Goatgirl47
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How old are they (Emmy and Saffy I mean)?
Goat Whisperer's & SBC's kidding thread: kidding storm
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Green Acres Farm
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I was going to ask the same thing.
Southern by choice
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They are 7 months. The youngest we have ever bred any goat ever.
However they are very developed and width is excellent. Weight, height etc all good. Emmy is a little on the heavier side but that's ok... she's not "obese"
However they are very developed and width is excellent. Weight, height etc all good. Emmy is a little on the heavier side but that's ok... she's not "obese"
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Goat Whisperer
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Weighed CarolinaGirl, one of Ruthies January babies.
57lbs
She didn't listen, she is a (registered) Nigerian DWARF goat
57lbs
She didn't listen, she is a (registered) Nigerian DWARF goat
Southern by choice
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...the shame..
she jiggles when she walks
she jiggles when she walks
OneFineAcre
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You are going to breed her after the fair aren't you?Weighed CarolinaGirl, one of Ruthies January babies.
57lbs
She didn't listen, she is a (registered) Nigerian DWARF goat
She's a big one
Our biggest March kid is 45 lbs Coco's single Joy
Opals single from last week of Feb Pearl weighs 40 lbs
Do you creep feed your kids?
Ferguson K
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What fatties!!
I wish I had "growth" like that in our girls. Lyra and Briar are in that age range and 45/42lbs respectively.
I wish I had "growth" like that in our girls. Lyra and Briar are in that age range and 45/42lbs respectively.
Southern by choice
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Fatties is the word!
The babies have free choice feed and hay starting at about 3-5 weeks while they are still on the bottle. They nibble.
They don't freak for food as this is how they grew up so it just sits there for them BUT NOT with the Nigies. We had to separate them out because they will just eat til they die. Seriously. It is just the nigies. So then because of this we put feed out and lock the nigies in a different area so the other girls will eat.
Once the other goats a bit bigger and we couldn't separate them anymore we just dump feed in a trough and they eat what they eat. They never eat it all.
The fatties have been on a diet but I think they just take after their mom... they can get fat off air. They also have really good parasite resistance. We ran fecals today... well actually GW did not me. Boots had 2 eggs(50EPG). Charlotte 6(150EPG)... so they are all pretty good.
I wish my lamanchas would gain like the nigies. Jane is 93lbs now... she is just turning 9 months. She doesn't eat much feed at all... none of the lamanchas do. Millie would rather just eat forage and hay.. she doesn't even always come up for feed. Her daughter is the same... Tiffany is 70+lbs at just about 6 months. She is like her momma stocky. She will mature late like Millie. If she is 90 lbs by Dec I will breed her. She will be 8 months old... but she is wide, stocky, and very robust.
The babies have free choice feed and hay starting at about 3-5 weeks while they are still on the bottle. They nibble.
They don't freak for food as this is how they grew up so it just sits there for them BUT NOT with the Nigies. We had to separate them out because they will just eat til they die. Seriously. It is just the nigies.
So then because of this we put feed out and lock the nigies in a different area so the other girls will eat. Once the other goats a bit bigger and we couldn't separate them anymore we just dump feed in a trough and they eat what they eat. They never eat it all.
The fatties have been on a diet but I think they just take after their mom... they can get fat off air. They also have really good parasite resistance. We ran fecals today... well actually GW did not me. Boots had 2 eggs(50EPG). Charlotte 6(150EPG)... so they are all pretty good.
I wish my lamanchas would gain like the nigies. Jane is 93lbs now... she is just turning 9 months. She doesn't eat much feed at all... none of the lamanchas do. Millie would rather just eat forage and hay.. she doesn't even always come up for feed. Her daughter is the same... Tiffany is 70+lbs at just about 6 months. She is like her momma stocky. She will mature late like Millie. If she is 90 lbs by Dec I will breed her. She will be 8 months old... but she is wide, stocky, and very robust.
Green Acres Farm
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Trying to figure out what you do different than me.
How many grams of poop do you do? (I have done 2)
The vet and another recourse told me to add up both chambers and multiply by 50.
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Goat Whisperer
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4 grams of fecal and 26ml of solution.
Multiply by 25
If you are only using 2 grams multiply by 50.
Multiply by 25
If you are only using 2 grams multiply by 50.
