On Wednesday, Ginger has her second appointment with the vet (2-month visit). She will get her ear tattoo at that visit in preparation for registering her. This is really cool, my sometime-in-the-future herd queen getting registered. :-)
As you know, part of the application is a description. She is a tri-color and I'm not certain how I should describe her. This is what I am thinking:
Brown with white and black, black half-moon around eyes, white blaze face with black spot on nose.
I think there is more white than black on her though it is nearly equal but definitely more of her ginger brown. The half-moons around the bottom, back, top of her eyes are surprisingly closely matched.
She will get to wear her new halter to the vet. I put it on her late this afternoon with the lead attached and just let her walk around with it. She did let me know that she wanted it off after a few minutes, coming up to me and pawing a bit, then would give up after a few paws (short pause <g>), wander around with her neck arched. Let her play for about 20 minutes with it on and then took it off and put her back with mom and sister.
So, is this a good registration description for her or what would be? (Photo attached.)
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Kailyn, what a beautiful little girl!
I would wait.
I'm way behind on things today. I took out the black reference for: "Broken buckskin, with white wither, left shoulder, and belly; white poll; black spot on nose; frosted ears and muzzle." Does that sound like it would work?
There are so many odds and ends to learn which is why I admire you all so much.
Ginger seems a bit distant compared to usual but I might be overly sensitive since I know that all had to hurt. On top of that, for the last week, I've been stealing some of her milk.<g>
When describing a buckskin, you don't need to say that she has black on her shoulders because that is the definition of a buckskin -- it looks like they're wearing a black cape that ends around the middle of their body. (Unless you say chocolate buckskin, which is a darker chocolate over a lighter chocolate or a cream buckskin which is a chocolate cape over a cream body.) With a broken buckskin, the main thing is to indicate where the white is located because that's the thing that's variable.
I'm sure Ginger has already forgiven you! Goats are very forgiving little critters!
Again, thank you ever so much. :-)
I think this is what I will use: "Broken buckskin, black on right neck and shoulder; with white wither, left shoulder, and belly; white poll; black spot on nose; frosted ears and muzzle." I presume if it is too long, they will let me know or adjust it.
She got her tattoo today so that is the last step prior to registration. (Thank you, Deborah, for verifying which ear for which.) The tattoo is my herd tattoo; I know the first part of her name has to be the seller (who bred her mother), but the tattoo is mine - I sure hope that is right.
Because "Moonlight" won't fit for the middle of her name which is what I really wanted to honor her grandparents, I am thinking of using my herd name. That would make her registered name be VerandaBeach VanEden Ginger.
Of course, nothing is definite until I actually send in the application. I will probably call A.G.S. in the morning and find out if I have to change ownership of her mom and sister first or if I can send everything together. I am so looking forward to have the certificates for all three of them. I'll bet all of you here understand. Perhaps my family still thinks I'm nuts, but these are such little sweeties. (And hopefully Ginger will forgive me for where I took her today.)
Yes, Glenna, Deborah's description was very good. I had meant to comment on that myself.
As for the term POLL it simply refers to the area on top of the head where the horns grow. That area is called the poll. Your little one has a white poll. And a goat that is born hornless and does not have to be disbudded is called polled.
Thank you for the description, Deborah. What does "poll" mean, did I miss it? That sounds like a good description to use or something very close. (I'm sorry I didn't make it to the fair; I hope you will be there next year as well, I will plan it well ahead of time.) Oddly, until I went to those pages, I would never have used the word "buckskin" for her - guess it is very entrenched as a horse color for me.<g>
Thank you, Margaret, she is a bit flashy, isn't she? And like all kids, she is a bundle of energy and mischief.
We had our first halter with the lead session yesterday; she is not sure what she thinks about this. I had hoped to be able to lead her into the vet's office for her appointment, but that would be pushing it. If I had started early, maybe we could but I don't want to rush her because it needs to be fun for her. With warmer (and drier) weather arriving, I'll be working with both Ginger and Summer teaching them little tricks - I'd love for them to pass a ball back and forth but that might be a bit much
Glenna, that may be hard to describe but that is one flashy baby! I love it no matter what color you want to call it, it is still "beautiful".
Thanks so much for the color and pattern links, girls. Ya'll can bet I will refer to that frequently when babies are coming. One of my pet peeves is inaccurate descriptions of color and patterns. Not happy with a few of mine.
I love to study things like that because although I know most of them each time I study through them I feel I retain a little more.
I have noticed several descriptions in the past that a few farms use, that I never see on sites like these. I guess they are not "official". However there are a few I have seen that are VERY GOOD choices and they are mostly borrowed from horse terminology ( a few are from dogs).
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