2022 Kidding Schedule
Doe |
Buck |
Due Date |
Result |
Availability |
Song |
Abraham |
January 8th 2022 |
January 8th Twin Does! |
2 does available |
Peace |
Abraham |
January 12th 2022 |
January 10th 2 bucks, 1 doe! |
Doe retained 1 buck retained 1 buck sold |
Aravis (Recorded Grade 75%) |
Rudi Valentino |
February 17th |
February 20th Single Buck |
|
Neptune (American) |
Abraham |
February 17th |
February 14th Twin bucks |
Sold! |
Epiphany |
Rudi Valentino |
February 21st |
February 20th Buck/Doe twins |
Purebred Buck $400 |
Peanut (American) |
Rudi Valentino |
February 22th |
February 23rd Single Buck |
|
Itzy |
April 21st 2022 |
April 20th Twin bucks |
2 Bucks available |
|
Emmy (First Freshener) |
April 28th 2022 |
April 25th Twin bucks |
2 Bucks Available |
|
Hope |
Abraham |
April 28th 2022 |
April 27th Buck/Doe Twins |
1 buck and 1 doe available |
Rhythm (First Freshener) |
April 30th 2022 |
April 25th Buck/Doe Twins! |
Doe retained Buck available |
|
Solace |
Rudi Valentino |
April 11th |
April 13th Buck/Doe Twins |
Buck available |
Moon Shadow |
May 4th 2022 |
Buck/Doe Twins |
1 doe retained |
|
Savannah |
May 8th 2022 |
Single Buck |
All does retained 1 buck retained |
|
Diamond |
May 8th 2022 |
Twin Does! |
1 doe retained |
|
Jewel |
April 2022 |
Single Buck |
||
Marshmallow (American) |
May 18th 2022 |
Buck/doe twins |
1 doe retained |
|
Serenity |
Abraham |
May 18th 2022 |
Single Doe |
|
2022 Kidding Diary:
Peanut/Rudi
February 23rd 2022
Peanut was due this past Tuesday.
We didn't want her to kid on Tuesday. Or Monday. Or Wednesday. Or Thursday.
Last week we started telling Peanut that she should plan on either kidding on Sunday two days before she was due, or wait until the Saturday after, but under no circumstance should she attempt to kid on or around her due date.
Why?
Because it was supposed to be cold.
Wicked cold.
As in -15 with wind chills around -25 or better.
Now, I know you northern folks probably think I am just being a whiner and a baby.
I am. And I am not ashamed to admit it.
I can handle some cold, but there is a reason we live in Colorado (the Land of Bipolar Winters) and NOT in Canada or Alaska.
Anyway, I was hoping and praying that Peanut would not go on her due date.
She didn't.
She went the next morning...
Praise God I had an inkling the night before that maybe I should take her to the kidding stall in the garage just so I could check on her in the night without having to drag my wimpy rear end down to the barn in -25 temperatures at 3am. Peanut and her yearling daughter Marshmallow were actually quite content to hang out in the deluxe suite in the garage -- especially when they realized that it came with food. When I checked at 3am, Peanut's ligaments were a little soft, but her udder wasn't really feeling very full, so I got to go back to bed.
I didn't hear a peep from them all night.
I also didn't hear a peep from them at 6 o'clock that next morning. Thankfully, Andrew did.
He woke me from a dead sleep with, "What the heck is that noise?!"
Sure enough, it was Peanut pushing. Baby's feet were not showing yet, so I ran to get towels and our eldest daughter and once I came back out we had feet and a head and the rest of the kid followed right along after!
We worked quick to help dry baby with towels and a hairdryer.
(We had to move quick because it was -13 in the garage. Thanks, Peanut...)
Surprisingly, Peanut just had the single buckling. But if it's going to be a single buckling, a black roan baby who is heavily moonspotted will do! Thank you, Jesus, for hairdryers and heat lamps. And for easy kiddings. :)
Our current numbers:
6 Does have kidded
4 Doelings
7 Bucklings
12 Does yet to kid
Time for a break! Our next does aren't due until late April, but hang on to your hats! Once we start, it's going to be a wild ride with most of our remaining does due in April and May!
