Almond Joy's Kidding Thread~She Had A Doe= Update Page 4 WITH PICS!

[elevan]

And she ate the afterbirth

Okay first, I have to say that with her coloration I would name her either Twix or Tagalong... I just see caramel or peanut butter cookie with chocolate dizzle.

Second, if her mom ate the afterbirth... the amount of nutrients that the does get from that is incredible! It is the same with dogs and cats. I have been curious as to why people on here tend to be squeamish or disapproving of allowing the doe to do what comes natural to her... with dogs and cats people are encouraged to get the mother to eat it.
Can anyone clue me into why it is not an encouraged thing with goats?

You know in some cultures it's humans that eat their afterbirth

So now that I've completely grossed you out...I agree it's really no big deal for a goat to eat it's afterbirth...we just think it's gross. I think eating liver and tongue is gross too but some people think it's great...I think it really comes down to what each person believes and is willing to accept Livinwright

 

[Livinwright Farm]

And she ate the afterbirth

Okay first, I have to say that with her coloration I would name her either Twix or Tagalong... I just see caramel or peanut butter cookie with chocolate dizzle.

Second, if her mom ate the afterbirth... the amount of nutrients that the does get from that is incredible! It is the same with dogs and cats. I have been curious as to why people on here tend to be squeamish or disapproving of allowing the doe to do what comes natural to her... with dogs and cats people are encouraged to get the mother to eat it.
Can anyone clue me into why it is not an encouraged thing with goats?

You know in some cultures it's humans that eat their afterbirth

So now that I've completely grossed you out...I agree it's really no big deal for a goat to eat it's afterbirth...we just think it's gross. I think eating liver and tongue is gross too but some people think it's great...I think it really comes down to what each person believes and is willing to accept Livinwright

Like I mentioned, I have just been curious as to why it isn't as encouraged with goats as it is with dogs and cats... nothing against people who refrain due to beliefs or for thinking it is gross... just curious.

 

[elevan]

It grosses me out but I don't keep them from doing it (any of my animals). I think I've only seen a couple of people post before that they remove it and don't allow their animals to eat it...I think it's just not really talked about all that much. :/

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I honestly feel that most prey animals eat their placentas in order to hide evidence that their was a birth, like they would do out in the wild to avoid being eaten since a new baby is very vulnerable. Goats and other ruminants don't *need* the nutrition from the placenta, so if mine don't eat it I don't care. Most of my girls don't try to eat the actual placenta. Most of them will clean up any birthing fluids before they actually lamb/kid, but once the lamb/kid is on the ground they typically are focusing on the baby too much to worry about the placenta. And that's totally fine with me. I normally just go ahead and pick placentas up and compost them. If they happen to eat it before I get to it, fine. If not, that's fine too. I provide plenty of nutrition so they don't *need* it.