
09/08/06, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,107
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Be careful with breeding. If he is a lot bigger than her, you don't want her to produce a kid so big she can't deliver it. Unfortunately, I did that and had to help at kidding time. The little guy was really not so little. When his hoof presented and I saw it, I knew trouble was a brewing. Then she started screaming and well you know the rest. All went well, but if I had not been there she would never have been able to have it. The kid is now 5 months old and nearly as big as his Mama. He was twice the size of the other kids at birth. So a word of caution here. BTW, when she was bred to the buck he was about her size, but I wasn't thinking and he was only about 5 months old. Lesson learned and luckily no losses.
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