Black beauty's kidding thread!

[SandDherds]

Hi everyone I thought I should make this kidding thread I got this pretty girl about a week ago from a horrible place her pen was full of muck it was awful I was about foot deep in goat waste! All of there goats looked awful some were under weight and were in a less than half acre pasture and there was probably 20+ goats in it most were young but about 10 were older but anyways she was bred to a boer Nubian mix buck he was orangish/tan she is due on April 6th is what her breeder said so she has about 15 days left all of the bucks babies were gorgeous I was so tempted to grab them and cuddle them all! I'll put some pics of her sisters kids. her sister looked just like her and she was bred to the same buck! And man those babies were gorgeous they said he is a big dapple and moonspotted kid producer anyways here are the pics sorry most are bad I didn't have the big camera and I was burning weeds all day it's currently about 11PM so I'm done with everything finally and I'm so tired!

if you see anything else you might think is wrong with her a deficiency or anything let me know this is her 4th freshening and also if you want to could you guys leave me some of your pregnant doe feeding rations and schedule I'm trying to improve mine

*note the muck on her feet its still there after 6 days! 7 in a few hours her skin and fur is missing and red and irritated from the dirt chunks they also said they took her horns of with a cable saw that must have hurt!*

this is a bad pic of her bag it is pretty small which makes me think she isn't getting enough grain? Not sure if I'm right but I'm slowly upping her grain I'm gonna get it to 2 cups is that enough? Or is it too little or too much?




She was pawing alot today getting up,laying down,getting up,digging laying down and then she dug a big hole about 4 inches deep and it was on pretty hard ground too. I'm not sure if it's a late pregnancy thing it hasn't happend to any of my other goats she also appeares to be sunken you can kinda see it in the pic below she got pretty skinny earlier today day and the whole time I've had her she had her babies held up and she was huge!

Sunken? Can't really see but she looks pretty sunken. ligs are hard I can't even feel them but that's just cause she seem like she has a harder area back there my nige doe due in 5 weeks has ligs that are naturally hard to find so I gusse I wait till she is mushy back there

Alright now for the cute babies!!!!


This is her sisters 1st doeling her sister was brown/black with gopher ears aswell and bred to the same buck

the white one behind her was from a different doe but he also had dapple patches on him

The dapple kid behind the doe is black beautys (beauty or I call her freisian don't know why)sisters 2nd and last doeling *note the dirty feet on that doe aswell*



Here are some more kids out of the same buck you can see beauty and her sister in this pic *2 black does one on each side of the white Nubian* you can also see her sisters second doelings face behind her*

Here is another pic of one of that bucks kids she has a few darker spots on her

*note all of the muck*


Well that's all here's what I'm thinking she is having and hoping for

I'm thinking she will kid April 2nd with 2 kids doeling and a buckling I'm hoping for 2 dapple or moonspotted kids thinking for 1 with gopher ears 1 with nubian/boer ears

Sorry about lousy writing I'm so tired right now

 

[Latestarter]

Hope you had a chance to get some rest. I must admit I'm a bit lost and confused There are a LOT of pictures and descriptions above of goats and kids and I'm not certain exactly which ones are yours... Did you just get BB and the rest were all for illustrative purposes? Or did you get some of the kids too? The pictures of all the goats in (presumably) the sellers pen did look to have mud caked but the pen itself didn't look all that bad or muddy... Maybe they picked that up in a pasture someplace?

You might want to give BB a nice warm water hoof soak and check for rot/damage/trimming needs... Good luck with the kidding! Hope she delivers what you want without complications

 

[SandDherds]

Hope you had a chance to get some rest. I must admit I'm a bit lost and confused There are a LOT of pictures and descriptions above of goats and kids and I'm not certain exactly which ones are yours... Did you just get BB and the rest were all for illustrative purposes? Or did you get some of the kids too? The pictures of all the goats in (presumably) the sellers pen did look to have mud caked but the pen itself didn't look all that bad or muddy... Maybe they picked that up in a pasture someplace?

