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[SmallFarmGirl]

Did you say you got milk? lol

Congratulations.

K

Yes ... I did ... THANKS!!!

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Boy its nice having goaties ... here are more pics :

Chickens ?? Are these chickens???

 

[KellyHM]

Congrats on the milk!! For future reference you might want to save some colostrum and freeze it just in case you need it in the future. I would test your girls for CAE before you decide to use it, but it may come in handy one day!

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Congrats on the milk!! For future reference you might want to save some colostrum and freeze it just in case you need it in the future. I would test your girls for CAE before you decide to use it, but it may come in handy one day!

My breeder tests for that ... Should I do another one ???

 

[KellyHM]

Congrats on the milk!! For future reference you might want to save some colostrum and freeze it just in case you need it in the future. I would test your girls for CAE before you decide to use it, but it may come in handy one day!

My breeder tests for that ... Should I do another one ???

How old is she? They should really be about a year old before tested. If her dam was tested then she's probably ok, but I'd rather be safe then sorry, so I test everything when they hit a year old, even doelings from my own herd.

 

[Queen Mum]

I thought SmallFarmGirl said Kisses is two and Betty is five. If that is the case it's OK to do a test.

BTW, she doesn't look skinny at all. She looks great! Goats will always run back and forth over the feeders. The grain is always fuller in the other feeder. I have 4 feeders and four goats and they NEVER stay at one feeder for more than 1 minute if even that. It's like musical chairs in the barn at feeding time.

Round and Round the fee-heed-ing dish, the goaties chase each other. When one goaty doesn't get enough, Pop go the head butts.

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

I thought SmallFarmGirl said Kisses is two and Betty is five. If that is the case it's OK to do a test.

BTW, she doesn't look skinny at all. She looks great! Goats will always run back and forth over the feeders. The grain is always fuller in the other feeder. I have 4 feeders and four goats and they NEVER stay at one feeder for more than 1 minute if even that. It's like musical chairs in the barn at feeding time.

Round and Round the fee-heed-ing dish, the goaties chase each other. When one goaty doesn't get enough, Pop go the head butts.

Thanks !!! THat is funny ... I'm going to do a test JUST to be safe...

 

[Queen Mum]

I think she was referring to a test of how much milk she can produce. (Correct me if I'm wrong on this because I'm new to the dairy test stuff.)

You milk the goat intensely to bring her production up to it's full potential and then weigh the milk each day over a period of time to get a test of her production rate. You can send the milk in and get it tested for butterfat content, protein levels, etcetera.

This is crucial if you are going to be selling your kids on the market as purebreds later on down the line.

And since they are registered, it might be a good idea to keep good dairy and herd records. Even though these are "pet goats" you want to keep good records of your girls just in case you want to show their babies in the future.

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

Well Kisses is doing fine ...
She is taking her nap right now .. otherwise she has been eating,drinking,going to the restroom, and chewing her cud.
I am a happy goat mama too...

 

[Queen Mum]

BTW, showing goats can be kind of fun, if you don't take it too seriously and aren't hurt by constructive criticism.