BlessedWithGoats Journal: Happy Birthday Gia!

[Southern by choice]

BWG would you take pictures of the process, a great learning tool and would be very beneficial.

Hope all goes well.

And yay for kidding!

 

[Goatgirl47]

I've started the process of de-horning Ashton via the banding method; his horns should hopefully fall off soon! Once I see how that goes, I'll probably do one or two of my girls at a time until they're all done. I like the horns, but personally, right now I think it's dangerous to keep them. :}
Also, excited for baby goats, hopefully in March/April! I believe all three of my older girls are expecting in April! Yay!

I was thinking about dehorning my only goat with horns, Magnolia, but I've heard that cosmetic dehorning leaves big holes in the top of their heads for months. I've never heard of banding horns though. Let us know how it works out!

I can't wait to see your kids! How many goats do you have?

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Sure! I can definitely try to get some pics of the process! And hopefully when I do the girls I can get pics of the beginning too!
Thank you!
I just LOVE baby goats; they're so cute! Wow, I've had goats for about a year and a half now I believe! I love em!

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

I was thinking about dehorning my only goat with horns, Magnolia, but I've heard that cosmetic dehorning leaves big holes in the top of their heads for months. I've never heard of banding horns though. Let us know how it works out!

I can't wait to see your kids! How many goats do you have?

With banding, you use the castrator to put bands around the base of the horn, and it eventually cuts the circulation off I guess, and they fall off... I'll try to get pics after they fall off to show what his head looks like! Hopefully there won't be any big holes! :O
Thank you!! I have 6 right now, 3 does, 1 doeling, and 2 bucks! Basil, Cookie, and Latte are the does, Buttercup is the doeling, she's this years baby girl that I had! and then Ashton and Bergamot are the bucks! Cookie and Latte are my two original goats that I started out with!

 

[Goatgirl47]

Ok, thanks!

I have 2 does, Magnolia and Kendall, 1 buck, Romeo, and my younger brother has Magnolia's twin sister, Penelope. Magnolia and Penelope were our two original goats. We got them in August of 2014.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Yw!
Oh cool! What kind of goats are they? Mine are mixes, but almost all of them have Alpine and/or Nigerian in them! I'd like to go towards bigger goats though! I'd like to get more Alpines! I love my Nigie cross doeling though, and one of the bucks is Nigerian; he's a really nice little goat! I got my goats in June of '14 I believe! My Dad has the sister to Latte, as well as her daughter, he has the mother of Ashton, and my sis has a wether.

 

[Goatgirl47]

Magnolia and Penelope are Miniature Fainting goats, and I love them! They are both so sweet and rarely get into trouble, unlike the other two. Kendall and Romeo are Mini-Lamancha's.

ETA, Kendall is in my profile picture.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Aww, cool! I've heard of and seen pics/video of fainting goats, but never met one that I know of! Kendall and Buttercup kind of have similar coloring! Buttercup is mostly white, with black and brown markings!

 

[Goatgirl47]

Here's some pictures:

Magnolia

Penelope

Sorry, I don't have a current picture of Romeo right now.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Aww! That's cute that the twins have identical-type spots/markings! I love Magnolia's coloring!