Luci, although huge and waddling, surprised us with a single doe of all things! I was sure 3 more would tumble out. After she was born I saw my mom rubbing her dry with a confused look on her face and I realized we had our first ever sable.
Whenever a full saanen produces a kid with color, that kid is registered as a sable, which is fully registerable and "show-able" but as a separate breed. I have a bit of learning to do from a pedigree and registration standpoint. Sables most commonly appear as togg colored or sundgau. Ours looks like someone painted her very precisely.
"Excuse me, I think you laid in something. "
Not sure what we'll do with her, I have a few young saanens yet to kid so we may offer her for sale, plenty of people seek out sables and breed them exclusively.
Roger became a very proud grandpa yesterday as well. His special goat, Sabine, our lone Nubian gave birth to mixed twins yesterday. These kids are snubians, a saanen x Nubian cross.
We were worried about Sabine's mothering skills, we thought she might try to eat them! We also thought she certainly would have a single since she barely looked pregnant. 10 minutes of active labor, a buck was quickly followed by a doe and the buck was standing and eating without assistance a few minutes later. Sabine was very patient and stood still for him almost immediately.
The kids have "airplane ears"- Nubian in size but they stand straight out instead of dangling. They're also exceptionally cute. Rog gets to make the call on keeping this little girl.
Next up, Chicory and Isadora, they will kid later today, hopefully not at 2 am. Sofia and Charlotte tomorrow, Gemma and Carolina on Sunday then a short break before the yearlings are due.
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