MenagerieMama ~ The Menagerie Farm

[MenagerieMama]

Yeah for goat #3! I can't wait to make soap and cheese either........the waiting is killing me! I have 1 more month to wait until I can breed mine and then I have the dreaded 5 month wait after that for babies..........OH MY!

What is the one month you are waiting for again? I'm hoping this girl has been bred. I think the waiting to find out if she is pregnant is just as tough. I need to figure out how soon I will be able to tell. I am a newbie to the extreme.

 

[daisychick]

I'm waiting for any month that my girls are old enough to be bred. I don't really have a specific month yet.

Did you get your other doe??

 

[MenagerieMama]

I'm waiting for any month that my girls are old enough to be bred. I don't really have a specific month yet.

Did you get your other doe??

Yes! We got the 3rd and final doe last Saturday. She is hilarious. And FAT! The little girls we have are 7 months old...I need to read up on when we can safely breed them. Would love to establish a milking production...been reading up if we can justify having a housecow here. Maybe the better wording would be, I wonder if we have the space to accomodate one house cow? I want some butta'!!!

 

[77Herford]

 

[daisychick]

Merry Christmas to my long distance friend.

 

[elevan]

 

[autumnprairie]

Merry Christmas

 

[daisychick]

Stopping by to check in. How are the goats doing???

 

[MenagerieMama]

Happy New Year!!!

The goats are a PITA!!! Ha ha! The big girl, Waffle, is a love...and wants to be scratched and adored. I'm still working on the other 2. Ramona is curious about me, but will only allow short spurts of affection, and Betty avoids everyone at all cost! She is like a wild deer...super flighty! I can't tell if Waffle is pregnant or not. She was exposed to the buck almost 2 months ago...I see no significant changes.

Have you bred your girls yet? I am curious when the best time would be to breed the 2 younger ones. I have not seen any sign of estrous. If Waffle is not pregnant, it would be convenient to borrow a buck for all of them at one time.

 

[daisychick]

Hi!

I know a lot of people try to plan for cold weather births, so the cocci count is down, so the kids have a lower chance of getting it when they are young. Since I only have 2 does, I am not to worried about when they kid because I can keep things clean and will do a cocci prevention treatment with them. I put the buck in with my girls this week so "if" they get bred that would mean I will have babies somewhere around June-ish. You could breed them for late fall babies if you are worried about cocci, or you could breed them anytime you want.

I have a new plan for goats around here. I want to start a Kinder goat herd. I have reservations on 2 unborn doelings that are registered Kinders. The momma is due April 1 and I am so excited!! I hope she has girls! I want to have a small group of them and then I can have a few to milk and I can keep wethers for meat. So excited!!!!! I will keep my nubian girls and hopefully breed them the next time to a pygmy buck and then I will have more Kinders. YEAH!

Glad to hear your goats are doing good. I have heard it takes a while to tell for sure if your does are preggers. Give her time she may start showing more signs of it as she progresses. You could always get a preg. blood test so you know for sure.