I am trying to decide how to configure the inside of my new barn. I have a 24x36 ft space to work with. (I have a 36x36 barn, but the other 12x36 is for milk room, hay and straw storage, feed, etc.). I have three does that I am fairly certain are pre
Read more…We have just two goats, a 8 mo old doeling (Audra Belle) and a mama (Spot) who is due January 11th. They are housed in a pen about 15'x15' with a sort of lean-to arrangement against the outer wall of our detached garage as a shelter. It works reall
Read more…Here's a fun one. It's day 144 for Pine Shadow's Brandi. Babies have dropped down a lot and her udder is starting to fill though she's not full and still has ligaments. I still have not had any inspiration for names. Since most of my goats have trip
Read more…Three of my does are due between January 1 and the 13th. Two are experienced and one is a FF. My husband built me three awesome 12x6 kidding stalls...two on one side of the barn and two on the other. The goats can see from one stall to the other an
Read more…The two does I purchased recently are in their last week of pregnancy. Lucy is quite big and her udder is coming along nicely. She spends most of her days trying to get comfortable. She is a 2nd freshener. Westie a FF is developing a sweet well attac
Read more…Today I noticed some sticky, thick mucus being excreted from one of my pregnant does. She seemed fine, standing around, very hungry for tree branch leaves.
Isn't this similar to when pregnant human mothers' mucus plug slowly thins and falls out/is
Read more…Hej from Sweden,
I'm not so sure which category to put this , sorry if I chose wrong.
We have had a very busy month of August. We had 3 does that kidded.
Pumpkin had kids for the first time August 22. One doeling and a buckling. The buckling was born
Read more…I've officially started to double their feed during the last 2 weeks of pregnancy.
I'm expecting 4 does to have babies very soon !
The first 2 are a mystery, but the time range is narrowed down to Dec. 23 to Dec. 29.
The other 2 are expected to give
Read more…I have a doe due in 6weeks. Today She showed with a thick white discharge. I am wondering it I miscalculated her due date or is this normal. Her udder is still small.
Read more…I thought I found my oldest doe in labor Friday night. I attempted to encourage her and bring her water but nothing but this red ball had come out. I read that sometimes they want to be left alone while birthing, so I left. I later read more and disc
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I have a FF doe who had 2 kids 4 days ago.At birth everything went fine.Mom had kids ,mom cleaned them up,kids got up right away and nursed.All was well.Now in the last day and 1/2 the mom seems to be rejecting the buckling kid.I saw her bite it
Read more…I have a doe with a very sensitive nose. She loves her babies until they are disbudded. When I bring them back to her I give her their rears. As soon as she smells the head she does not know that is her babies. The vet tried making her groggie, poure
Read more…Three of my does are due in the next 4-6 weeks. They have always received a small amount of grain twice a day. I recently switched them over from a 12% all stock to Goat Chow. So this is what they get: less than 1/4 cup Goat Chow, 1 Tbs BOSS and a h
Read more…I bought a goat and was given a goat both who met with the escaped buck. The owner figured they were due September 10th. That means we are a month out. The last time I bought an alledged bred goat she was not! I am pretty such these two are because
Read more…I was reading the posting about pre-kidding checks etc. and saw mentioned giving COWP to the doe right at kidding.or right after.Anyway my question is why this practice is observed.Is it because the animal has gone through so much stress or for paras
Read more…My goat birthed two beautiful babies, one is doing fine but the other cannot move. She was born only 3 hours ago. We have given her nutri-drench and 1/4 cc boSe, she looks like she is dying, what should I do next?
Read more…I just went to check the goats and when Twonkie squatted to pee I noticed it was red. I can't remember actually noticing what her pee has looked like before today after having baby. Is it normal for them to pee blood after having a kid?
She didn't
Read more…We have a new baby doeling and I have a couple of questions:
1. How long do I need to keep baby separated from our other adult doe? Our does have always been together and Nibbles (non-mom) is really sad & lonely. Twonkie is wanting to be with her si
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We have a goat that is due and hasn't had her kids. Today, will make the 150 day, she has a huge udder with colostrum, and has a history of quads. I don't notice any drainage, ligament seems totally gone, she is eating hay, drinking water and not
Read more…So I'm getting to be about 8 weeks from my does kidding, and wanted to see what time people like to do things before they kid. Do you like to do a final hoof trim? Or when would do you give the doe vaccinations or vitamin boosters? I just want to
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