Our First Kidding - Need Some Guidance PLEASE [THEY'RE HERE!!]

[Roll farms]

I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to be harsh to you as the OP, I was agreeing w/ the last 2 posts before mine about inducing labor.

 

[MissDanni]

It's all good. I do agree that it could be dangerous to induce if the conditions were not right.

I just hope she has babies soon because I feel so bad for her right now.

DH says she will hold them in forever because she loves being treated like a princess and doesn't want all the special attention to end.

 

[Roll farms]

That's the same thing my DH says every year, because we pull all ours into kidding stalls w/ the best hay / grain / eiderdown quilts and feather pillows....just kiddin' about that last part, but yeah...why would they want to spit the kids out early and lose their posh accomodations??

 

[jodief100]

My hubby says the same thing. They don't want to leave the Hilton Kidding Stalls and loose getting hay and grain without having to fight for it.

She will go when she is ready.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Wow I feel like I just got a lashing from the teacher.

Nah, it's not like that. Roll's just sharing some knowledge gained through first hand experience for everyone's benefit.

 

[20kidsonhill]

I am gaining weight with all this popcorn, Yes, I like mine with butter and salt.

 

[elevan]

The "fruit salad" thing with papaya, mango and pineapple isn't going to induce unless they are close to time anyway...same with humans. So it could be argued that it's a coincidence...idk. Consider it a treat that might help. It won't hurt.

I agree I would NOT do the castor oil induction technique, as it does induce labor whether or not the female is ready. Inducing labor in goats is just too risky. I had one that I was positive was bred for a specific date and she kidded 23 days later...meant she didn't breed when I thought she did but the following month. If I'd induced her with oil or hormones I would have been very sorry and been less 2 kids. Not worth the risk.

Goats were born to make us humans crazy!

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Just second or thirding that I don't believe anyone meant it as jumping your stuff but just because a couple times somebody has posted "I wonder if I could...." and by the time anybody got around to saying "bad idea" it was too late.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

I will say, that IF you have your bucks seperated except for breeding time, with no chance of "breeding through the fence" or don't keep a buck on your property, then you know for sure when she was bred, and when she gets to a week or more beyond due you can start feeding the mango, papaya, and/or pineapple.

But if neither of the above apply to you/your farm, then I agree with the others about not inducing... and my bad for not asking about the buck status of your farm.

 

[20kidsonhill]

I am in my backyard a lot, so I can see many of my goats. Last fall during breeding season I witnessed a doe being bred several times in the same day and standing like a rock, no chasing around or anything like that. He was spending so much time with her I was worried he was neglecting the other 15 girls with him.

Then 2 weeks later he was breeding her again, not one time, not chasing her around, literally spent two days right with her, and must have mounted her 50 times. I was thinkiing hmmm. How could that be, it isn't even a normal heat cycle?

I write down dates of all breedings I witness, since we have him in with the girls for 3 or 4 months. I don't witness them all, some how some of the girls just magically become pregnant. Normally they all kid with in the same week, occasionally one will kid a full heat cycle later than the rest.

But this girl kidded 2 weeks later than the rest. If I hadn't seen the second breeding, I would have been sure she was bred from the first.