Sweetened's 2016 kidding thread

[Southern by choice]

Sweetened - I read your very first post and went to reply.... and then got distracted, and then I share the computer with 9 other people... anyway... I just have to say
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After all the hearbreak you have had I am SOO SOOOOOOOOO happy you have Nigie's! I think you will have a good run of it this time!

From the looks of it you are probably going to have to pull and bottle feed some. Dam raising trips is usually no problem for a Nigerian but once you get 4,5,6 it doesn't work out to well. The smallest ones should get pulled.

They are all so pretty...

Lokely not super awesome breed standard but need to start somewhere.

LOL- great to breed to the standard but there are so many that are great milkers, hearty goats that are't to the standard or aren't even registered.
A lady we sold one of our unregistered goats to is going to be a 2nd F- has the most beautiful udder and teats... nice long teats with excellent placement, beautiful escutcheon,medial, etc... she has a nicer udder than many registered goats. We originally kept her for 18 months knowing she would be a really good dairy goat but alas... we have to make cuts somewhere.... For her she was shorter in the body than what would be ideal - yet a great goat.

I am very much looking forward to your kidding this year!
Congrats on such a nice herd. They may be a small package but they sure can hold their own. Glad you will be keeping replacements... with them being older their production will be lower of course but it will give you a good idea of what your new does will be able to do ...

 

[Sweetened]

Awh, Southern, glad to see you here.

I agree on the standard thing for sure!

Am I already going crazy, or does she SERIOUSLY look slimmer.

 

[Southern by choice]

Um is this a trick question

 

[Sweetened]

Um is this a trick question

No!

 

[luvmypets]

Ooooh , don't mind me I will just be here waiting for baby pics

 

[goats&moregoats]

Oh cool, I am not the only one waiting on babies! LOL, Yup said the same to myself about Poppit three days ago, still waiting.

 

[Southern by choice]

Doe Code.... always so helpful...

 

[Sweetened]

And here I thought the more mature girls would just prefer to get down to business.

 

[sadieml]

Do does "drop" like we do? I thought they did, which could explain suddenly looking slimmer. That's got to be in the last couple of weeks, right? I know for women it can be a month or more, but I wouldn't think more than 2 wks or so for goats. I'm hoping to learn a lot from your (and others) kidding threads so it won't all be new to me when we finally get girls and start kidding around here. I am sooo impatient.

 

[Sweetened]

They do. They get a skinnier look as the kids 'get in line'. Problem is, sometimes they practice this for weeks and drive their human crazy.

Then again, an Ober I had looked huge still as she was wandering around, hollaring, with a kid swinging behind her, super primal. Every goat is so different. Flora had just started bagging up and dropped a kid, finished bagging after, etc. This is why I hand breed. Then i can have a date to worry.