The Boers turn...

 Garnet has such a photogenic face.

Here are some more pictures from last weekend.  This time I'll be focusing on the Boers (percentage) that are out in the horse pasture.  They spend most of their time eating....

It's fun watching them climb trees and contort themselves to reach leaves up in the lower branches of the trees.  The kids are fun to take pictures of because they play around more.

 This is Tanzanite and her brother Taz below.

 His expression is hilarious.

Their parents are Jasper and Topaz.  Both kids are super friendly like their parents.  They both love being petted and scratched.

 I like Taz's markings.

It was so cute when Topaz settled down for a nap or to chew her cud.  Taz had gotten into a nest of fire ants and his leg was hurting, so he kept propping it on her back to chew on it.  I felt so bad for him.  They eventually learn to avoid the ants.  In the above picture Topaz started using her horn to scratch her back where his foot was resting.

 Then she started chewing her own leg...

 ... so he had to come around and see what mom was doing.

I love this picture.  They are so adorable.  Topaz is one of my favorite goats.  She is super friendly.  You can pet her, hug her, scratch her, whatever you want to do and she loves the attention.  You can touch her anywhere including her face and horns and she likes it.  A lot of goats don't like their faces and horns messed with.  She is always one of the first to come see me and hangs out with me when I'm out in the pasture.  I love how personable she is.  She definitely passes her sweet temperament on to her kids as well.  She's a very good mamma as well.

 Tanzanite joined her mom and brother.  Topaz stretched her head back to check on her daughter before settling back down for a nap.  I love how they moms still hang out with their babies even though they were separated and weaned before being brought back into the herd.  The kids may forget about nursing, but they don't forget who their mom is.

Tanzanite (or Tanzy for short) was chewing her cud.  She is so adorable!!

She has such a pretty face!

While they were napping Andesine was rubbing against the barn wall.

I love how her ear was stuck straight up against the wall.  Her brother Champ was rubbing against the wall too, but I forgot to upload his picture.  Oops!!  Champ and Andesine are both friendly, but more independent and not as personable as Taz and Tanzanite.

 Then Andesine (Andi for short) went over to lick salt with her mom Garnet.

Brother and sister Champ and Andesine settled down for a nap too.

Champ looks the most like his dad Jasper.  He has the same coloring and even the same spot on his withers.  He's the biggest of all of the kids too.  We didn't need another buck, so we banded him and Taz.  They will make good companions for the bucks or we will sell them to pet homes. 

Then hubby started rattling around in the barn and they all thought it was feeding time.

While waiting for feed they like to stand with their feet on the cinder blocks.  Above is Garnet with her two kids Champ and Andesine.  Garnet is beautiful, but not the friendliest goat in the herd.  She doesn't like being handled and can be difficult to catch at times.  She isn't scared because she will eat out of our hands and let us pet her every once in a while.  She kind of reminds me of a cat.  Standoffish unless she decides she wants attention.  It's her way or the highway.

She always has her silly airplane ears out sideways when she's being wary, which is practically all the time lol.  She was either talking or chewing cud in the above pictures.  So funny. 

Last but not least is Coral, Amethyst's mom.  Coral was raised in a herd of over a hundred goats on several hundred acres with very little human handling, so she was basically feral when we got her.  She is around four or five now (we've had her a little over a year).  She is still very wary and skittish, but she is improving.  She isn't terrified of us anymore.  She used to throw herself into walls and fences and through windows trying to escape.  Now she just tries to dodge around us, but if cornered she will let us catch her.  Once caught she doesn't fight anymore, she just stands quietly while we do what we need to do (measure her, deworm her, trim hooves, etc.) until we turn her loose.  The biggest break through is that she will now walk up to us and eat feed out of our hands.  That is huge for Coral! 

She was the only purebred Boer we got with our original group.  Jasper, Garnet and Topaz are all percentage Boers.  She isn't top quality Boer genetics, but I still think she is beautiful.

One of her faults is that she has a flat face.  Boers are supposed to have roman noses.

We measured her again last weekend and she is 160 pounds, so a decent size for a Boer doe.  I can't wait to see what her kids with Jasper look like.  The only kids of hers that I've seen was Pearl (Boer/Savannah cross) who we gave away and Amethyst (Boer/Myotonic cross).  It will be interesting to see what her kids will look like with Jasper.   They won't be pure Boer because Jasper has dairy goat in him, but they will be high percentage Boer.  Next year we will be breeding her with a Myotonic again (probably Daniel), so I'm excited that we were able to breed her to Jasper this year.  I'm always excited for kids though hehe. 

 I'll leave you with a picture of Taz acting just like his dad Jasper hehe.  You can see pictures of Jasper laying flat out on his side in earlier posts.  I'll post about Jasper and his crew in a couple of days.  Bye for now!