Goat Whisperer's & SBC's kidding thread: kidding storm

[lcertuche]

Wow, a litter! Who would of thunk it.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Yep! First kidding she had 4. Second kidding she had 5. Who knows with this one.

It's exciting and terrifying at the same time.

 

[luvmypets]

I take back that comment of Leah looking smaller this year

 

[Ferguson K]

Oh lord!

 

[Baymule]

She is not going to have kids......maybe a donkey!

 

[Southern by choice]

Trimmed some hooves yesterday. The bigger they get the harder it is on them especially Leah and Ruth.

So Ruby was put on a diet and we brought her up to weigh her do hooves and give her Bose and Copper so we could breed her.
Generally when you put a goat a diet you see a reduction in weight. Except if you are a goat here then all that goes out the window.
Ruby gained 5 lbs on her diet.

Giving myself a pat on the back - Ruby's feet look fantastic.

We have all the little ones (lol- they are not little- piggies is what they look like) to trim hooves on and do a look over.

I may breed Jane. It puts us real late in the year for kidding but she is a big girl and I think she should be fine for breeding.
The other Lamanchas I will wait on.
GW is considering breeding one of the Nigie girls ...

Not convinced Emmy or Saffy are bred. Hoping it isn't a problem with our new buck.

A little concerned over Ruth and Leah... they have a LONG way to go and they are so big. Ruth is handling it better but she is a bigger doe and has less kids. Poor Leah, she has 10 weeks. Ruth 8.
These big litters are worrisome. I just don't want anything to happen to her.
Ruth is growing a little udder.. it i so cute!

 

[Green Acres Farm]

So Ruby was put on a diet and we brought her up to weigh her do hooves and give her Bose and Copper so we could breed her.

How long are you going to wait to breed her after the BoSe?

 

[Southern by choice]

How long are you going to wait to breed her after the BoSe?

Running out of time so whenever she cycles again.

 

[Southern by choice]

Got all the young goats (2016 kids) weighed today and gave Bose.
We think we will breed Jane. Jane is a big doe with nice wide rear.
GW thinks we may as well so we are in agreement.

The time is going by quick and by tmid January we will need to start giving CD&T's.
We will start running their fecals a few at a time in case we need to deworm before kidding.
Still talking with my vet about it but we may do the Pasteurella vaccine. Kind of thinking it may be good since GW is showing now and our herd is on the larger side. Lots of kids and iffy weather. I would rather avoid pneumonia altogether. I don't like doing things unless I know we need to but in this case I am thinking more prevention and the benefits.

I didn't have time for hooves today but a quick glance didn't show that they really needed much trimmed so maybe this weekend.

Getting so excited! Kidding starts in about 8 weeks I think!

 

[luvmypets]

So exciting! Who will you be breeding Jane to? I can't wait to see what your girls give ya