danger to a new born kid?

[babsbag]

A sweater is great for them. Many people make them out of an old sweatshirt, the arms are for the front legs. Once they are born and dry you will be surprised how much cold they can take but the sweater won't hurt. Hopefully you will be around when she has the kid(s) so you can dry them off and make sure they are nursing. Do they have a barn?

 

[Latestarter]

Greetings and welcome to BYH! First off, relax! You're in the very best place right now to learn what you need to learn! You're already talking with two of our best goat experts and I'm sure others will chime in as needed! There is an (basic) article on site that can get you started as well: https://www.backyardherds.com/resources/so-you-bought-a-baby-goat-now-what.59/

It doesn't cover every possibility, and it's not doctorate/PhD level. It's a great start & it's always available for reference. There's also a wealth of information and knowledge shared in the various threads here. And there are also awesome, active goat folks who are always eager to help a new person learn and be successful! Please browse around and make yourself at home. If you have ANY questions, just post away. Chances are pretty good that you'll have a response pretty quickly. You have some time before your girl will kid, so you have time to read up on things. Glad you joined us!

 

[babsbag]

I knew that @Goat Whisperer would have a comprehensive list. Mine is a LITTLE light compared to hers.

 

[newton the goat]

A sweater is great for them. Many people make them out of an old sweatshirt, the arms are for the front legs. Once they are born and dry you will be surprised how much cold they can take but the sweater won't hurt. Hopefully you will be around when she has the kid(s) so you can dry them off and make sure they are nursing. Do they have a barn?

It's not a barn but we built them a medium sized shack that it's facing out of the wind and is warm inside

 

[babsbag]

BTW, what breed of goat is she?

 

[newton the goat]

Greetings and welcome to BYH! First off, relax! You're in the very best place right now to learn what you need to learn! You're already talking with two of our best goat experts and I'm sure others will chime in as needed! There is an (basic) article on site that can get you started as well: https://www.backyardherds.com/resources/so-you-bought-a-baby-goat-now-what.59/

It doesn't cover every possibility, and it's not doctorate/PhD level. It's a great start & it's always available for reference. There's also a wealth of information and knowledge shared in the various threads here. And there are also awesome, active goat folks who are always eager to help a new person learn and be successful! Please browse around and make yourself at home. If you have ANY questions, just post away. Chances are pretty good that you'll have a response pretty quickly. You have some time before your girl will kid, so you have time to read up on things. Glad you joined us!

I'm gla d I joined too... I had no idea how much Information I was actually missing...

 

[newton the goat]

BTW, what breed of goat is she?

She is a nubian senan cross

 

[babsbag]

She is a big girl then, that is good, bigger kids can handle cold better.

Dry and fed is the number one way to make sure a kid won't get too cold. Since this is a first time mom I would really want to be there to make sure she has this nursing thing figured out, it is critical to their survival, especially in the cold. I didn't read all of that list that was posted but get some Pritchard nipples and plastic coke bottles just in case you need to bottle feed. Nipples aren't something you can run to town and buy easily.

 

[newton the goat]

She is a big girl then, that is good, bigger kids can handle cold better.

Dry and fed is the number one way to make sure a kid won't get too cold. Since this is a first time mom I would really want to be there to make sure she has this nursing thing figured out, it is critical to their survival, especially in the cold. I didn't read all of that list that was posted but get some Pritchard nipples and plastic coke bottles just in case you need to bottle feed. Nipples aren't something you can run to town and buy easily.

Ya, we figured that out when we first got her... my dad accidentaly bought her from an auction only to discover she hadn't been fully weaned yet and refused to take a bottle ... she basically was raised by us one of us was always in the room watching her because of how small she started out.... most of the time she refused the bottle which worried us until we saw she was eating plenty of the grain and drinking lots of the water we left out.... nipples are pretty hard to find out where I am.... seeing the condition we got her in we haven't gone back to that auction house ... she didn't look like she was going to make it for a while .... took her weeks to have a noticible weight gain... ( measured her daily)

 

[babsbag]

You have time to get ready, so that is good. Selling an unweaned goat at an auction, shame on the seller. Poor thing, amazing that she didn't die from stress alone. Are you going to milk her?