05/20/2024
A little bit of a farm update:
Peter is growing fast. The first show we took him to and weight him, he was 50 lbs! He's a savanna boer cross and is about 4½ to 5 months old. He's going to be giant! He got his first bath, blow-dry and haircut, and his first show.
Don't tell anyone 🤫 But I registered and granded two does! The first is Teal Stone Homestead 's 340 (Dottie). Dottie has shown great promise and won me my BOB in Youth Nationals this year. I have a very good feeling about her development and future in my barn.
The second is my very first Homegrown Grand Champion, the one I expected the least, Nilla Wafer. She is from my "demon doe" who was a nightmare on legs. She actually tried killing her babies (Nilla and her siblings) so I had to fit a total of 13 babies in with Peaches. It was stressful, but we made it work! I took Nilla to a couple shows, and the general consensus was.. confusing. Some judges said she was promising and placed her first, some judges said she was too plain and placed her last, and some said she was average and placed her in the middle. I showed her at my county fair for numbers, and the judge there said she was promising, and a convention baby. Convention came, and I disagreed entirely. So I didn't show her. But I kept showing her for numbers, and finally, she looked pretty nice after her first litter, so I took her to Nationals. Only to find out she had a broken tooth, so she got DQ'd. (First time that has ever happened to me!) When I went home and checked her pedigree a few weeks later, I noticed Nilla actually had three legs! And better yet, her broken tooth fixed itself. So, a very long story, but worth it? 😂
And also, the grow-outs are looking.. a little rough. At least for what I'm used to them looking like. For those wondering, here is a great example from Lazarus of Creme babies going through ugly stages! Also, he has a weird skunk strip down his back and I have no idea why 🤣
Okay, thanks for reading, bye!