Absolutely nothing better than little kids with little animals... Just brings a smile. 
Sorry to hear about the back... I feel your pain! Heal up.
Sorry to hear about the back... I feel your pain! Heal up.
Wehner Homestead Kidding Thread 2018
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Wehner Homestead
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Diamond Kids’ Update:
Weights on 2/3: (BW in parenthesis)
Jackson 7.4 (4.1)
Jericho 8.3 (5.0)
Jasmine 5.2 (2.6)
We made our first attempt at disbudding on 2/3. I think we may have to do it again but we will see. The gentleman we are getting a polled buck from is going to teach us when his does start kidding. They also each got a cdt.
The kids will be two weeks on Wed. I’m very pleased that Jasmine has doubled her weight. We are still watching her close to make sure the bucklings don’t shove her out.
We’ve decided to retain Jackson. I’m learning but according to my assessment, both have nice escutcheons, length of body, and leg conformation. Jackson is a little wider across his back and he has wattles.
Sorry no pics.
I have a few but my nieces and nephew are in them and I don’t want to post them without permission. I’ll try to get some soon.
Snowflake Update:
Due date technically unknown but should be able to be narrowed once she has more definite signs. Her abdomen is as tight as it can get and the underside is like a board. She has just a touch of swelling to her girly parts and a little pouch of an udder started. We are excited to see what she produces! Went ahead and gave a cdt to her too since she could be a month out (or not.)
Nellie Update:
Due in April for sure. She’s FINALLY drying off. No real changes yet otherwise. She had a single as a FF and this will only be her 2F. I expect another single or twins. I do have a pic of her and her “baby.” Nala is completely attached to HER goats and literally lives with them.
Weights on 2/3: (BW in parenthesis)
Jackson 7.4 (4.1)
Jericho 8.3 (5.0)
Jasmine 5.2 (2.6)
We made our first attempt at disbudding on 2/3. I think we may have to do it again but we will see. The gentleman we are getting a polled buck from is going to teach us when his does start kidding. They also each got a cdt.
The kids will be two weeks on Wed. I’m very pleased that Jasmine has doubled her weight. We are still watching her close to make sure the bucklings don’t shove her out.
We’ve decided to retain Jackson. I’m learning but according to my assessment, both have nice escutcheons, length of body, and leg conformation. Jackson is a little wider across his back and he has wattles.
Sorry no pics.
I have a few but my nieces and nephew are in them and I don’t want to post them without permission. I’ll try to get some soon. Snowflake Update:
Due date technically unknown but should be able to be narrowed once she has more definite signs. Her abdomen is as tight as it can get and the underside is like a board. She has just a touch of swelling to her girly parts and a little pouch of an udder started. We are excited to see what she produces! Went ahead and gave a cdt to her too since she could be a month out (or not.)
Nellie Update:
Due in April for sure. She’s FINALLY drying off. No real changes yet otherwise. She had a single as a FF and this will only be her 2F. I expect another single or twins. I do have a pic of her and her “baby.” Nala is completely attached to HER goats and literally lives with them.
OneFineAcre
Herd Master
Love the pics.
I think your idea of separating the boys to give Jasmine time to nurse on her on is a good idea. We do that some when we have 3.
You can probably do it some now, for an hour or so.
Or, if you are out there and you see them start to nurse, pick up the biggest boy and make him miss a turn and let her have it.
We dam raise our kids. If we had to bottle raise I don't think we would be raising goats. I know that bottle babies are typically friendlier. In fact, they can be too friendly for my liking. But, if you spend time with them and handle them when they are this age and beyond I think you get a good balance.
I think your idea of separating the boys to give Jasmine time to nurse on her on is a good idea. We do that some when we have 3.
You can probably do it some now, for an hour or so.
Or, if you are out there and you see them start to nurse, pick up the biggest boy and make him miss a turn and let her have it.
We dam raise our kids. If we had to bottle raise I don't think we would be raising goats. I know that bottle babies are typically friendlier. In fact, they can be too friendly for my liking. But, if you spend time with them and handle them when they are this age and beyond I think you get a good balance.
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- #104
Wehner Homestead
Herd Master
I got some pics for y’all!! 
Lol
Jericho and Jasmine both thought they needed to climb on Diamond. I wasn’t fast enough with the camera to catch both but I did get a pic of Jericho climbing.
