poorboys
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nice pics, babies are so cute. looks like you've been busy.
LHF kidding 2012 PHOTOS AFTER THE STORM
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aggieterpkatie
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Your kids are just gorgeous!! I love meat goat babies!! 
Missy
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Congrats!!!
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20kidsonhill
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thanks everyone,
Okay don't be mad at me.
I haven't gotten the much awaited pictures yet. They were sleepy last night, when we went to close up the barn and check on everyone, Hopefully that meant they had a belly full and were taking their much needed rest.
Mom has a pitifully small udder, but babies seemed satisfied this morning and alert. Husband said, "Yours produced lots of milk, and they aren't very big."
This is true, I could easily nurse twin. And my sister did. I had so much milk, I tried to find a place to donate milk, but our area didn't have anything like that.
Okay, back to the kids
Weighed them and they are 7 1/4 and 7 1/2 lbs, a little bigger than I thought they would be.
The one kid on Dancer still had a weak leg, but his other back leg is getting a lot stronger, and he is getting around a little easier.
It looks like we will have a few days, maybe up to a week, before we have more kids. I don't have due dates on all of them.
Lorily is due next wednesday the 22nd, She is the prolpase doe
Gray nubian, Tina is due on the 25th
I also have a breeding date of Classy Lady being due on next wednesday the 22nd, she doesn't look that far along to me.
Peaches, I have no idea
Annie, I have an in heat date of October 2nd, so that would give her a due date around March 1st.
Same with Hot mamma, In heat date of Oct. 2nd.
and Glory, I have no idea, but looks to be about the same as HOt mamma in her progress.
That makes 7 does left to kid.
I also have a couple in another pen, that are due in April, but haven't started talking about them yet.
Daisy, a 5 year old fullblood, kept coming back in heat and was last bred 3 weeks ago, to Goldman. We are waiting for her to come back in heat. Hope she doesn't.
I haven't even posted her on my website, because I knew she wasn't settling and chances are she will be culled.
If you actually, read through that and could follow it at all,
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Don't blame you if you didn't.
Okay don't be mad at me.
I haven't gotten the much awaited pictures yet. They were sleepy last night, when we went to close up the barn and check on everyone, Hopefully that meant they had a belly full and were taking their much needed rest. Mom has a pitifully small udder, but babies seemed satisfied this morning and alert. Husband said, "Yours produced lots of milk, and they aren't very big."
This is true, I could easily nurse twin. And my sister did. I had so much milk, I tried to find a place to donate milk, but our area didn't have anything like that. Okay, back to the kids
Weighed them and they are 7 1/4 and 7 1/2 lbs, a little bigger than I thought they would be.
The one kid on Dancer still had a weak leg, but his other back leg is getting a lot stronger, and he is getting around a little easier.
It looks like we will have a few days, maybe up to a week, before we have more kids. I don't have due dates on all of them.
Lorily is due next wednesday the 22nd, She is the prolpase doe
Gray nubian, Tina is due on the 25th
I also have a breeding date of Classy Lady being due on next wednesday the 22nd, she doesn't look that far along to me.
Peaches, I have no idea
Annie, I have an in heat date of October 2nd, so that would give her a due date around March 1st.
Same with Hot mamma, In heat date of Oct. 2nd.
and Glory, I have no idea, but looks to be about the same as HOt mamma in her progress.
That makes 7 does left to kid.
I also have a couple in another pen, that are due in April, but haven't started talking about them yet.
Daisy, a 5 year old fullblood, kept coming back in heat and was last bred 3 weeks ago, to Goldman. We are waiting for her to come back in heat. Hope she doesn't.
I haven't even posted her on my website, because I knew she wasn't settling and chances are she will be culled. If you actually, read through that and could follow it at all,
. Don't blame you if you didn't.
autumnprairie
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I read it all and hope she took this time, My next one is Annie and she is getting bigger and bigger and soon will need a skatboard to move
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20kidsonhill
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My Annie isn't looking that big, but big enough that she is probably carrying twins. She had triplets for her first freshening, this past June as a 15 month old. One was stillborn, and she raised twins. I didn't think she looked that big then either. Ofcourse she waited to kid memorial weekend when we went away camping for 3 days and I had a 16 year old neighbor boy checking on the farm 3 times a day and doing basic chores. He called, us paniced to say the least. But the hard part was already over, kids were born, and the twins were nursing and doing well.autumnprairie said:
vermillionoaks
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I always joke with my husband about what kind of dairy goat I would've made. I would drown my poor kids. :/ Just made me laugh because it sounds a lot like me!20kidsonhill said:Mom has a pitifully small udder, but babies seemed satisfied this morning and alert. Husband said, "Yours produced lots of milk, and they aren't very big."
I hope the rest of your does kid without any problems!
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20kidsonhill, how soon do your First Freshener boer does bag up? My ND does bagged up 6 to 8 weeks before they kidded. I have one boer doe, Jenny. She has a little udder for at least 4 weeks now. Boy is she getting filled out. She was always so slim and those long thin legs. I believe she has some nubian in her somewhere.
I'm asking because we "rented" a boar buck the first week in November, she shouldn't kid until the first of April. BUT she was in with my ND buck. She was way too tall for him, but you never really know, lol.
I wish you lived closer, I would love to have a boar buck, especially that dark red color. Almost a mahogany, beautiful.
Thanks, Melissa
I'm asking because we "rented" a boar buck the first week in November, she shouldn't kid until the first of April. BUT she was in with my ND buck. She was way too tall for him, but you never really know, lol.
I wish you lived closer, I would love to have a boar buck, especially that dark red color. Almost a mahogany, beautiful.
Thanks, Melissa
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20kidsonhill
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These pics are posted earlier in the thread, but I will organize them here for you and include dates.
from left to right, Glory, macy and Classy Lady. The far right doe is Dancer, she kidded two days ago and is 5 years old, full-blood.
Glory appears to have another 2 weeks before she kids.
Macy kidded last night.
And classy Lady is pregnant, and I believe due March 1st, but not positive. She didn't start showing as early as the other full-blood does did.
this picture was taken on 1/20 and I believe you could see signs of udder growth on Macy for a good 2 or 3 weeks before this picture was taken and just for a few days on Glory.
I would say 6 to 8 weeks you start noticing their teats getting longer and more filled out looking and a small bag starting to form.
Below is macy and Glory, macy is the doe on the right, This is 2 days before she kidded. Notice the swollen puffy vulva and a little bit of shiny discharge. Picture taken feb 12th.
from left to right, Glory, macy and Classy Lady. The far right doe is Dancer, she kidded two days ago and is 5 years old, full-blood.
Glory appears to have another 2 weeks before she kids.
Macy kidded last night.
And classy Lady is pregnant, and I believe due March 1st, but not positive. She didn't start showing as early as the other full-blood does did.
this picture was taken on 1/20 and I believe you could see signs of udder growth on Macy for a good 2 or 3 weeks before this picture was taken and just for a few days on Glory.
I would say 6 to 8 weeks you start noticing their teats getting longer and more filled out looking and a small bag starting to form.
Below is macy and Glory, macy is the doe on the right, This is 2 days before she kidded. Notice the swollen puffy vulva and a little bit of shiny discharge. Picture taken feb 12th.
