Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter

[babsbag]

Kidding is done until the beginning of March. 18 kids in a week...I'm done too. 9 boys, 9 girls. The last two kidded today with a single doe and twins, one of each. Time to get back to work on the dairy trailer now that kidding is taking a break. Couldn't have asked for better weather, 70's all last week and gorgeous. All born during the day and no other problems other than the first doe with quads. Really glad that is over but it was near text book perfect.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Glad you have that stress behind you!

Kinda shocked that you got exactly 50/50 B/D! When does that ever happen?

BTW the Mini's & ND's, when you start adding the numbers can only count as half a goat

 

[frustratedearthmother]

 

[Southern by choice]

Oh and I think it's great you may keep a few mini's.

Trouble gave just over 7# today!
3+# this am and 4# this evening!

The loading of the truck went great but wow this am it was
6 degrees But it did warm up to about 25 by 1pm windchill 21. I stayed warm!
Can I just say I SWEAR that freezer seemed so much SMALLER the FIRST time I saw it... it was like it grew 3x its size
That was INSANE moving that! I actuall y left them... I was afraid to watch. I went up to the house and had tea!
I did nothing the MEN made me get out of the way

It is all so exciting!

 

[babsbag]

@Goat Whisperer I don't think that the county would count them as half a goat, but good suggestion. I too am glad to have this round behind me, I have many many more to go, that was only 9, so not even a third of the way done. One doe today had 1 buck and 1 doe, my first mixed set of kids this year. All of the rest have been all bucks or all does. The next round starts March 4 and I have 11 does due between 3/4 and 3/11


@Southern by choice Thank you and your family for helping DH get that equipment loaded. Unfortunately you won't be here to help unload that freezer and I can't just go to the house and have tea. And I still have to find a place out of the weather to store all this stuff until the trailer is done. Guess I better put cleaning the garage on my list of things to do this week. It should rain on Wed. so maybe that is a good day to clean the garage and put all the Christmas stuff in the attic and get the bee hives out of there...and take the recycle stuff to the recycle place. Never boring around here.

 

[newbiekat]

Question for ya @babsbag ... You say you're only allowed to have 30 head on your property.. When it comes kidding time is there a limit to how long you can keep babies at your property before it becomes a problem having more than 30 head?

 

[babsbag]

I am really not sure what animal control would do with a bunch of babies added to my head count. Fortunately I am off the beaten path so the only people that see my goats are my one set neighbors and they won't turn me in.

I would like to think that there wouldn't be a problem keeping kids until they are weaned and sold, but hopefully I will never have to find out.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I don't think most animal control agencies get too worried about it until babies are old enough to be weaned and sold. As long as your regulars/keepers are in the normal number allotment, you should be fine.

 

[babsbag]

By the time this kidding season is over I am looking at probably 60+ kids. I will be overrun with babies; most of which will be sold. The biggest problem to staying "legal" will be keeping does for replacements...I just need to buy more land

 

[ragdollcatlady]

I agree, you need more land!

We are just starting our kidding watch. Bailey is up first. I love her! While I hope she has some boys to sell, I really want girls so I can keep them! She is huge! She is truly a big goat and I can't wait to see what we get! Thank you for all these beautiful goats!