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

[Hens and Roos]

Had the opportunity to pick up some alfalfa hay bales, is it okay to feed out small amounts to the does along with the grassy hay they are getting? Should the buck get any?

For the last couple of days we have been watching the older does to see if any come back into heat- so far they all move away from the buck. If the buck did his job, we are looking at April for kidding!

 

[Latestarter]

There are quite a few here who feed their goats strictly alfalfa, so I wouldn't think it would be an issue... More of a boost/treat!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Alfalfa is fine for bucks & does. If your buck is dropping weight due to rut its a good idea to feed alfalfa. They may have clumpy poo for a few days, just a heads up

I bet they took. All of our does settled on the 1st time.

So exciting! April kids!!!!!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Guess we will be adding some to the hay....thinking they will be excited

So far the buck is doing pretty well....but colder weather is coming so it wont hurt him either.

 

[Hens and Roos]

my kids(human ones ) and I did some calculations the other day and if our does all took(so far they want nothing to do with the buck) then we are looking at March 29th thru April 19th 2016 for kidding to occur!

DS(10) is super excited because 2 of the does have the possibility of kidding on his birthday!

 

[Southern by choice]

I get excited just with the anticipation!

 

[goatgurl]

me too, i am so excited. hard to wait for next springs babies. middle of march for my first kids and april 5th for first lambs.

 

[Mini Horses]

well, I prefer March & April kids......BUT, my buck broke thru fences and attended to duties he felt he was ready for!! Now I am having late Jan & Feb kids. I hate cold and kids in cold and you get he picture!!! Mr B almost got castrated! My girls are really showing, too. 7 does.

Soooooooooo, I expect snow late Jan!!!!! I mean, what else?
A couple are FFrs & I want to work at milking them but, did not want to do this in coldest of our winter here. Buck has been on my "crap"list for a while now . Boys, no patience.

 

[goatgurl]

oh minihorses, been there, done that. that is why my older buck lives in exile now. he can and will climb a six foot 2x4 panel with a hot wire on top. i feel sorry for him but not sorry enough to ever trust him again!

 

[Hens and Roos]

well, I prefer March & April kids......BUT, my buck broke thru fences and attended to duties he felt he was ready for!! Now I am having late Jan & Feb kids. I hate cold and kids in cold and you get he picture!!! Mr B almost got castrated! My girls are really showing, too. 7 does.

Soooooooooo, I expect snow late Jan!!!!! I mean, what else?
A couple are FFrs & I want to work at milking them but, did not want to do this in coldest of our winter here. Buck has been on my "crap"list for a while now . Boys, no patience.

I hear you on this our 1st kidding this past year was...mid Feb- coldest day of the winter by us...doe came through just fine with a single buckling, buckling was a bit slow to figure things out so he came into the house(kids thought that was great). Our biggest issue was our Aussie- who due to her anxiety- freaked out and came out through the side of her crate-breaking her right hind leg in 3 places.....er vet that night and our vet ended up making her a tri-pod....our 1st kidding was an expensive one!