Happy Mother's Day to me!

I love the udders my first buck, Maple Sunshine,  put on his daughters and when it was time for him to move on to another home I thought I had plenty of his daughters in my herd.   And then two years later I realized I had sold or traded away all but two.   I tried to get the last doe kid he sired here back, but  no luck.

I knew the person that had purchased him from me had subsequently sold him out of state so it looked like I was going to have to be content with the two lovely ladies I had.   And then out of the I blue, I had the opportunity to acquire the last kids he sired in Oregon along with their lovely dam Bristol.

The doe kid (far right) has a little more white, but she is the same shade of gold as her sire and has his golden eyes as well.  I wanted to name her something that used at least part of his name, but I was over ruled as we watched she and her brother  romp through a patch of buttercups.   Yup after consciously not choosing that name for the past seven years I gave in and agreed.   So she is Buttercup and her brother has been nicknamed "Butterscotch" .   He will be available a a wether when he is weaned.

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