BlessedWithGoats Kidding Thread

[BlessedWithGoats]

Basil!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Basil is adorable!

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Aww, thanks @Goat Whisperer! I've been quite fond of her lately!

 

[SallyInIndiana]

I think my first kidding of the season will be close to Christmas. It was not a planned mating but the doe escaped. So now I'm a bit nervous, not only about the weather being too cold but also how the rest of the herd will treat the new kids. I had planned to pull the does out a week before kidding but the back up shed is not the best for cold weather.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Congratulations! Aww, Christmas babies!!
Do you have some little jackets you could use on the kids? I think some people have done this... @OneFineAcre, I believe you had advice on keeping little one's warm?
Best wishes for you, momma goat, and the kids!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Congratulations! Aww, Christmas babies!!
Do you have some little jackets you could use on the kids? I think some people have done this... @OneFineAcre, I believe you had advice on keeping little one's warm?
Best wishes for you, momma goat, and the kids!

Actually what I do is probably not the best solution if the shed isn't great
Maybe someone can pull up the link to how to make the kid hut out of the plastic barrel
I'll see if I can find it when I'm back on my computer
That's by far the best option

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I put dog jackets on mine. You can get them from Walmart for under $5 each. The xx small & x small are great for the nigerian dwarf kids. I have a bunch of fabric to make some, I keep telling myself I'm going to have a bunch of them made before kidding. Thing is kidding starts next month

Although, my favorite alternative is to bring em in the house I bottle feed anyway and there ain't nothing cuter then the sound of baby goats running on the wood floor

ETA: here is a warming barrel.
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/by-request-the-warming-barrel-pics-have-been-uploaded.7830/

 

[OneFineAcre]

I put dog jackets on mine. You can get them from Walmart for under $5 each. The xx small & x small are great for the nigerian dwarf kids. I have a bunch of fabric to make some, I keep telling myself I'm going to have a bunch of them made before kidding. Thing is kidding starts next month

Although, my favorite alternative is to bring em in the house I bottle feed anyway and there ain't nothing cuter then the sound of baby goats running on the wood floor

ETA: here is a warming barrel.
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/by-request-the-warming-barrel-pics-have-been-uploaded.7830/

That warming barrel is the best, particularly if it's really cold.
This is what I do in the teens, but I've got a pretty good barn and they are in a stall.
I use one of those clamp on lights from Lowes and a 150 watt regular bulb, not a heat lamp. And I use a lot of zip ties to secure the light and the cords, I don't just clamp it on.
The pan holds heat too. But, the main thing is if you have a pan in the stall, they will get in it. When I first put the light up, they didn't get under it they got in the pan. So, I moved the pan underneath.

 

[SallyInIndiana]

I put dog jackets on mine. You can get them from Walmart for under $5 each. The xx small & x small are great for the nigerian dwarf kids. I have a bunch of fabric to make some, I keep telling myself I'm going to have a bunch of them made before kidding. Thing is kidding starts next month

Although, my favorite alternative is to bring em in the house I bottle feed anyway and there ain't nothing cuter then the sound of baby goats running on the wood floor

ETA: here is a warming barrel.
http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/by-request-the-warming-barrel-pics-have-been-uploaded.7830/

How do you handle the clean up of the little kids? are there goat diapers I don't know about?

 

[Hens and Roos]

How do you handle the clean up of the little kids? are there goat diapers I don't know about?

when we brought kids into the house, we set up some plastic gates we had and put old towels down for them to lay on- we changed them out couple times a day to keep dry and clean.