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

[Hens and Roos]

DH had to milk(currently only the 1 doe) Sat for me(DD and I weren't feeling good this weekend) and decided that we need to order the Udderly ez hand held milker- he figures the doe was holding back milk on him!

DD and DS(10) are going to try their hand at showing goats(Coco, Obie and the 2 doelings) at the fair this year. Since DD is now able to walk on her cast-they went out mid-morning to work on walking the goats...they ended up having to bring Obie out and walk her so that the 2 doelings would sort of start walking!

 

[JayRo626]

No this is Maggie's 3rd time kidding(1st time with us)-from her records she had a single the 1st time and twins the 2nd. We will be on hand for her kidding to make sure there are no issues and also it will help her bond to us. We were on hand when our other 2 does kidded and they are sweethearts(even when being pains!)

You should start a thread and show off pictures of your does(everyone loves to see pictures ) and then their kids!

I was planning on it. I don't have any current pictures of them however, as it has been storming horribly here for the past few days. Oi. My mini Alpine, Iris though, was a quad. I believe there were three doelings and a buckling. I try to go out there every night at midnight though. so we know what day they were born on, if we get surprised with babies in the morning, lol.

 

[Hens and Roos]

we had rain this morning and might get more this afternoon and then it seems like rain is forecasted every other day this week. Makes it hard to get things done outside- like our garden !

 

[Hens and Roos]

Even though we are behind, we got our garden planted this morning I think I will like our smaller size! Just have to go back and put straw between the rows to help keep the weeds down.

Maggie is at day 141, that she makes it to Wednesday(day 145)

made ice cream again- the batch turned out okay even though it didn't start setting while in the ice cream machine.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Day 143 for Maggie- she is hanging in there-eating and chewing cud which is good because we are going to get some storms here shortly-hail, high winds etc!

 

[Southern by choice]

 

[Hens and Roos]

day 144 and so far no action- DH looked at Maggie this am and said not today(which is good as he has been cutting grass all day). She is just handing out- trying to get comfortable- poor girl! This was good as I need to go grocery shopping and did so today just in case

Over the few months that we have had goats, we have slowly figured out that Obie will eat just about everything- especially if it is being offered to one of the other goats. Maggie really likes strawberries but not so much watermelon, Coco likes grapes cut up(used when trying to clip their coats)

 

[Goat Whisperer]

 

[Hens and Roos]

Maggie has made it to day 145-so far still watching and waiting. She is in her own area for her comfort and away from the action of the others....of course Chaos and Cosmos(Obie's kids) have been crying and looking for Maggie- they are separated by fencing and can easily see her but usually spend a lot of the day hanging with her!

Does anyone have goats that chew off the scabs from where the kids are disbudded? Coco and/or Obie- like to chew off the scabs

 

[Southern by choice]

No.

Your goats are just weird!