Jackson
Jericho
Jasmine
The heating barrel is getting fuller!!
**Nellie’s production had dropped drastically this morning and I expect her to be dried off by the end of the week.
LolJericho and Jasmine both thought they needed to climb on Diamond. I wasn’t fast enough with the camera to catch both but I did get a pic of Jericho climbing.
Jackson
Jericho
Jasmine
The heating barrel is getting fuller!!
**Nellie’s production had dropped drastically this morning and I expect her to be dried off by the end of the week.
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Wehner Homestead
Herd Master
Diamond’s kids were 2 weeks yesterday. They need weighed but the bucklings are pushing my lifting restriction and I’m sure that doesn’t account for wiggling. They are all so sweet and tame though. I’ve spent enough time with them that they play on me and cuddle with just like they do Diamond!
Jericho on left, Jasmine right next to Jericho, Jackson with his head by Diamond’s. I took this pic when she got her morning ration.
An udder snapshot. (No technical fill.) DH has been milking her because she gets lifted on the stand and his pics are worse than this...
Snowflake -L and Nellie-R are just hanging out and growing their babies right now. Both have tight underbellies. Snowflake has started a tiny udder and Nellie should be done milking by the end of the weekend.
Jericho on left, Jasmine right next to Jericho, Jackson with his head by Diamond’s. I took this pic when she got her morning ration.
An udder snapshot. (No technical fill.) DH has been milking her because she gets lifted on the stand and his pics are worse than this...
Snowflake -L and Nellie-R are just hanging out and growing their babies right now. Both have tight underbellies. Snowflake has started a tiny udder and Nellie should be done milking by the end of the weekend.
Mike CHS
Herd Master
We have a sling and scale that we can use out in the pasture but when they come up with a food bribe at our shop shelter I pick up the lambs and go inside the shop to stand on our livestock scale for a quick weight.
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Wehner Homestead
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We have a sling and scale that we can use out in the pasture but when they come up with a food bribe at our shop shelter I pick up the lambs and go inside the shop to stand on our livestock scale for a quick weight.
We weigh feed for the Cattle that are being fed for show, freezer so I just put a bucket on there to weigh them...usually. It’s a fish scale that does metric and English and weighs them to the tenth of a pound. So far, so good (other than my darn injury.) When they get bigger, one of us will stand on the “bathroom” scale with them. No livestock scale yet. We use a trailer scale at a local farm as needed for cattle weights.
goatgurl
Herd Master
the babies are so cute. looks like jasmine is working at catching up the her big brothers. I sure hope your back gets better soon. what a pain to have to be so careful with everything but you know how important it is. take care of yourself
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Wehner Homestead
Herd Master
Updated pics of Diamond’s kids. Still no weights. Jasmine has caught up with the boys some and it’s visually obvious. They are hard to get pics of as they are always on the move now.
Jericho checking out the outside world.
Jasmine climbing on mom.
The boys: Jackson-L, Jericho-R
Apparently Diamond is a built-in jungle gym. Jasmine-R, Jericho-L
Nellie is giving us about four squirts each morning so she’s just about dry!I was beginning to think it would never happen!
Snowflake is starting an udder and her ligs are starting to loosen.
Now it’s just a waiting game (for a few weeks!
) She was trying to see if she could get Diamond’s feed. Showing off her baby bump!
Attempt at an udder pic. My phone was in selfie mode as I held her collar because she kept spinning around on me.
Jasmine has caught up with the boys some and it’s visually obvious. They are hard to get pics of as they are always on the move now. Jericho checking out the outside world.
Jasmine climbing on mom.
The boys: Jackson-L, Jericho-R
Apparently Diamond is a built-in jungle gym. Jasmine-R, Jericho-L
Nellie is giving us about four squirts each morning so she’s just about dry!
I was beginning to think it would never happen! Snowflake is starting an udder and her ligs are starting to loosen.
Now it’s just a waiting game (for a few weeks!) She was trying to see if she could get Diamond’s feed. Showing off her baby bump! Attempt at an udder pic. My phone was in selfie mode as I held her collar because she kept spinning around on me.
Dani4Hedgies
Loving the herd life
baby watching time YES YES YES
