danger to a new born kid?

[Latestarter]

Oh, just thought of another way to build a pen... using cattle panels to form a ring. 16 feet long by 48" high, just wire them together at the ends and leave one connection able to be opened and closed so you can get in and out.

 

[newton the goat]

If you're able to nail/bolt the pallet ends to each other top and bottom, that should keep them standing and it will take some effort for your goat to push them over. You could also build a round ring out of pallets then put a strap or long wire around the ring and tighten it to keep them from being displaced. Like a twist tie around a bread bag when you close it.

You want to really make a point of getting comfortable with her allowing you to touch her all over. It will become important for many reasons aside from trimming her backside. When she's kidding, if you're there with her, you'll get her fluids on you and the kid's as well. at that point she'll probably bond with you as well as the kid(s) as you'll smell just like them. You'll also want to handle the kids and get them used to your smell so they aren't afraid of you. As a vet once said, as soon as the kid is born you want to put your fingers everyplace you can touch and inside every orifice so that kid expects that to be normal. There are threads on here where folks go into great detail as to what they had to do to be able to train their goat for milking... like tying feet down so they can't/learn to not kick.

OK that makes sense. For the most part I'm really one of the only people she let's touch her, if she's in a good mood I could pick her up and walk around if I wanted to and she wouldn't mind ... just those few days where she acts like a human and dislikes a lot of things are the annoying days lol

 

[newton the goat]

Oh, just thought of another way to build a pen... using cattle panels to form a ring. 16 feet long by 48" high, just wire them together at the ends and leave one connection able to be opened and closed so you can get in and out.

OK ... hmm worth a try good thing we have newton's old shelter still intact I could build it round that so he is still safe and warm

 

[Latestarter]

Well, I'm about ready to head off to bed (2am) Enjoy your reading and if you have further questions on any of the threads, just post away. Take care!

 

[newton the goat]

Well, I'm about ready to head off to bed (2am) Enjoy your reading and if you have further questions on any of the threads, just post away. Take care!

Thanks you too ( it's 3 here.... oh God why am I still up)