New goat herd project. advise pics posted

[Goat Whisperer]

I'm sure the ND buck can get it done. You can also put the doe down in a little ditch or put some hay bales out for the buck to stand on. They are determined little buggers

Taking my little girls and putting them in with a big ugly smelly billy

I don't know if you know this or not, but you should NEVER breed a miniature doe with a standard sized buck. It could kill your doe at kidding time.

I just wanted to let you know because a lot newbies don't know and have to deal with C-sections and/or a dead goat

 

[heatherlynnky]

Oh no I was talking about another nigerian dwarf but still when it comes to my baby girls they are all big ugly smelly males. Its like letting your daughter date the drummer, doesn't matter who he is your against it. I have miniature and standard girls and want to use a miniature billy.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I think we need some pics of these gals!

 

[babsbag]

You would be surprised. Unless the ND buck is a yearling I bet he will do just fine. I have a 8 month Alpine buck breeding all my does this year and he probably isn't any bigger than a mature ND buck.

 

[heatherlynnky]

I will have to get when its not raining. I have a white Nigerian Dwarf and Black one with white spotting and blue eyes. My sannen is white and I really never thought I would breed her because I was told she had wry mouth and that nothing could be done for her. However I had a dairy goat farmer who is also a vet come look at her. Her jaw was broke at some point before I bought her and as she grew her mouth twisted. He said he could even feel where it was broke :-( She is in great physical shape though and he said personally he would breed her as long as she stayed in good physical shape. She is a good little girl and the leader of my pack. Very affectionate so I think having her own would be nice. Not sure I could ever take babies from her though lol. I have a weak spot for her because of the mouth.

 

[heatherlynnky]

Ok so serious advise here. My goats are a tad....chubby. Not bad but they can stand to loose a bit. My dad just will not give in on them getting less. He is 80 and there is just no convincing the man. Anyway the nigerians are closest to being the right weight. The sannen with the twisted jaw is the chubbiest. Would you mess with her weight? The jaw really does not cause her much trouble obviously because she hogs food. So is it safe to put her on a diet if I can manage it?

Also when would you breed. I really do not want half frozen babies. I do have a warming box already but still. I really prefer they were born later in spring than earlier.

 

[heatherlynnky]

So I got in touch with my goat buddy and we are on for breeding the first 3 girls whenever I want. I think the nubian I will wait a tad on. The one I really want is too young to breed so I will keep her away from the buck, unless when I get there tomorrow I see an older one that catches my eye. I never know which will hit my fancy till I am with them. Very excited.

 

[JAF Farm]

Hello from the JAF farm. We are newbies with our boer goats, we currently have two registered 100% boer does, and then bought a 9 month old who isn't reg. %age unknown.
We are wanting to breed this December to plan for the kids in early spring. However, we have one 3 yr old who has kidded twice before only has produce a single large kid. The other one is 1.5 this would be her first breeding. We would wait to breed the little one till next fall I think.
My question is, we would borrow a boer/nubian buck to come over to breed them. So how long should we keep him to insure a solid breeding? I was guessing 1.5 months or 2 months? since they only come in approx. every 21 days.

 

[babsbag]

2 months should be plenty but many times when a buck is introduce the does will cycle within a few days. If you witness a breeding you can send him home, or wait 21 days from that date and see if the doe cycles again. If not, it is a done deal and kids are one the way

 

[heatherlynnky]

Well my girls are going to a friends to stay until they are pregnant. End of the month they go visiting. He has a nubian male he is going to put my Sannen in with. A registered moon spotted blue eyed ND billy he will put my little girls in with.