Aravis/Rudi
February 20th 2022
While Epi was taking her time filling her udder for two days and slowly losing her ligaments, Aravis decided she wouldn't be left behind and so in the middle of Saturday night, we realized that Aravis had entered the race and would also be kidding on Sunday. That was fine with us -- the weather was about 55 degrees and perfect for kidding!
We had just finished making sure Epi's babies had had their first meal and were collecting our things and getting ready to head to the house when Aravis started in on heavy labor. Needless to say, we just shifted stalls and set ourselves down to sit it out with Aravis.
Now, Aravis had a horribly hard kidding last year as a first freshener with a big single buck. I had been telling her for a year that she should try for small twins -- that would be easier. In all honesty, though, I was nervous for her kidding. I was praying for an easier go of it this year.
Aravis started pushing and we let her go for a while, just watching. Eventually, I decided to just do a quick two finger check and see if I could feel a baby.
Sure enough, I felt toes.
Big toes.
That made me a little nervous, since last year her buckling was coming with toes and nothing else -- his head had been lodged back behind her pelvis and it was a rotten mess trying to get that kid out. Needless to say, I prayed that we would not have a repeat and reached back a little further. Praise the Lord, there was a head! At least I knew that baby was in the right position.
Aravis pushed for a while, but when progress was quite a bit slower than I would have liked to see -- especially for a second freshener -- we decided that it was time to help. I went a head and grabbed the legs and pulled.
That little stinker was lodged in there pretty tight, but after a few minutes, we pulled out a big blonde buckling. It took a minute or two for him to get his bearings, but it wasn't too long before he was up and nursing.
We bounced Aravis' belly, but there were no more kids. Just a big single buck -- again. We are grateful, though. Even though we had to help, it was a good kidding with a healthy doe and baby. God is good.
The numbers are:
5 Does have kidded
4 Doelings
6 Bucklings
13 Does yet to kid
Epi/Rudi
January 20th 2022
There was frigid winter weather headed our way and we were so very eager for the remainder of our February does to get down to business and get those babies born and dry before we had to face sub-zero temperatures. We kept telling Epi, Aravis, and Peanut that Sunday would be a great day to have babies.
Well, Saturday rolled around and Epi's udder was filling quickly! We watched her through the afternoon Saturday and then checked on her several times in the night. Finally around 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, she finally got down to business and started in on heavy labor. We sat with her and kept her company and not to much later she started pushing and a teeny little black and tan doeling slipped out, followed quickly by her handsome brown and black brother. Both kids were incredibly vigorous and Epi was thrilled to have babies of her own. You couldn't ask for a simpler kidding than that! (And that turned out to be a good thing since we had just made sure that Epi's kids got a tummy full of colostrum when Aravis started in to hard labor in the next pen... It doesn't rain, but it pours!)
Stats:
4 Does kidded
4 Doelings
5 Bucklings
14 Does yet to kid (though not for long...)
*UPDATE*
We were absolutely gutted when we went to the barn on Tuesday morning two days after Epi's babies were born, to find her doeling dead. Epi was lying on top of her and she was smothered. There are plenty of ups and downs in farming and we hate these downs worst of all... Epi's boy is looking great and Epi has adjusted better than I expected after she lost her doeling, so we are thankful for that...
January 20th 2022
There was frigid winter weather headed our way and we were so very eager for the remainder of our February does to get down to business and get those babies born and dry before we had to face sub-zero temperatures. We kept telling Epi, Aravis, and Peanut that Sunday would be a great day to have babies.
Well, Saturday rolled around and Epi's udder was filling quickly! We watched her through the afternoon Saturday and then checked on her several times in the night. Finally around 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, she finally got down to business and started in on heavy labor. We sat with her and kept her company and not to much later she started pushing and a teeny little black and tan doeling slipped out, followed quickly by her handsome brown and black brother. Both kids were incredibly vigorous and Epi was thrilled to have babies of her own. You couldn't ask for a simpler kidding than that! (And that turned out to be a good thing since we had just made sure that Epi's kids got a tummy full of colostrum when Aravis started in to hard labor in the next pen... It doesn't rain, but it pours!)
