Latestarter's 2019 kidding

[Mini Horses]

Should make for a raging case of reflux in a couple of hours. Maybe I'll go get another donut

Hell, yeah!!! If it's gonna hurt, make the pain worthwhile.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sure hope they all deliver without issue for ya Joe!!....and provide such beautiful kids....they are Darlings, but a few bucklings wouldn't hurt the pocketbook either.....

 

[Baymule]

OK... don't need any bashing thank you. Considered not saying anything but then thought better of it. What is... is. Premise the following with I own Lamanchas which are "seasonal" breeders so I didn't expect the yearlings to have a heat until it was "seasonal" time. I didn't expect heats to show up at 3-4 months of age. By the time I realized it was too late, it was too late. Considered luting them but was worried that it would do more harm than good if they were indeed already a month or more along.

Stuff happens.

 

[Latestarter]

yup. that it does.

 

[Devonviolet]

Well congrats on the first kids of the new year! They surre are cute and I can tell Blackie is an awesome new mom!

As far as color goes, it seems to me they always start darker than they end up. I remember when Woodie and Angelica were born, I thought for sure they were black. When I told @goatgurl that, she said, are you sure they aren’t brown??? Well, they did end up being brown. And they lightened as they got older.

When Faith and Hope were born, I thought they were black too, and now they are pretty much the same shade of light brown that their big sister (Angelica) is.

So, it will be interesting to see what color the silver one ends up being.

 

[Latestarter]

I imagine everyone wants pics... I get it! But mom has the kids up under the shelter so I can't get any at the moment. I will post some as soon as I'm able to get some. Blackie does have some fading to brown on her rear legs, but to the best these old eyes can tell, she's black. Same for the new kid. Not to say she won't lighten and become brown or browner, but for now, she's black. She has a small white "J" on her forehead, one white sock, and a white toe... touch just above the hoof. Bang is basically black as well and is these little kids great grandgoat. Bang had CB, who had Blackie, who delivered these two.

Last years crop of kids gave me Champagne, Champ for short and I love her coloration. If this silver/gray goat maintains, she's gonna be gorgeous!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Did ya ever witness her nursing on mom?

 

[Latestarter]

Actually Fred, see below There's a cold wind blowing and it's damp/overcast, supposed to be around 34° tonight. I didn't feel real good about the kids being stranded under the shelter so I went out to do goat chores early. Figured I'd give my 10' PVC pole noose a go and see if I could snare them. OMG... what a PITA! I took a couple of scraps of OSB laid on the ground so I wouldn't get totally trashed (again), but that was pretty much pointless. The cord I got wasn't "stiff" enough to form a loop out the end. So I'm laying 1/2 under the shelter getting more and more pissed. What really got me was when I heard the kids both snickering at me Seriously! I swear they were! Heard it as plain as the nose on my face!

Anyway... gave up after an hour of trying and figured I'd just wait till Blackie called them out and snag them then. In the mean time, I decided I had better also make some sort of containment inside. Here was my answer to that situation. 2 scrap 8' pieces of OSB and a piece of 2x4. You can see by the paint markings that they're a little over 16" high:

As you can see, the adults can get over it, but the kids can't yet. By the time they're able to get over it, they shouldn't need confinement anymore. This was obviously after I snagged the kids and put them in there. Mom followed me and the kids and jumped in with them. You can see Champ also wants to have kids. That's DS outside wondering what the fuss is all about.

After the goats had been fed their pellets and hay, Blackie went over and tried to call the kids out but they ignored her. So, she went under the shelter and explained to them who the boss was and came back out and called them again. The little black one was the first to come out. I let her suckle for a bit and as the silver one was coming out from under, I took the little black one inside. After the silver one had suckled for a bit, I took her in also. Blackie was a bit confused at first thinking they had gone back under so I showed her the black one and led her inside to be with them.

You can see the little black one back behind the 2 of them. She has already nursed several times in the past 10 minutes. Very good momma goat!

 

[Rammy]

Nothing better than a goat baby saying neener neener at you from under tge goat shack.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

They are so pretty, ......but the silver doe , glad you got them where you feel comfortable .....congratulations ....and I completly understand the snickering. ...I swear Lilly does it to me. Thank you for posting the pictures