Lalabugs - Kidding done

[lalabugs]

Marshmallow is HUGE! Seeing her everyday I did not realize how big she has gotten since last week. Until I compared the pics. She has 5 weeks left.

 

[StarSpangledNubians]

Chunky girl! I'm going to guess she will have triplets this year. 2 bucks and a doe.

 

[lalabugs]

She is rather round. My family always does the guessing game. No one has been right in our house yet. My children are guessing quads for Marshmallow and triplets for Almond. I am super excited for Almonds kidding. She might have triplets.

Marshmallow has 4 weeks 1 day. Almond has 6 weeks 4 days.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

We on it, praying for them

 

[lalabugs]

A friend of mine has offered me her herd. But I do not have enough land for them. My sister said she would take a few. But still there's at least 30+ goats she wants to re home. All are either lamancha or Mini lamanchas. All males are bucks. Will not sell/give away to anyone who will eat them. Only pet home or breeding/milking homes. It's a huge task. All does are more than likely bred.

 

[lalabugs]

Marshmallow has dropped. She has 21 days left. Getting close.

Almond has 5 weeks 3 days left.

 

[lalabugs]

We are finally getting a good rain! We really need it.
Marshmallow has 16 days! Ahh!!! We are so excited! I am more excited to see how much she produces as a 2F. She gave us 1/2 gallon as a FF. DD2 is beyond ready for baby goats. I still need to set up the webcam to keep an eye on her once shes a couple days away from kidding. Usually have it set up by now.

 

[Southern by choice]

So exciting!

30+ goats to take on suddenly is a lot! Perhaps you could select a handful of does and 1-2 bucks that would be beneficial for your program.

 

[Hens and Roos]

wow...that is a lot of goats, hope you can come up with a solution that helps everyone out!

Good luck for you up coming kidding season!

 

[lalabugs]

I have no clue what is happening with the goats now.

Had not seen the friend in awhile. Went out to her place to see her. As we were looking at the goats, she tells me she will give me all of them. Out of the blue. I told her I did not have the room to take all of them on but my sister has room and I can try to help her figure it all out. She said she was serious about reducing numbers and wanted good homes for them. She was beyond thankful that I'd take some and find homes for the rest that she wanted to find homes for.
We brought one buck home with us, he is out of one of her does that I love. But she will not sell that doe or her doe babies. I have offered multiple times that if she ever wanted to sell her or her doe babies to let me know.

I found a few different homes for some of the goats, as I can not take on all of them. Good homes where they would be well taken care of. Once I had it all figured out. The friend changed her mind. Saying she's going to try to sell them now. The whole situation has me baffled. I do not know what is going on with the buck either. I wrote her asking if I am bringing him back. No response.


She has to many goats. They are breeding uncontrollably. She can not keep up with what goat was born from what goat. All of her goats have lost condition. I was shocked to see them in the condition they are in. The buck we brought home was born May or June this year. The doe had just freshened in December. The doe has all 4 babies on her. She has her 2 does from Dec on her and her two bucklings from may-june. (One less buckling now that I took him home.) She is SKINNY! I offered to purchase that doe. She declined. All her does are freshening 2x a year. Maybe a handful that are not in horrible condition. I will be shocked if the skinny does freshen again, they have nothing left to put into making babies.

Even asking someone to take the goats, is asking them to take on a lot of baggage. They need to be wormed. Eye lids are white, they are covered in lice and they are THIN. All things I have pointed out and offered to help her take care of.

At this point I do not know how to help the situation.

 

[promiseacres]

sounds like she knows she's in too deep but hasn't completely committed to doing what needs to be done. I think animal hoarding is a type of addiction. The addict has to want to get "well"