Stats:
4 Does kidded
4 Doelings
5 Bucklings
14 Does yet to kid (though not for long...)
*UPDATE*
We were absolutely gutted when we went to the barn on Tuesday morning two days after Epi's babies were born, to find her doeling dead. Epi was lying on top of her and she was smothered. There are plenty of ups and downs in farming and we hate these downs worst of all... Epi's boy is looking great and Epi has adjusted better than I expected after she lost her doeling, so we are thankful for that...
Neptune/Abraham
February 14th 2022
The night before Valentines day, sweet Toonie started really filling out her udder. By chore time the next morning, she was in solid labor, so we went ahead and put her in a kidding pen in the barn where she would have a little more peace and quiet. Shortly after chores, I sent one of my two legged barn monitors down to the barn to check on her. Five minutes later he came back in with the news -- healthy, vigorous twin bucklings! He had been just in time to catch them as she pushed them out easily on her own -- a big gold fellow followed directly by his nearly white brother.
It didn't take much time at all before those boys were up and nursing. You would never know that Toonie was a first time mama -- she took to mothering like a fish to water.
It truly does not get easier than that. Thank you, Lord! Please continue to keep those does and kids strong and healthy!
Our current stats:
3 does have kidded
3 doelings
4 bucklings
15 does yet to kid
February 14th 2022
The night before Valentines day, sweet Toonie started really filling out her udder. By chore time the next morning, she was in solid labor, so we went ahead and put her in a kidding pen in the barn where she would have a little more peace and quiet. Shortly after chores, I sent one of my two legged barn monitors down to the barn to check on her. Five minutes later he came back in with the news -- healthy, vigorous twin bucklings! He had been just in time to catch them as she pushed them out easily on her own -- a big gold fellow followed directly by his nearly white brother.
It didn't take much time at all before those boys were up and nursing. You would never know that Toonie was a first time mama -- she took to mothering like a fish to water.
It truly does not get easier than that. Thank you, Lord! Please continue to keep those does and kids strong and healthy!
Our current stats:
3 does have kidded
3 doelings
4 bucklings
15 does yet to kid
Peace/Abraham
January 10th, 2022
Peace has always been our family's favourite doe. Aside from her gorgeous looks and amazing milk production, she has the absolute sweetest personality of any goat we have ever known. We have missed having her on our milking string for the past year since she didn't kid for us despite many multiple breeding attempts.
Well, as it turns out, it was worth the wait!
We have been keeping an eye on Peace since Saturday evening when her udder started to work on filling. Her ligaments were soft and we went ahead and brought her to the kidding stall in our garage. She wasn't too thrilled to be there, but since we were dealing with cold temperatures and have a livestock guardian who hasn't ever been around kidding, we decided we would rather have her up at the house. We let her daughter Hope come keep her company.
Peace's ligaments disappeared some time Sunday and her udder kept slowly filling, but it wasn't until we brought her down to a pen in the barn on Monday morning that she decided to release her hostages. Only about an hour after moving her, we gave one of our human kids a quick break from school to run down and check on her. She came running right back saying there were three kids on the ground!
Peace has always been one of our easiest kidders and this kidding was no different. The black belted doeling was born first and Sariah peeked into the barn just in time to see a blonde buckling born, directly followed by a black buckling. Praise the Lord! It doesn't get any easier than that!
The handsome black buckling is going to be a herdsire in New Mexico and the doe and gold boy are staying right here.
Our current numbers:
2 does have kidded
3 doelings
2 bucklings
16 does yet to kid
January 10th, 2022
Peace has always been our family's favourite doe. Aside from her gorgeous looks and amazing milk production, she has the absolute sweetest personality of any goat we have ever known. We have missed having her on our milking string for the past year since she didn't kid for us despite many multiple breeding attempts.
