Two years ago, we appraised in the middle of a hurricane. Last year, we appraised with the bucks in rut and the does haunched over and cold on a blustery fall-like day. This year, we are looking forward to an exciting and rewarding appraisal! The bucks and does look good and the kids are maturing nicely. Our 2010 appraisal date is Tuesday, May 18th…a bit early to have anyone clipped, so we’ll stay cautious, and just trim them.
Caution paid off, and despite the nasty, rainy, cold day, appraisal went well! ALL of our mature does went up in score…including Lucy, who appraised EX92! Both of our bucks appraised EX90. Two Rebel kids appraised Ec, and all our other kids were V. We were disappointed with our Acclaim daughters yearling scores…according to the appraiser, they just hadn’t been in milk long enough to appraise the way we had hoped they would. We thought we may have taken a few steps back on confirmation, but looking at the does after another few months of growth and maturity, we really like what we see! There is no doubt that with Acclaim, we took multiple steps forward with udder improvements! We’ll evaluate the does again after their 2nd freshening.
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