2022- We bred Clover to kid as a yearling to Robinett’s-Caprines Amadeus. She was due May 27, 2022. Clover kidded two days early for her first freshening with a large, single doeling. It was textbook perfect and she did a fantastic job. All the normal signs were there: pre-labor, she didn’t throw a fit the morning we isolated her into the kidding stall, her doe kid was well positioned, Clover had a great amout of colostrum… I could keep going. Her doe kid, Kansas Bluestem Talisman was big, or rather appeared big but wasn’t truly all that large, at only 7.3lbs. She never looked like a skinny newborn and her abdominal area was “filled in” looking from the get go. We learned later, after Tally unexpectedly passed away a few days past 2 months old, that the “filled in” look was likely caused by enlarged liver, kidney and ovaries, and she also had a few other organ abnormalities. Because of that, we will never repeat the breeding between Clover and Amadeus, to hopefully avoid future offspring with the same issues.

2023: Clover was bred via AI in the fall of 2022 to Truly Ranch Magic’s Morse Code. She was the only doe that we managed to settle via AI in 2022, but hopefully we will have more success in the future. Clover kidded with a single doe kid a two days early (sounding familiar?), and managed to sneak her out while we were away from the house. Clover showed zero signs of kidding that day, and we were comfortable leaving her in the regular doe pen, instead of the kidding stall. Upon returning, we found a the healthy little doeling up and all dried off already, weighing in at 7.30lbs, just like her predecsessor, the year before. This little one, Kansas Bluestem LuckOfTheStraw has grown up healthy and large and will freshen as a yearling in 2024.