for betsy

hoggie · #1 10/22/08, 09:20 AM

Hi thought you might like to see Susie my GG nanny

This was taken in May

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/...43f368d284.jpg[/img]

And this is her son at about 6 weeks old - my weak kid who is pure GG although his colour has changed slightly

[img http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/...b1298ab543.jpg /img]

I don't have any current ones, am waiting for a good day to go and get some

hoggie (who's just hoping she has remembered how to post pics correctly)

hoggie · #2 10/22/08, 09:32 AM

oh good grief - I CAN'T do it aaaargh !!

hoggie

betsy h. · #3 10/22/08, 03:19 PM

Oh, wow! they are very nice- I especially love the deep colour! If the kid is 'weak', I 'd look at cocci as the culprit. I have noticed though that late kids tend to be very small -males more than females- with a tendency towards being somewhat more suseptable to parasites and unless they have extra milk it can cause a bad decline.

She has very good breed character and a nice long coat. do not worry about his coat length, it will get longer at about a year old. Your BA's look nice too.

What size are her teats? He could be having problems latching on if her teats are large- I have one grade Guernsey like that - ack! It also seems to be a breed thing in many females to have teats larger than necessary.

AND I've watched the larger, more agressive kids push these guys away from feed- they are soooo laid back they let bigger kids just bowl them over. I'd keep him and register him- if we could import, I'd bring him here.

You can see some of mine at http://glastonburyfarm.blogspot.com Mind you, the opening post you see is not a goat post, but scroll back a couple of pages to see some goat pics. There is a link there to my webshots where there are even more Guernsey pics. Go to southwindfarms.org to see the US purebred herd and stumphollo.com to see Joan's goats.

Minelson · #4 10/22/08, 03:42 PM

Can I look at them too? Or are they just for Betsy

Rockytopsis · #5 10/22/08, 03:53 PM

Susie is beautiful, just beautiful

hoggie · #6 10/22/08, 04:10 PM

LOL Minelson - feel free to look - I intended to post the actual pictures but somehow managed not to and can't figure out what I did wrong

betsy - Chestnut (the kid) is much better now. He was a twin whose brother died at birth and he struggled for a few weeks. For the first week or so I had to hold him up so he could feed he was so weak. After a chest infection, which had anti-b's and coccidial treatment he picked up and is now a strong little guy. I will try to get some updated pics of him but ned to sort out the batteries on camera. His coat has been a bit weird - he develped a long, VERY pale (almost white) over coat with the deep chestnut underneath. But now that light coat seems to be going and teh dark coat coming through.

I have just noticed that I was so busy trying to post the pics that I didn't make it clear. Both pics were taken in May - Chestnut is now 7 months old

Promise I will try for photos tomorrow

Rockytopsis - thank you

hoggie

Minelson · #7 10/22/08, 04:22 PM

Oh I remember when you first posted these...just beautiful!

betsy h. · #8 10/23/08, 08:21 AM

The GG's go through several coat color shifts- don;t be too worried about it, but if his coat gets really light gold and stays that way or has a really rough undercoat to it, this is a sign that copper is needed.

Kazahleenah · #9 10/23/08, 09:45 AM

Here you go Hoggie. I'm not sure with Flicker, but with Photobucket, you copy the bottom link, that starts with IMG.

Hoggie's Doe:

for betsy - Goats

Hoggie's buckling:

for betsy - Goats

Kaza

hoggie · #10 10/23/08, 02:04 PM

Thanks Kaza. I used to have it cracked with photobucket. But since they changed the site I can't get it to upload my photos so I had to put some on flickr and I DID work it out once how to do it, but it is so long that I can't remember what it was. Likewise the picture icon in th etoolbar doesn't do it's thing fo rme.

I took a couple of pics today - so let's see if I can manage to post these

hoggie · #11 10/23/08, 02:12 PM

Yay - I HAVE it.

Right!!!! That is Chestnut, my young GG

posing for the camera LOL

This is Brownie - who was definitely NOT posing for the camera - she is the timid flighty one, hence the rope

hoggie · #12 10/23/08, 02:20 PM

This is Cocoa the more "scrubby" of teh two, who nevertheless has a fantastic temperament and I think may have the long coat. She has the "mohiccan" and the start of teh trousers

for betsy - Goats

This is Goldie their triplet brother who doesn't usually stand like that honest but I posted th epic anyway to get an idea of the difference in size/bulk

for betsy - Goats

And just for fun this is my "big baby"

crazygoatgal · #13 10/23/08, 02:53 PM

They are so cool looking. Makes me want one. Do you do anything with the hair? They seem like sturdy little animals. How big do they get?

betsy h. · #14 10/23/08, 03:17 PM

they are about the size of an Oberhasli.

In the US, unless you are willing to join the BGS grading up program, the only thing that is available is a pet wether or three.:-) Until ADGA recognizes them as a breed and they are added to the ADGA herd books, we register them through the BGS and keep scrupulous records through their herd books- it's a bit pricier to do the grading up process, but soe of us are up for it.

I do have a coupkle of nice wethers that need placing- I'm going to PA (near Philly) to pick up Guernsey does the end of Nov./1st of dec., so I could bring them up. Two bucks I'm bringing with me are going on up to NY, so perhaps somethng could be arranged?