She is a pretty goat. She and Oreo will have great looking kids.pridegoethb4thefall said:I just have to say- Heidi is just beautiful! And if ever a goats name matched her looks, Heidi would be the poster child, er..goat for it!!! Just love her!!
Looking forward to seeing all the kids from all your pretty girls!
Good luck with kidding, and I sure hope you have time to get everything prepared!
Do you have any recent pictures or oreo? Good luck!!!
The latest photo I have of him is back in November. He's the brown and white "Oreo" goat.CrazyCatNChickenLady said:
I agree for the kids that come out, hopefully while the weather is good.michickenwrangler said:Pretty buck.
Also, my week-old buckling survived single digits here in Michigan a few days ago. No heat in the barn, no heat lamp, no blanket. Just snuggled in the back corner and his mom and grandma slept between him and the door.
Don't tempt fate but also don't underestimate the young'uns ability to survive so long as they are healthy and well-fed.
It is unlikely that she will accept a kid that is not her own. You can try covering him with some afterbirth "goo" and hand him to her to help her clean him, but even then some does are too smart and will not be convinced. I had a doe let kids nurse her while she was still pregnant. She's just an amazing mom. Others, no way, they'd chase the kids away faster than they could run.SkyWarrior said:I agree for the kids that come out, hopefully while the weather is good.michickenwrangler said:Pretty buck.
Also, my week-old buckling survived single digits here in Michigan a few days ago. No heat in the barn, no heat lamp, no blanket. Just snuggled in the back corner and his mom and grandma slept between him and the door.
Don't tempt fate but also don't underestimate the young'uns ability to survive so long as they are healthy and well-fed.
The bottle baby I have (a boer/nubian cross), I'm not so sure. This little guy has no mom and I want to make sure the others don't hurt him before I add him to the mix. If one of my does kid, I'm going to have him nurse on her. A friend of mine has done it where you feed him while surrogate mom is in the stanchion. Supposedly after two weeks, she'll let him nurse as her own.
A friend of mine puts her doe in a stanchion and has the baby nurse for two weeks that way. She's been successful getting a doe to accept a baby that way.Ann114 said:
