Khaleesi's Kidding Thread - Babies Born!!!

[thailand]

Ok Southern, thanks, will do. Someone here in Thailand who is raising goats has just confirmed a moment ago that they give Ivomec F orally to lactating goats or Kelemectin 1%. I will however message FARAD....thanks for the link

 

[Southern by choice]

Great for you to find others in Thailand to help you! That is a blessing indeed!

 

[thailand]

ok, there's a problem with trying to send a message to FARAD. I need a valid 10 digit phone number for their contact form. Nothing I enter is satisfactory. Can anyone help with this please?

 

[thailand]

New names for Khaleesi's babies.....

The buckling will be called Jabari, and the doeling Aaliyah.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Beautiful names!

 

[Goatgirl47]

Great names!

Will you be milking Khaleesi?

 

[thailand]

Thanks everyone....my family have looked at me a little strangely LOL....I just have a 'thing' for African sounding names for goats at the moment.

Yes, I hope to milk Khaleesi. I've never milked a goat before (or anything else for that matter). Guess I can find some instructions on YouTube. I also thinking to leave the babies on her fulltime for 3-4 weeks. I don't know that she is much of a milking goat. Her udder isn't that big really and I want to make sure her babies get first dibs. Khaleesi was bred to a Saanen buck so hopefully Aaliyah will be more of a milking goat in the future.

While everyone's online at the moment, I have a question please. If I keep Jabari, can I breed him back to Khaleesi later on? I can't breed him to his sister Aaliyah though right?

 

[Goatgirl47]

I wouldn't breed him to Khaleesi, as he's her offspring. Or Aaliyah. I guess you'll have to bring Khaleesi to a breeder to get her bred again? And if you want to keep Jabari, you should wether him.

I just started milking Clover (her kids are 16 days old now) and separating her kids at night, then milking her in the morning. They get to spend all day together.
I have milked her twice already (yesterday and today) and I got a little less then two cups yesterday, and today I got 2 1/3 cups.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I'm going to go against the grain and say that it's ok to breed mother to son. I wouldn't breed full siblings though. You'll hear lots of different ideas on the subject from lots of different folks.

 

[Latestarter]

Many folks do line breeding mother/son, father/daughter, cousins, 1/2 sibs, etc. "Most" say don't breed full sibs, though you'll find some who have done/will do that as well (though normally it's only to produce terminal offspring-butcher/meat). And off course accidents can happen as well. Male goats become "capable" as early as 3-4 months... just so you're aware