Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[Hens and Roos]

AND YOU TOLD ME THEY WERE SMALL... THAT IS NOT SMALL FOR QUINTS!
oops didn't realize caps lock was on

So sorry you had 4 boys out of that! But so glad all are healthy and mom did just fine! She is a keeper!

Well they looked small to me and I hadn't weighed them yet . Yep, she for sure is a keeper- she adopted Maggie's 2 doelings last year after we lost Maggie. We are hoping not to pull any but supplement as needed since we do have goat milk on hand.

We are milking Rio 2 times a day- today we ended up with 3.5 lbs!

 

[Hens and Roos]

So we left all 5 kids with Coco for now, we plan to weigh them this afternoon and see what their weights are after 24 hours. The smallest buckling(2 lbs 4 oz) has us a little concern- his tummy doesn't seem as full as the others and when we try to help him nurse- he isn't interested. His mouth is warm so maybe he is eating when we aren't there to see He also doesn't seem to like staying in the warming barrel.....

 

[Southern by choice]

you are still supplementing though right?
you can keep them all together but you really should supplement with bottle feedings so they all grow well

 

[Hens and Roos]

you are still supplementing though right?
you can keep them all together but you really should supplement with bottle feedings so they all grow well

yes that is what we are trying to do...the smallest is being a bit stubborn!!

 

[Southern by choice]

If you get them to drink from a bottle first before they hit the teat then it is so much easier... too late now but for future

 

[Latestarter]

Oh my gosh, what a bunch of cuties! Congrats! If only the genders had been reversed...

 

[babsbag]

What an adorable little bunch of kids. Good mama to do that all unassisted.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Finally had a minute and some extra help to get updated weights on all the kids

Obie(kidded 3/27/2016)
Angus(b)- 8 lbs 3 oz
Brownie(d)-8 lbs 7 oz
Clementine(d)- 7 lbs

Rio(kidded 4/2/2017)
Munchkin- 11 lbs 10 oz

Coco(kidded 4/7/2017)
buckling 1- 3 lbs 9 oz
doeling- 3 lbs 9oz
buckling 2- 3 lbs 1 oz
buckling 3- 2 lbs 11 oz
buckling 4- 2 lbs 5 oz
we are giving supplemental bottles to the smallest 2 bucklings

Today is day 145 for Melanie(the goat who started it all )!

 

[Hens and Roos]

As of now Melanie hasn't kidded yet so I will share some other exciting news!

Obie's 2 does from 2014- Chaos and Cosmo have both kidded triplets- we received an email from their owners letting us know! Between the 2 they have 3 bucklings and 3 doelings

 

[Southern by choice]