Well, as it turns out, it was worth the wait!
We have been keeping an eye on Peace since Saturday evening when her udder started to work on filling. Her ligaments were soft and we went ahead and brought her to the kidding stall in our garage. She wasn't too thrilled to be there, but since we were dealing with cold temperatures and have a livestock guardian who hasn't ever been around kidding, we decided we would rather have her up at the house. We let her daughter Hope come keep her company.
Peace's ligaments disappeared some time Sunday and her udder kept slowly filling, but it wasn't until we brought her down to a pen in the barn on Monday morning that she decided to release her hostages. Only about an hour after moving her, we gave one of our human kids a quick break from school to run down and check on her. She came running right back saying there were three kids on the ground!
Peace has always been one of our easiest kidders and this kidding was no different. The black belted doeling was born first and Sariah peeked into the barn just in time to see a blonde buckling born, directly followed by a black buckling. Praise the Lord! It doesn't get any easier than that!
The handsome black buckling is going to be a herdsire in New Mexico and the doe and gold boy are staying right here.
Our current numbers:
2 does have kidded
3 doelings
2 bucklings
16 does yet to kid
Song/Abraham
January 8th, 2022
Kidding Season 2022 has officially begun!
Once again White Fields Liberty Song started us out with a perfect kidding.
Song's udder started filling and her ligaments had disappeared by Friday evening. We checked on her a few times during the night because she is one of only a few does at our farm who have ever kidded during the nighttime hours. Finally by about 9:30 Saturday morning, Song started to really get down to business. Once she started pushing, it was only a few minutes before we saw some golden toes and out came a big, gold doeling! Only seconds later, Song literally squirted out a second kid -- right onto my lap! The second doeling is a platinum blond little thing and as cute as can be. Song has always been an amazing mother and her kids were up and nursing before we knew it.
We are thanking God for a perfect start to our kidding season!
One doe down, 17 to go!
January 8th, 2022
Kidding Season 2022 has officially begun!
Once again White Fields Liberty Song started us out with a perfect kidding.
Song's udder started filling and her ligaments had disappeared by Friday evening. We checked on her a few times during the night because she is one of only a few does at our farm who have ever kidded during the nighttime hours. Finally by about 9:30 Saturday morning, Song started to really get down to business. Once she started pushing, it was only a few minutes before we saw some golden toes and out came a big, gold doeling! Only seconds later, Song literally squirted out a second kid -- right onto my lap! The second doeling is a platinum blond little thing and as cute as can be. Song has always been an amazing mother and her kids were up and nursing before we knew it.
We are thanking God for a perfect start to our kidding season!
One doe down, 17 to go!
Just a note... December 26, 2021
Well, the start to our kidding season is just around the corner! We are planning to kid out 18 does this year between January and June-- it's going to be busy around the farm this spring! Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in requesting kids. We are hoping to have quite a few high quality kids to offer this year and we may look at offering a doe or two in milk as well. Stay tuned for updates on our arrivals. God bless you and yours as we face a new year!
Well, the start to our kidding season is just around the corner! We are planning to kid out 18 does this year between January and June-- it's going to be busy around the farm this spring! Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in requesting kids. We are hoping to have quite a few high quality kids to offer this year and we may look at offering a doe or two in milk as well. Stay tuned for updates on our arrivals. God bless you and yours as we face a new year!
White Fields Farm Sales Policy
Our prices for Purebred and American Nubian kids typically range from $300-$600. Prices for grade kids typically range from $250-$300 for grade does and $150 for grade bucklings/wethers.
At White Fields Farm, we like to give ourselves time to make our herd retention decisions based on what we see from our kids and their dams over several months. Therefore, we rarely take deposits on unborn kids.
You may request a kid from a planned breeding by contacting us by phone or email. We keep a list of kids requested and will contact you as soon as we have made our retention decisions for the year and if we have a kid available to meet your request. Once we have contacted you, we require a deposit of $100 to hold the kid until weaning or pickup, with the balance due upon pickup of the kid.
