Hello, may I get an idea of how much colostrum everyone likes to take from a doe, (not a first freshener), to freeze and have on hand for next years kidding? When do you like to collect it and how much so you are not taking too much from the newborn
Read more…So as you probably know by now from all my bombardments of questions our doe is due within a week or two and I want to make sure I know for sure when to do certain things for/to the kids.
I know you should have them disbudded as soon as you feel lit
Read more…I have a doe due march 9 last year she had triplets and had no problem nursing them. This year she is huge and I am afraid she may have quads or quints. She is a smaller doe that is not a great milk producer and I do not feel she would be able to fee
Read more…I have a question about the afterbirth/placenta. I have been told two different stories. I was told to leave it with the doe and she needs to consume it for nutrients and other people have told me that I should remove from doe pen ASAP. Please adv
Read more…Today was kidding day to the 9th power. I have 2 adult does, bred, and 1 yearling, probably bred for May kidding. This is my first kidding, and I did not know for sure when the does got bred, but I thought not until Dec. when I turned the buck in
Read more…I had my first birth on my farm on Saturday. It was amazing. First timer had four male kids. The first two came out the correct way and the last two that were bigger came out with rear legs first. She passed all the kids without any problems. Th
Read more…Does eye color change? Both my kids are blue-eyed. Does that mean they will stay that way or when could I expect the permanent color?
Read more…Last year, we had a problem with our doe kidding. One foot was in the wrong place and no one could help. Even the vets tried and she ended up having a c-section and we lost the kid. It was very heart breaking. Our first year kidding with the Nige
Read more…Some of you may have been watching the thread about my goat, Spot, and the kidding that wasn't.
My quandry is this: my son is thinking he'd like to show goats, and both Spot and Audra Belle are grade (although Audra's sire is AGS). We are "backyard
Read more…I have a buckling that was just born 12 hours ago. We noticed right away he was having trouble getting up on to his back legs and when he did he walked on his toes not his hoof. I checked on him this morning and he is getting around better but still
Read more…So my dad was talking to the person we bought our pregnant doe from and he said not to separate her from our other goats (we have 2 8 month old wethers and a doe, same age) because she would get lonely (which I believe, she really doesn't like being
Read more…Penny is right in her delivery window based on the breeding I think took...
This morning I put her out to pasture and she just stood around hollering. I went to see her at the gate and it looked like her tendons were gone. Plus she wouldn't graze
Read more…Okay, here are kind of a bunch of worry wart newbie questions:
1. How often/long should kids nurse? What I'm really getting at is, how to tell if they aren't nursing enough (or does that even happen).
--Reason is, I got both kids to suckle withi
Read more…Hi guys. My most educated guess is that my doe is approximately a month prior to kidding. Do I need to vaccinate her? What is the shot (is it CD&T?, can I buy it at TSC and give it myself? If so, what would the dose be for a smaller doe. She was
Read more…I know there's some things you're supposed to keep handy for kidding, so I want to know what everyone keeps.
What things would you consider necessary, and what other things are just nice to have?
How much of the stuff do you need right then and there
Read more…Spot is due the 11th, and just now when my son and I went out to check on her she was lying down, panting, with a definite bulge back there. I spread her vulva and saw what I certainly could have sworn was a little pink nose.
Of course all the hum
Read more…I'd like to make some sweaters for my soon-to-be-born kids, however, I've never seen/handled a newborn ND in person and I don't know what dimensions to use. Can anybody give me an estimate?
Read more…My doe, Spot, is due the 11th, and based on everything I've read, she seems like she'll make it until then--her ligaments are softer but I can still feel them...(unless I'm feeling the wrong ligaments...they're definitely farther down on Spot than in
Read more…I have a doe, Spot, that kidded last week. She had triplets. We also have a doeling, Audra Belle, from last year's kidding who is nine months old (we bought her dam bred.) Today, I caught Spot letting Audra Belle nurse. Separating them is not re
Read more…Somebody brought up other goats getting aggressive with new kids in another thread and I kind of chuckled, trying to imagine our doeling Audra Belle being aggressive with anything, ever--but there it is. She came into season today and in between try
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