Flooded Creek Farm Goat Cam. Weighed the babies...WOW!!!

[wannacow]

I feel so bad for you and your lack of sleep. The problem is that I will be there in about 2 months. One doe I know the breed date, but the other one, the one that has experience in this matter, I have no idea...

 

[Mamaboid]

I feel so bad for you and your lack of sleep. The problem is that I will be there in about 2 months. One doe I know the breed date, but the other one, the one that has experience in this matter, I have no idea...

Elsie was bred when we got her, and the people we got her from had NO idea when she was bred, so with the combination of not knowing the date and not really knowing the goat, it is crazy.
The only redeeming thing is I just keep thinking of the rewards....I cannot wait to have these babies to play with. I have to wait until at least May for the next ones, but at least those I have a date when they were hopefully bred.

The good thing for you is at least the one you might miss because of not knowing her date has experience. (Trying to find the silver lining here)

 

[wannacow]

I feel so bad for you and your lack of sleep. The problem is that I will be there in about 2 months. One doe I know the breed date, but the other one, the one that has experience in this matter, I have no idea...

Elsie was bred when we got her, and the people we got her from had NO idea when she was bred, so with the combination of not knowing the date and not really knowing the goat, it is crazy.
The only redeeming thing is I just keep thinking of the rewards....I cannot wait to have these babies to play with. I have to wait until at least May for the next ones, but at least those I have a date when they were hopefully bred.

The good thing for you is at least the one you might miss because of not knowing her date has experience. (Trying to find the silver lining here)

True, but she is CAE positive so I REALLY need to be there to take the kids away. I had the preg tests w/ BioPryn done. Her level was lower than the other's. Does that make her "not as far along"?

 

[Mamaboid]

Wannacow wrote: "True, but she is CAE positive so I REALLY need to be there to take the kids away. I had the preg tests w/ BioPryn done. Her level was lower than the other's. Does that make her "not as far along"?"

I have no idea about the level, I have never had a test done. I am sure somebody can answer tho. This place is so great, I have never seen a question that somebody doesn't know the answer to. I will keep my that you have good luck. Keep us posted.

 

[Mamaboid]

Gooood morning world. Here we are, another weekend has come, another chance for Elsie to have her kids while dh is home. It is pretty warm here today, and for a change it is NOT supposed to rain. Time will tell, cause I don't think it can get through a whole day without at least a few drops. Flooded Creek Farm is named that for a reason, and right now it is a muddy mess. Elsie had a pretty good night, and is happily chewing her cud as I type this. I will be going down to check on her shortly. Today is the day, today is the day, today is the day.....just working on the right attitude here......I hope everybody has a truly awesome day.

 

[quiltnchik]

Gooood morning world. Here we are, another weekend has come, another chance for Elsie to have her kids while dh is home. It is pretty warm here today, and for a change it is NOT supposed to rain. Time will tell, cause I don't think it can get through a whole day without at least a few drops. Flooded Creek Farm is named that for a reason, and right now it is a muddy mess. Elsie had a pretty good night, and is happily chewing her cud as I type this. I will be going down to check on her shortly. Today is the day, today is the day, today is the day.....just working on the right attitude here......I hope everybody has a truly awesome day.

I may be wrong, but to me it looks like there may be something going on with her. She stood up earlier, stretched her neck and then laid back down. She also keeps lifting her tail and is just acting very "uncomfortable." Here's hoping you have babies today!

 

[autumnprairie]

Gooood morning world. Here we are, another weekend has come, another chance for Elsie to have her kids while dh is home. It is pretty warm here today, and for a change it is NOT supposed to rain. Time will tell, cause I don't think it can get through a whole day without at least a few drops. Flooded Creek Farm is named that for a reason, and right now it is a muddy mess. Elsie had a pretty good night, and is happily chewing her cud as I type this. I will be going down to check on her shortly. Today is the day, today is the day, today is the day.....just working on the right attitude here......I hope everybody has a truly awesome day.

Happy Saturday

 

[Mamaboid]

Well, we had an interesting afternoon. We opened the gate between the two pens, and left all the goats in together except Elsie of course. That means we combined the two bucks in one pen, along with 3 does. The does all SHOULD be bred for May, but who knows. I was going to keep the does and bucks separate so I knew which buck was doing the breeding, but for some reason, our little buck Dude doesn't seem to be getting the job done. He should have bred all three of the does long before this, and we have seen him mount 2 of them. The herd queen Brandy has never had anything to do with him, so we had already put her in with Eli. Not sure if that has been successful or not. She was not feeling well last week, but she is fine now. The other two does should have both been bred on the same day, they were both in standing heat and Dude was all over both of them for 2 days straight the weekend before Christmas. If they were successful, then we should have late May babies. I want to make sure I have babies, I really don't care at this point which buck breeds them this time around, and will make what ever adjustments to the breeding schedule I need to once we get some kids on the ground this first time.

Anyway, back to today. The two bucks spent about a half hour head butting each other in a kind of half serious attitude, then they took turns riding each other for about 10 minutes and then they both went about their business with no further testing all afternoon. The does did pretty much the same thing, with Brandy reestablishing her herd queen roll with no trouble. Then Eli started chasing all 3 does, and pretty much kept it up all afternoon. He was trying to mount, but none of them would stand for it.

Time will tell but I sure hope we end up with/or already have 3 pregnant does.

Now, Elsie. We have udder "boom", no ligs, more discharge than we have had before, and she is so "clingy" when we go in. She just wants to stand with her head in your lap, or have your hands on her in some manner. It is so sweet. When we are not with her all she does is EAT. I have no idea where she is putting feed, because she is so full of babies, but she sure is finding a place to put a lot of it. I am really hopeful that we are getting really close. I WANT BABIES!!!

Hope everybody has a great night.

BJ

 

[Mamaboid]

Good morning all. Nothing new to report here this morning, so I will just say hope every body has a great day. (I am pretending that we are not waiting for babies, so maybe Elsie will think she is supposed to go now that we aren't interested any more.)

 

[jodief100]

Hope for babies for you! We had several does not take on the first round this year. I think it is the crazy weather.