In the case of a weaned kid or adult animal offered for sale, we request a minimum of half the purchase price down as a deposit with the remainder due within two weeks of receipt of deposit or upon pick up of the animal.
No animal will leave our farm until paid in full.
If you are interested in buying a goat, please contact Ande prior to sending a deposit to discuss availability at [email protected] or 303-818-0347.
We accept payment via Venmo, PayPal, cash, or check.
Please make checks or money orders payable to Andrea or Andrew Pellett.
Doe kids will be dam raised for a minimum of 10-12 weeks unless other arrangements have been made. Buck kids will be dam raised for at least 8-10 weeks based on their behavior.
Any goat not picked up by the date agreed upon by White Fields Farm will incur an additional boarding fee of $7 per day.
All of our kids are sold disbudded unless otherwise agreed upon and paid in full by 10 days after birth. Any wethers sold will be castrated just prior to leaving our farm.
Although we are diligent to maintain the health of all animals on our farm, we will not be responsible for the sickness, injury or death of any reserved kid after 12 weeks old or of any animal once it has left our farm.
We prefer animals to be picked up at our farm, though we are willing to discuss other options with you.
We will honor requests for kids to the best of our ability, but we do reserve the right to retain any animal born on our farm for our herd's needs.
Deposits shall be refunded if your choice of kid is not born, is retained for our herd or if it does not meet our standard of quality. Deposits will not be refunded on an order that is canceled by the buyer after it is made.
Any desired health testing may be performed at the buyer's request and at the buyer's expense. Health Certificates may be obtained at the buyer's request and at the buyer's expense.
Goats kids will come with their application for registration with the American Dairy Goat Association. Adult goats will come with their ADGA registration papers. We have Purebred, American, and Grade Nubians. The goats listed may be assumed purebred unless otherwise noted.
At White Fields Farm, we like to give ourselves time to make our herd retention decisions based on what we see from our kids and their dams over several months. Therefore, we rarely take deposits on unborn kids.
You may request a kid from a planned breeding by contacting us by phone or email. We keep a list of kids requested and will contact you as soon as we have made our retention decisions for the year and if we have a kid available to meet your request. Once we have contacted you, we require a deposit of $100 to hold the kid until weaning or pickup, with the balance due upon pickup of the kid.
In the case of a weaned kid or adult animal offered for sale, we request a minimum of half the purchase price down as a deposit with the remainder due within two weeks of receipt of deposit or upon pick up of the animal.
No animal will leave our farm until paid in full.
If you are interested in buying a goat, please contact Ande prior to sending a deposit to discuss availability at [email protected] or 303-818-0347.
We accept payment via Venmo, PayPal, cash, or check.
Please make checks or money orders payable to Andrea or Andrew Pellett.
Doe kids will be dam raised for a minimum of 10-12 weeks unless other arrangements have been made. Buck kids will be dam raised for at least 8-10 weeks based on their behavior.
Any goat not picked up by the date agreed upon by White Fields Farm will incur an additional boarding fee of $7 per day.
All of our kids are sold disbudded unless otherwise agreed upon and paid in full by 10 days after birth. Any wethers sold will be castrated just prior to leaving our farm.
Although we are diligent to maintain the health of all animals on our farm, we will not be responsible for the sickness, injury or death of any reserved kid after 12 weeks old or of any animal once it has left our farm.
We prefer animals to be picked up at our farm, though we are willing to discuss other options with you.
We will honor requests for kids to the best of our ability, but we do reserve the right to retain any animal born on our farm for our herd's needs.
Deposits shall be refunded if your choice of kid is not born, is retained for our herd or if it does not meet our standard of quality. Deposits will not be refunded on an order that is canceled by the buyer after it is made.
Any desired health testing may be performed at the buyer's request and at the buyer's expense. Health Certificates may be obtained at the buyer's request and at the buyer's expense.
Goats kids will come with their application for registration with the American Dairy Goat Association. Adult goats will come with their ADGA registration papers. We have Purebred, American, and Grade Nubians. The goats listed may be assumed purebred unless otherwise noted.