Missy
Loving the herd life
Beautiful kids, congrats!
Porkchop48 kidding thread-Updated.Last one for while, did not go well.
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Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
I'm not sure. If she's not producing milk and rejecting a kid I really don't know. I'm not an expert in kidding by any means and I do want to let you know that. But most times in nature if an animal is rejecting it's kids (or offspring) there is a reason. Not all the time of course because it could be related to another issue but alot of times the mothers know.
I'm not telling you to let it go or to keep it. Just something to think about.
I'm not telling you to let it go or to keep it. Just something to think about.
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porkchop48
Ridin' The Range
How did I miss this post??? But it does make me feel a bit better that I did the right thing. The both got colustrum from the mom and from what I had frozen. Both now have the mustard stool and are actively eating and peeing.20kidsonhill said:
Luna ( the red headed one) ate about 7 ounces last feeding around 5. I will go back out tonight and feed again. Gandolph ( the black headed one) ate about 3.5 oz but was also with her mother. Not sure if she got much from mom but had a nice round belly. Both are nestled in a crate in the barn. They are in the heated part of the garage and it is about 65ish in there. Seem to be holding their temps well in there and doing better.
jodief100
True BYH Addict
Kidding so soon may be why she doesn't have enough milk. Kidding and nursing take a lot out of them and if they don't have time to build it back up they might not enough stored energy.
Most people do well with bottle babies. Roll Farms has a great guide on bottle raising, do a search for it.
Most people do well with bottle babies. Roll Farms has a great guide on bottle raising, do a search for it.
ThreeBoysChicks
Loving the herd life
Here is Roll Farms Page - I have followed to the letter for TRIP (My Nubian Buckling I purchased from Roll Farms and I am usingit for my LaMancha bittle baby that we have also.
http://www.backyardherds.com/web/viewblog.php?id=586
http://www.backyardherds.com/web/viewblog.php?id=586
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porkchop48
Ridin' The Range
The two bottle babies are doing great.
Super goat was scheduled to kid on the 2nd ( or close to anyways). Got a text from DH today showing me a pic of a beautiful nubian/ alpine mix. I guess She did not want to wait till the second.
I went in and told my boss I was heading home for lunch. Came home to the beautiful doeling and a cute black buckling with a tiny white spot on its head.
Super goat is doing well and has a huge udder so she should do good with them. She did great with her twins last year. Mini me was trying to get into the pen with the new babies since I had taken hers away.
We brought them in and dried them off a bit and sent them back out with mom and they were eating well. I was worried when I went back to work. But when I came home they were cuddled with Super Goat.
BAd cell phone pics to come soon.
I also think Mama goat is going to go soon. She is oozeing alot. Arching her back, yawning and pawing. Udder is really tight.
Super goat was scheduled to kid on the 2nd ( or close to anyways). Got a text from DH today showing me a pic of a beautiful nubian/ alpine mix. I guess She did not want to wait till the second.
I went in and told my boss I was heading home for lunch. Came home to the beautiful doeling and a cute black buckling with a tiny white spot on its head.
Super goat is doing well and has a huge udder so she should do good with them. She did great with her twins last year. Mini me was trying to get into the pen with the new babies since I had taken hers away.
We brought them in and dried them off a bit and sent them back out with mom and they were eating well. I was worried when I went back to work. But when I came home they were cuddled with Super Goat.
BAd cell phone pics to come soon.
I also think Mama goat is going to go soon. She is oozeing alot. Arching her back, yawning and pawing. Udder is really tight.
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porkchop48
Ridin' The Range
Mama Goat endedd up having her twins that same night ( friday). She was bred to the boer we had here for a few months. She had twin doelings.
I have a bad pic of one and will have to get better pics if the sun ever comes out again. Cute little spotted thing. She had red spots going down her back and legs and each spot has the black strip running through it like you see on alot of nubians.
She is awesome. I am going to name her Spot, or Pongo or Raven.... Still up in the air.
Still a little wet but was drying off before sending her back out with mom.
The little red headed doe.
A better pic of Gandolph - One of the bottle babies.
And one the nubian twins. This is the doeling. The male I could not get a good pic of. He is all black with a tiny white dot.
I will try for better pics soon. If the darn weather would cooperate. So for the time being cell phone pics will have to do.
I have a bad pic of one and will have to get better pics if the sun ever comes out again. Cute little spotted thing. She had red spots going down her back and legs and each spot has the black strip running through it like you see on alot of nubians.
She is awesome. I am going to name her Spot, or Pongo or Raven.... Still up in the air.
Still a little wet but was drying off before sending her back out with mom.
The little red headed doe.
A better pic of Gandolph - One of the bottle babies.
And one the nubian twins. This is the doeling. The male I could not get a good pic of. He is all black with a tiny white dot.
I will try for better pics soon. If the darn weather would cooperate. So for the time being cell phone pics will have to do.
Missy
Loving the herd life
Congrats!
madcow
Loving the herd life
Really precious babies!
20kidsonhill
True BYH Addict
Congratulations. They all look really good.
