucks/wethers
6. Tirzah - will be bred in March to Lost Valley ML Nekoda *S of PrairieWood Ranch if all goes according to plan. You can see pics of Nekoda on the Herd sires page of Prairie Wood Ranch website -links on top left of the blog page.

Welcome our Newest Herd member.

My kiddos decided to do something different this coming year in 4H. Meat Goats. So I called my friend at SbarH Dairy Goats who I knew was crossing some of her Alpines to a Boer buck to find out what she might have available in the spring. After talking for a while she made me an offer I could NOT refuse.

Pearl Valley Laredo Narnia (Pearl Valley Yreka Laredo *B X Pearl Valley SDHB Nivasha 8*M) pregnant to her Boer buck. Not only is she a lovely little Alpine doe she is a Jr. Champion from some wonderful bloodlines and from a CAE Neg. Herd raised on CAE prevention. We weren't sure this is what we wanted but now that Narnia has been with us for 2 days, well, we are pretty convinced we were BLESSED!!!!!!

Yep, Narnia is fitting in fine here at CBF Nigerians. We hope she throws us a couple of twin Boer crosses for the kids to show and Kathy told us she is a very nice and easy milker. So, welcome Miss Narnia, we are glad you are here. Thank you so much Carl, Kathy and Jean!!!!

Updated Photos of PiddlinAcres H Calm the Storm

I got Mr. Storm up on the stand this morning for hooftrimming and thought this would be the perfect time for pictures so here he is in all his stinky buck glory. Both CBF Ent's Whistling Dixie and CBF Ent's Twinkle lil Star came into heat this weekend so lucky boy got some girls finally. Also, the young lady down the street has decided to repeat the breeding from last year - Storm and CBF Chikorita that produced the lovely little doeling CBF Kimberly Moon. I sold Chikorita bred to Storm. Kimberly is a lovely little dairy doe and because she carries similar lines to our own CBF Ent's Whistling Dixie we thought that would be a SWEET combo! Yep, Very excited to see what these pairing produce. All of our babies are due at the end of March so if you see something that interests you, do not hesitate to contact us. I know the babies from Chikorita and Storm will be for sale this year so if you are interested you can contact me for more information. Some of these does are great combos of breeding from the Lost Valley, PrairieWood, PiddlinAcres,TwinCreeks lines.

Chikorita has a crooked front leg and Storm straitened that trait up in Kimberly, she is very dairy and has a long level topline as well as very nice angulation - Can't wait to see all these young girls from our herd freshen to see if we are on the right track!

Breeding has Commenced

This is Nizhoni's Joie de Vivre's Beau. Piddlin Acres KR Tapdance
who is out of Piddlin Acres KM King's Ransom and MCH PiddlinAcres Bobby Sox. I have wanted to breed to this boy for a very long time and since I had a breeding come with my doe to any of Darlene's bucks, I decided that we would finally cash that in. Joie spent a week with this handsome boy and we are pretty sure she's bred.

I wanted to get a pic of the pair but Joie moved and I cut off her head. But here is a sort of decent side view of Mr. Tapdance. I have liked this boy since I saw him shown as a Jr. buck and I've LOVED everything out of him so far. I tried to buy a doe out of him (Foxtrot) who has a lovely udder and a nice dairy body. When i spent a time with Darlene earlier picking up Tirzah I went around pointing to babies I really like and they were all out of Tapdance and Orion. HMMM - a free breeding came with Tirzah - may have to take her to visit Orion!!!!! We are hoping this will be a beautiful combination of some of the best PiddlinAcres has to offer with a bit of TwinCreeks thrown in for good measure. Can't wait to see what this pair produces: I hoping for DOES!!!!