You might want to give BB a nice warm water hoof soak and check for rot/damage/trimming needs... Good luck with the kidding! Hope she delivers what you want without complications

Yeah I was confused too I was up feeding some bottle babies all night and my Rex decided to have her kits I've been waiting for and didn't even give me 1 blue otter! They all look like whites and blacks or black otters but no I didn't get the kids I am planning on getting a few the kids don't look all that bad but the does looked awful please don't mind these are screenshot because I didn't take any photos I just took a video so i have to screenshot the pics

here is one doe who has a single she had twins but said she sat on the other in the kidding pen the side most of them were on wasn't that bad but the barn they had to sleep in was just straw over top of mud the only clan place was the middle but that couldn't fit all the goats at once

here's a doe who was eating there food area was the worst part it was so deep I couldn't even walk over there you can see the mud on her front feet and she is a looked like a Nubian so she is pretty big

You can see alot of the mud and waste here it's so wet from there pee I belive. there was no water over there and it hasn't rained yet

Here is some more of the mud and you can also see the middle where they are trying to stay cause it isn't as muddy

This is just my opinion but I really think they should clean it and they should not be feeding them in the mud and also they should clean there water cause it had lots of alge grouth on the side but other than that most of there goats seemed pretty healthy other than 2 kids who seemed too cough alot what do you guys think am I over reacting? And also when should I deworm BB after she kids or before?

 

[Goatgirl47]

Awwww, poor girl! I'm glad you have her now, and I'm sure she'll be well taken care of.
Her name fits her perfectly! She is a beauty, congratulations! Those other little kids sure are cute...

The breeder I got Clover from said you worm a doe 30 days prior to kidding; the day she kids; and 10 days after she kids. I did horribly with worming Clover - I didn't worm her until probably 3 weeks after she kidded.

I think you already know my pregnant goat feeding schedule from my current kidding thread, so I won't put it on here.

 

[SandDherds]

Okay so black beauty has 10 days till the estimated due date well actually 9 cause it's almost bed time but I'm posting this a little late I'm getting excited I'm hoping for doe twins that are moonspotted or dapple or even just a normal sized doe would be okay but hopefully 2. I was feeling her last night haven't got a hold of her today but last night her ligs were pretty mushy so wondering if she will go sooner the thing is her udder hasn't filled much but I don't know what it normally looks like before kidding so maybe she fills up right before like miracle did but I'll have to see tonight when I get her . ahh I'm just hoping for normal size twins or small triplets but I was feeling her and it kinda felt like a huge single!

 

[Goatgirl47]

I've heard that veteran does sometimes won't fill their udder up until they kid, or pretty close to it.
I'm sure she'll have twins, and hopefully moonspotted doelings! I've always LOVED moonspotted goats, especially kids. I want one.

Oh, and I think two cups of grain is right.

 

[SandDherds]

I've heard that veteran does sometimes won't fill their udder up until they kid, or pretty close to it.
I'm sure she'll have twins, and hopefully moonspotted doelings! I've always LOVED moonspotted goats, especially kids. I want one.

Oh, and I think two cups of grain is right.

Yep you are right! texted her old owner she said she never fills till the day she kids or right before she also said she gives 1.5 gallons a day! so I'll have to see that to belive it but if she does wow I'll be so happy!

And yeah I hope you are right


I too absolutely adore moonspotteds they are so cute and flashy! I have wanted one for forever!

Okay that's good I'm feeding just over 2 cups a day now plus she get access to a pasture grass hay and some alfalfa


The owner said she kids on day 152 normally whitch puts her at day 141 almost day 142 I belive today. The owner also said she give little or no warning when she kids she just pops them out. This will be interesting lol

 

[Latestarter]

Alrighty then Best wishes for success in your desires

 

[SandDherds]

Here's her udder pics from yesterday

Alrighty then Best wishes for success in your desires

Thanks!

 

[Latestarter]

huh? what? no pics? TEASE!