First time Momma

[nstone630]

 

[luvmypets]

Oh my god! So precious

 

[nstone630]

I couldn't be happier. The fact I have to be at work today and away from them all day is killing me. 4:30 CANNOT come soon enough!!!!

I'm checking on them like new born babies, last night before I went to bed. I have this fear I'll go out and something will be wrong. And I think that is just PTSD from the rough start up with goats we've had so far. No way this could be so perfect...

But I went out at 9pm last night and the little girl just bouncing around like a jumping bean. Lets say I went to bed with a calm and full heart.

 

[nstone630]

Oh...and update on the "d*ck wad" AKA my Boer Buck. My husband was on his side. He wanted to "test" him over the weekend and show to me he wasn't mean, that he was just trying to play.
I am scared of him, and DH knows this. He told me to come in the field and not show him fear, just come in do what I needed and walk back out. I wouldn't.
Well, DH got frustrated with me about this. Saying he wasn't going to get rid of him just on opinions.

Last night was his last straw. I was out googling over the babies and DH was in the pasture/barn section that the buck has access to. DH was testing him. Walked up to him, he reared up on his hind legs twice landing inches away from DH's legs both times. DH was proud of himself saying "see, if you don't let on like you want to play he isn't going to mess with you".

YEA RIGHT! DH tried to walk forward to get to the gate to come out, the buck charged him. Now, my DH is not a small man. 6'2" 240 lbs, and not much of that is fat. My buck almost put DH on his a$$. DH had to find something to hit him with to try and get him off him. He did 2-3 times before the buck even thought of letting up. DH admitted had that been me on one of our kids we never could have fought him off. Since even DH struggled to get him off of him!

Anyways. Long story short...well kind of...We will be getting rid of my buck.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

We will be getting rid of my buck.

Good plan!

 

[NH homesteader]

Sometimes husbands have to figure it out like that. Seems like a good decision, particularly because you have children.

 

[samssimonsays]

Congrats on the babies. And I understand! We had a similar issue with our Wether and myself. My husband loved him and when food wasn't involved, he was a great goat. BUT, he was a jerk to all but one of our goats and he jumped up and slammed me into the side of the barn leaving bruises on my collar bones and banged my head against the barn wall. I ended up spending more time chasing him around to make him submit than I could actually enjoy the goats so I was done. Exhausted and just done. He went to a pet home with a friends wether and that wether beat him up a little and he is now a great goat. Just needed another goat to put him in his place and none of ours would. With yours, I feel that is not the case.

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

I am so glad your little ones are doing well. Great pictures and video!
Boar bucks can be a real challenge and time consuming. So unless he is a Grand Champion, it is good he will be leaving the farm.

 

[nstone630]

He's a proven breeder, that's it. No grand champion blood line that I'm aware of. Just a big ole Bore Buck.

Last night, the little girl decided to show us how she knows to get out of the stall. sneaky little devil. She squeezed herself between the gate and wall. We watched patiently to see (since this put her in with d*ck wad)...she did ok for a few minutes, then he went and shoved her to the ground. Again proving why he needs to go. I'll be darned if he will ruin the ONE doeling we have. So we fixed the gate last night and now she is stuck. She was very displeased when she went back over to her little escape route and it was blocked LOL And I thought it would have been the boy that was the mischievous one.

 

[luvmypets]

We had a little girl who did the same thing, she escaped her pen and would bound around the barn. She did get lonely though, and then she would scream for mom