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[Hens and Roos]

Glad the delivery went well and Amelia will have a chance to find her fit somewhere!

I’m there right now. Nellie doesn’t fit as the only one female I kept from that purchase and Caramel won’t leave her alone. Really hoping that she will bond with her doelings enough to get more comfortable and have a snuggle buddy for cold nights. She will probably always be pretty submissive to the pushy Caramel though. Ugh! I love Nell...

It's hard when they don't fit in, our yearling does are afraid of Amelia. Amelia doesn't always play nice so to speak...Rio and Melanie are our herd "queens" who can keep everyone playing nice but with them kidding...there is more chaos going on. Really hoping that the weather warms up so we can change up a few things and get chaos back to normal!

 

[CntryBoy777]

So Glad things went well with the 2 doelings and they are well....sorry about the chaos and glad ya was able to find another place for them to go....much better than trying to just make excuses and trying to force the "fit"....ya surely are doing the right thing.....

 

[Hens and Roos]

We have to milk Amelia tonight, it seems like her doelings are favoring one side.

Remind me again how long colostrum is produced in the milk...it's been 48 hours since they were born.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

We have to milk Amelia tonight, it seems like her doelings are favoring one side.

Remind me again how long colostrum is produced in the milk...it's been 48 hours since they were born.

Colostrum for 24 hrs but most say the milk is “off” for at least a week.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Colostrum for 24 hrs but most say the milk is “off” for at least a week.

thanks! that's what I was wondering and couldn't remember from last year.

 

[Hens and Roos]

It's been rainy here the last few days of this week...we are close to 6 inches of rain for the month of May. The creek next to us is high but hasn't spilled over into our yard but we do have some puddles in the goat yards...

Sure hoping the hay crops around us do well this year....last fall we purchased and stored under tarp 10 big square bales of an alfalfa mixed hay(very nice stuff) figuring it to last into May but that wasn't the case and it took us a bit to find someone who had some bales. We ended up getting a couple of mostly grass bales and thankfully the goats seem to like them!

We did run into one person who was selling baleage and told DH that it was a great feed for goats and was willing to sell us some until DH told him we were looking for 1 or 2 bales...then it wasn't worth his time...

Has anyone used baleage as feed for their goats? Our concern would be the possibility of mold/bacteria/listeriosis if the bales weren't stored correctly.

 

[Baymule]

I just got caught up on your thread. I love it that your DD jumped in the goat pen to assist with the kids--all beautified for Prom! Girl after my own heart-she has her priorities in the right place! And kids on your DS's 13th birthday! That is a pretty neat birthday present!

I have never used baleage. Do any of the feed stores carry hay? If all you need is a couple of bales, maybe it will get you by.

 

[Hens and Roos]

a couple bales would last us a day @Baymule for the goats, we currently go through two 750-800 pound bales each month.

 

[Baymule]

Ok, cancel that thought! A round bale lasts the sheep a month. How many goats do you have? I realize no one wants to know the actual number of animals they have.......goat math......living in denial........the ones that you are thinking about selling don't count...........

 

[Bruce]

Oh I'm sure it isn't more than 3 or 4, right @Hens and Roos ??