Daisy Finally Gave Birth!!! *~!*~PICS ADDED~*!~*

[FarmerBoy24]

YAY!!!!! My first baby!! Daisy (LaManchaxNubian) Finally kidded today! She gave birth to a beautiful single buck. Unfortunatly I won't be able to keep him as I already have his father on site but its still exciting!! YAY!!

Now, I will get some pictures up ASAP! But I had a question before I do that. When can I start milking her?!? Her bag seems relativly full, and there is only one baby. I don't want her to get mastits or any "udder" disease if I don't milk her. What do you think?... now wheres that camera

 

[FarmerBoy24]

Heres the daddy! Tiberious aka Bambi (Registered Nubian Buck)

Heres the mommy! Daisy!! (LaManchaxNubian Doe)

And for what all you'v been waiting for!!! The BABY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fluffygal]

He is adorable. His sire is handsome too!
congrats

 

[woodsie]

How handsome! I would have such a hard time selling him...but his Daddy is quite the looker too!

 

[nelson castro]

You can remove the kid from Daisy completely and milk twice daily- as close to 12 hours apart as possible. The advantage of this is that you will get a larger quantity of milk. While some goat breeders prefer this method to be certain that diseases, such as CAE, are not passed from the mothers milk to the kid.However there are still disadvanatage of this method and that is you must be home in the morning and evening at roughly the same time every day. You must either bottle feed the babies (another time commitment) or sell them. If you need to leave your homestead for a few days, you must find someone to milk.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

You can remove the kid from Daisy completely and milk twice daily- as close to 12 hours apart as possible. The advantage of this is that you will get a larger quantity of milk. While some goat breeders prefer this method to be certain that diseases, such as CAE, are not passed from the mothers milk to the kid.However there are still disadvanatage of this method and that is you must be home in the morning and evening at roughly the same time every day. You must either bottle feed the babies (another time commitment) or sell them. If you need to leave your homestead for a few days, you must find someone to milk.

Now when you say completly remove the kid what do you mean? I still want the kid to nurse from the mother, however I want to milk her as well. Is an udder full of milk more than enough for one baby? If so, couldn't I milk that out for myself?

 

[newbiekat]

How cute!! It looks like he has a heart on his chest??

 

[treeclimber233]

Most people that want to milk and have the mother nurse also simply remove the baby for about 8 hours (usually overnight) and milk her out then put the baby back with her. Leaving the baby with the mother all the time will not work because the baby will drink ALL the milk. they don't believe in sharing.

 

[Rebbetzin]

Oh my he is cute!! LOVE the ears!!!

 

[Missy]

Beautiful little guy! Congrats!