Cabochon Farm

Showing the Boys in Missouri

Posted on September 15, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Clayton and I spent the Labor Day weekend showing some of the boys at the Boon Companions buck show in Sedalia Missouri. It was our first adventure with our newly acquired trailer – a 42′ toy hauler modified to be a “goat hauler”. The boys did well with Casanova placing first in his class under two judges and Phan Boy and Xylo both taking second in their classes. Unfortunately I didn’t get a photo of Xylo and of course since I was the one behind the camera, no photos of me either which is fine since Clayton is the more photogenic one. 🙂

Packing the trailer for the trip to Missouri

Phan Boy placed 2nd with comments on his exceptional smoothness of blending

Biscotti placed 4th in a very large class of 13 while being several months younger than most in the class

Clayton won the senior showmanship class with Phan Boy

Amelia’s Twins

Posted on April 14, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Amelia delivered her girls on Saturday, March 25th. She had triplets, but unfortunately one passed away to an apparent birth defect. The other two girls are healthy and thriving and Amelia is a very patient mother to them.

Champagne’s Triplets

Posted on April 3, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Photo of Nigerian Dwarf triplet kids at Cabochon Farm in MN

Champagne delivered triplets on the afternoon of March 12th. Kati was the primary mid-wife and she did a fine job getting all the kids off to a good start. Champagne is proving to be a good mom – attentive but not overly obsessed.

We’re excited to see how she does on milk test and are planning to retain a doeling from this breeding, but have not yet finalized our decision. We are limiting the number of kids we keep this year so our final choices will need to wait until we get the rest of the kids on the ground.

Champagne with her blue eyed, chocolate doeling

Amanda’s Twins

Posted on April 2, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Amanda delivered a pair of buck/doe twins on March 8th. The kids were so eager to get into this world that they were both trying to come out at the same time. A little internal intervention (much to Amanda’s displeasure) got things rearranged so the kids could come in an orderly fashion. Both kids were good sized with the buckling weighing in at 3.7 lbs and the doeling at 3.3 lbs.

A couple weeks old and strutting her stuff

A very sharp boy with moon spots to boot

Marceline’s Girls

Posted on March 5, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Marceline made me late for work on Monday. Let me take a moment to express my gratitude for having a job that allows me to call in late due to “Early Morning Goat Birth”.

Marcy hadn’t shown signs of imminent labor so I was surprised to hear the tiny bleats of a new-born goat coming from her stall when I checked the barn before leaving for work. I looked over the door to see two recently delivered kids and a rather confused Marcy who didn’t know quite what to make of the newcomers. Once we got the family moved into private quarters, Marcy settled down and her mothering instincts kicked in just fine. She’s proving to be a very conscientious mother to her twin doelings.

Penelope’s Mini-Alpine Girls

Posted on March 5, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Penelope broke the 2017 trend toward boys by giving us 3 beautiful Mini-Alpine doelings on Sunday, February 26th about 5:00 p.m. All three are healthy, bouncy kids.

These girls are are destined to be family milkers, bringing together the best from the Nigerian Dwarf and Alpine breeds.

The chami girls – chamoisee in front and chocolate chamoisee in back

chocchamiweb — Chocolate Chamoisee doeling

Glory’s Twin Boys

Posted on March 1, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

As I was working in the barn on Saturday, I noticed Glory hanging out chewing her cud all alone. She seemed to be in the mood for conversation, so I told her how excited I was for her kids and, if she didn’t mind, I’d like two girls and a boy. That’s when she stood up, turned her back on me and went outside. I think that was her way of telling me she didn’t take orders. But I can’t complain because she delivered big, healthy twin bucklings on Sunday, February 26. They weighed in at 4.5 and 4.92 pounds–little monsters.

Both of these boys will be future herd sires and with a Superior Genetics mother, I’m expecting great things from them.

Chocolate buckling with blue eyes. This little guy is long and sharp. — Chocolate buckling with blue eyes. This guy is long and sharp.

buckling2web2 — This chocolate buckskin is a pretty boy with lots of width

Chloe’s Triplets

Posted on February 20, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Saturday was a beautiful sunny, warm, almost 60* February day in Minnesota….perfect for spending time in the barn waiting for a doe to kid. While the rest of the girls were lounging in the sun, poor Chloe was locking in a birthing stall inside. But I like to think she was too preoccupied to notice. 🙂

Chloe delivered an adorable set of triplets on Saturday, February 18 at 3:15 pm. She delivered all the babies easily and the whole family is doing well.

Chloe's First Buckling — Buckling 1 – spots and cuteness

Buckling 2 – a mini-me look-alike of his mamma

Doeling - looks just like her daddy, Xylo. — Doeling – looks just like her daddy, Xylo.

Dolly Twins

Posted on February 5, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Dolly delivered buck/doe twins on Saturday, January 28th. She had a easy delivery and both kids were up and about very quickly. We’ve been waiting 3 years to keep a doeling out of Dolly so this little girl will be retained. Her brother is a very sharp, dairy buckling that will be sold as a herd sire. He’s just a ball of fluff here in the baby photos but he’s looking fancier every day. I might be tempted to keep him myself if I hadn’t already retained a buckling from Dolly last year.

dollywbucklingweb — Dolly’s 2017 Buckling

doeling2web — Dolly’s 2017 doeling – retained

doelingnursingweb — Dolly’s 2017 doeling getting her first good drink

Hurricane’s Boy

Posted on February 5, 2017October 10, 2020 by admin

Hurricane delivered twin bucklings on Saturday, January 28th. Unfortunately, one of the boys was a very tiny 1.2 pounds and despite our best efforts he didn’t survive. But big brother is doing well and Hurricane is showering him with plenty of love and devoted attention, much to his frustration at times.