BlessedWithGoats Kidding Thread

[Hens and Roos]

Update: Latte and Basil were both bred to Ashton, so hopefully all three of my girls are due in April!

Awesome! If our buck did his job we should be kidding in April too!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

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

I don't put diapers on my goats. Some folks do though
For the first few days they are mostly in a pack N play, large plastic bin (WITHOUT lid), dog crate etc. and come out at feeding time. So its not like they are running about the house all day. After I know they are good and strong they live outside.

I really like having large pee pads for dogs. Makes changing the bedding much easier and cuts down on having to constantly wash towels.

We have a friend who put down old sheets/blankets in her mud room and would wash it daily (only 2 bottle babies). She was actually able to litter train the kids

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Pig farrowing mats are also good for keeping kids warm! Its much safer then a heat lamp!

 

[HomesteaderWife]

So excited to see this thread and wait for the pictures...

I fondly remember my Grandmother's herd of 20+ Nubians all giving birth in a TWO WEEK SPAN! I miss those days..so ready for us to start raising goats hopefully by the middle of the year. But for now....I sit here and wait for the cuteness. Best wishes for successful kiddings!

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

So excited to see this thread and wait for the pictures...

I fondly remember my Grandmother's herd of 20+ Nubians all giving birth in a TWO WEEK SPAN! I miss those days..so ready for us to start raising goats hopefully by the middle of the year. But for now....I sit here and wait for the cuteness. Best wishes for successful kiddings!

Aww, Thank you @HomesteaderWife!!
Wow, 20 in 2 weeks!! That must have been fun!

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Cookie is due around the 4th of April, Basil on the 12th, and Latte around the 16th! And miss Buttercup got into the buck pen, and I think got bred by her sire, Bergamot. :T Her kids will probably be used for meat, if Bergamot is their sire as well. She's due May 31st.

 

[Hens and Roos]

You will be kidding around the same time as us in April!!

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Oh neat!! How many will you have kidding?

 

[Hens and Roos]

we have 4 does this time around- Maggie is up 1st- end of March thru April 3rd...if I remember correctly, then Obie, then Melanie and Coco....we stand a good chance of doubling our herd again!!

 

[Latestarter]

All it would take is a trip and maybe a quad, and you could TRIPLE your herd!