dhansen
Loving the herd life
It was a WILD weekend! Four of my nubian does had 10 kids in a 48 hr. timeframe. Note to self....don't breed goats that close together!!!
The difference in size of the kids was drastic! I just weighed two of the big guys today at 4 days old...One weighs 12 lbs and the other 13lbs.
They are HUGE compared to a couple of the smaller ones. One of the small ones weighs about 6 lbs at the same age!
BTW.... 8 bucklings and 2 does. I think that's CRAZY!
So what is a normal weight???
Anyone have does with great teats for milking, but almost too big for the kids to nurse???
Three of the kids are now bottle babies because one of the mom's rejected her twins. I think that maybe my LDG cleaned them up too well and she didn't like that.
The other little doe just had a rough start. Her mom will let her nurse, but she had huge teats and her brothers are BIG!
I will post pictures tomorrow as hubby has the camera with him.
The difference in size of the kids was drastic! I just weighed two of the big guys today at 4 days old...One weighs 12 lbs and the other 13lbs.
They are HUGE compared to a couple of the smaller ones. One of the small ones weighs about 6 lbs at the same age!
BTW.... 8 bucklings and 2 does. I think that's CRAZY!
So what is a normal weight???
Anyone have does with great teats for milking, but almost too big for the kids to nurse???
Three of the kids are now bottle babies because one of the mom's rejected her twins. I think that maybe my LDG cleaned them up too well and she didn't like that.
The other little doe just had a rough start. Her mom will let her nurse, but she had huge teats and her brothers are BIG!
I will post pictures tomorrow as hubby has the camera with him.