April 28th, 2008
Our 2008 kidding season has ended! A total of 17 does and 16 bucks have been born and all are healthy and bouncing around! The "For Sale" link will be updated soon with pictures of our kids. In the 2009 breeding season, we plan to incorporate up to five new bucks for our artificial insemination program as well as using our proven herd sires.
March 14, 2008
2008 kids are here! Click "For Sale" link to see what we have available.
July 17, 2007
We have two NEW HERD SIRES!
Check them out on our HERD SIRES page.
April 30, 2007
Our Spring 2007 kids have been registered with the ABGA.
Come and meet our animals during our monthly Open House. It will be at the Hadley Barn on May 5th from 12pm - 4pm.
April 11, 2007
Our artificially inseminated doe 416, kidded at 12:45pm today and had triplets, one buck and two does. See our ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION page for pictures.
April 07, 2007
We had a great turnout today during our montly Open House at the Hadley Farm. Thank you all for coming and supporting the UMass Livestock Barn. If you missed this month's Open House or if you wish to visit us again, we have another Open House coming up on May 5, 2007 from 12 noon to 4pm. Stop by and meet our animals! And please help support our barn. We have EweMass blankets made from our very own sheeps' wool on sale and other exciting products soon to come!
March 30, 2007
Our 2007 Kids are finally here! We have two does left to kid (including our artificially inseminated doe, bred to Bon Joli Mr. Red Macho Man) but we have 18 beautiful healthy kids on the ground. Prices and availability will be updated in the next few weeks. We have a very limited number of fullblood and high percentage kids available so email Christine for more information at cmacmone@student.umass.edu
December 9, 2006
All but one of our does was ultrasounded and confirmed pregnant. One of the two does that we artificially inseminated was confirmed pregnant, so we will be expecting our first ever AI kids in April 2007!
October 18, 2006
We purchased semen form BIO-Genics to artificially inseminate two of our does in the 2006 breeding season. The semen is from two paint Bucks, Bon Joli Mr. Red Macho Man and Outback Boers Scorpios Stinger. We are starting this technique late in our breeding season so we are prepared for mixed success this year, but we are hoping to incorportate AI more extensively into our 2007 breeding program!
Dr. Steve Purdy will be giving a presentation on Parasitology October 23rd 2006 at 7:00pm in the Hadley Livestock Barn.
October 4, 2006
The breeding season has begun! Our two full blood bucks 'Tank' and 'Diesel' are in with their respective does until October 13th for the first part of our breeding season!
Open house this Saturday, October 7th at the Hadley Farm 12-4
FAMACHA will be happening every Sunday down at the Hadley Barn at 10:00am for those students who wish to attend. We will be evaluating all the sheep and goats on the farm.
Don't forget to get your T-shirt entries in by October 16th!
See Calendar for meeting time information.
September 18, 2006
Thank you to everyone who helped out at the barn cleanup day! We achieved so much.
Yesterday's meeting had a great turn out. If you missed the meeting, you can read about what was accomplished in Meeting Minutes.
T-shirt designs are due October 16th. The person who comes up with the most creative design will receive a free t-shirt! You may include a graphic with up to two colors and a slogan.
If you are interested in learning about the FAMACHA technique, we will be performing this method on the goats evrey sunday morning at 10:00am at the Hadley Livestock Barn.
Alice Newth
413-549-3258
Livestock Barn Manager
111 North Maple Street
Hadley MA 01035
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Email Christine: cmacmone@student.umass.edu
With any questions!
