I"m a first time goat owner. My doe delivered two babies yesterday and they are up and wagging their tails this morning. I am not finding any evidence of horns. Does that mean they are polled? If not polled when will the horns become noticeable? I am wanting to have them disbudded. I read that disbudding should take place very early.
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Thanks. I wasn't sure if the mother was polled. The horn buds appeared in a few days. The vet disbudded both babies yesterday.
Is one of the parents polled? You must have a polled parent to have a polled kid.
Congratulations on your new kids!
Have you felt their heads? If they are going to have horns, you should be able to feel and see a difference every day. They grow fast, and feel pointier than their polled counterparts' bumps.
Buckling horns will grow faster than doelings'. We've been successful doing disbudding after a week.
Good luck!