The girls must have heard about the last post (see 9 out of 10) and decided to do something about it. By 9 a.m. today they had already produced 9 eggs, which now seems to have become a standard number per day for them. But at 5:30 this afternoon I noticed one of them in a nest box and, sure enough, shortly thereafter egg number 10 was in the box. 100% production for the day!
That is a lot of work for these girls. I read recently that producing an egg every day is something similar, in terms of nutritional demands, to a woman having a baby every week. Whether or not that is true, we are impressed.
In addition, the eggs are getting larger. Yesterday, we had our first double-yoke egg.
Sheila wondered about the wisdom of yet another post on our girls but I thought it was wise to do this one now before the poor girls get forgotten in the excitement of our goats arriving. We received a call this evening that we will be able to pick them up in the next few days.
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jenny goshulak
Bring on the goats…but our warmest congratulations to the girls..and their next of kin!
Ted Goshulak
Bob: what breed of goats did you decide on?
BobandSheila
Ted: The nannies are Boer, the most common meat goat around. Their kids are Boer-Kiko cross. Kiko is a newer breed from the mountains of New Zealand that is considered superior for being self-sufficient outside. We don’t feel ready for milk goats at this point but Colleen seems interested to have one or more. We’ll see how things develop……