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We have large goats, we wean at 6 to 8 weeks.
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How do you guys wean? (separate them ext.)I mean the kids LOVE her milk.
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You can divide your pen and put them in separate stalls at night. The kids can all be together. Put in earplugs for the first night, though, then they will settle right down. Mostly. 
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I am separating them at night so I can milk the mother. Do I have to keep them separated during the day?
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OK, let me put it this way. You put a plate of warm chocolate chip cookies in front of me, suddenly I'm hungry. Keep them in another location where I can't get to them, I forget they exist. Mostly.
If you put a plate of warm cookies under my nose every morning after breakfast, no matter how many eggs I just ate, I'd find room for cookies. Each and every morning. Probably forever.
Hmmm. I'm hungry now, for some reason.
Yup, completely separate them. When they take no notice of each other, you might try a trial, supervised visit after milking. They will likely dive in for a sip, but hopefully, mom will chase them away soundly. If not, keep them separate for a while longer. It took me about 3 months with my Peach, and she still makes a quick dive for her mom when stressed, but mom is so dry, it makes no difference. They are both preggers. Peach is...close to 10 months old.
If you put a plate of warm cookies under my nose every morning after breakfast, no matter how many eggs I just ate, I'd find room for cookies. Each and every morning. Probably forever.
Hmmm. I'm hungry now, for some reason.
Yup, completely separate them. When they take no notice of each other, you might try a trial, supervised visit after milking. They will likely dive in for a sip, but hopefully, mom will chase them away soundly. If not, keep them separate for a while longer. It took me about 3 months with my Peach, and she still makes a quick dive for her mom when stressed, but mom is so dry, it makes no difference. They are both preggers. Peach is...close to 10 months old.
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When I separate them, like when they can't see each other they all wine the mom and the kids. Beaaaa Beaaaa!I can understand them doing his, when do you think that'll stop?
freemotion
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It'll likely be bad for 1-3 days, then they will gradually give it up. Unless they have any Nubian in them ...can't remember....
I cried myself the first time I carried that first little single doeling away from her mom late at night when she was 3 weeks old and snuggled right up against her sleeping mama....But she has Nubian in her, so she was LOUD! I put her in with her bottle-fed half-sister, and she let her little sister nurse on her ear...it was so stinkin' cute. She still cries if she is separated from her mama, which happens every 2-3 days when I take her into a stall for a little personal time in preparation for her first kidding and lactation. So when will the crying stop???? 
Still waiting, here! But it is only pathetic for a short while.
...can't remember....I cried myself the first time I carried that first little single doeling away from her mom late at night when she was 3 weeks old and snuggled right up against her sleeping mama....But she has Nubian in her, so she was LOUD!
I put her in with her bottle-fed half-sister, and she let her little sister nurse on her ear...it was so stinkin' cute. She still cries if she is separated from her mama, which happens every 2-3 days when I take her into a stall for a little personal time in preparation for her first kidding and lactation. So when will the crying stop???? Still waiting, here! But it is only pathetic for a short while. - Thread starter
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Why do Nubian do it more? The mother is Nubian and the kids are NubianxAlpine. Free assess for hay for all goats?
freemotion
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Free access to hay for all, it is best for their rumens.
Nubians are often loud as far as goats go, very talkative. From what I've heard (although some opinions differ) and from what I have experienced. I think it is cute, personally, and my goats and I will have extended conversations. The big half-Nubian is the only one who will talk back and forth with me when I am in the house looking out the window and she is at the gate. She is LOUD! I love it. I hope the neighbors do....hee-hee. My Alpines and Alpine crosses will talk some, but have quieter voices. My pygmies don't say much at all, but when they do, it can be heard a town or two away, I'd guess!
Nubians are often loud as far as goats go, very talkative. From what I've heard (although some opinions differ) and from what I have experienced. I think it is cute, personally, and my goats and I will have extended conversations. The big half-Nubian is the only one who will talk back and forth with me when I am in the house looking out the window and she is at the gate. She is LOUD! I love it. I hope the neighbors do....hee-hee. My Alpines and Alpine crosses will talk some, but have quieter voices. My pygmies don't say much at all, but when they do, it can be heard a town or two away, I'd guess!
