Goats&moregoats: KickinUpDust Farm Journal

Thanks everyone for your advice. I will keep things in mind for the future babies. Sometimes even those with some experience @MendonOrchards, still end up having questions arise. All my previous dams didn't set so low. Some of my future ones will. At 3 times a day I can manage it, if my sister in law doesn't mind handle one of those feedings. Hoping that the dams can raise them, but nice to have info just in case. The fact that those that buy kids from me usually stay in touch afterwards is really nice.

@Southern by choice, Thank you for your advice yesterday on the dog situation. I know I may have irritated you a bit, but better that I ask before making any decisions. I am hoping one of the two homes I have in mind will take the 2 yr old( not mine) that needs re-homing. Going to try to contact those homes today. Both homes have house dogs on their property so I don't know if they will add her to their family or not. Hoping I can find someone for her as I know she is a great dog and still young enough to learn to guard livestock as she protects the deer that come onto her 20 acres. Again thank you. When it comes to livestock guardian dogs you are my go to person. I value your advice and opinions. Maybe sometime in the future we will be able to meet.

goats&moregoats said:

I know I may have irritated you a bit

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I am so sorry I left you with that impression...Truly I was not at all irritated! That is why I hate e-mail...
While I was answering you had was on a consult call, while I also had text coming in every 30 seconds and phone beeping... busy day yesterday. SSSSSSooooooo sorry, didn't mean to sound short or curt.

I also think you have been and are still doing such an incredible job with the dogs, pups and goats! My hat is off to you!

Ridgetop said:

I have no experience with mini breeds so you should probably do what Goat Whisperer says. Overloading a kid's stomach can cause entero so listen to her.

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Just re-read my post, I am sorry if it came off rude or snarky
I didn't mean it that way, so if it did my apologies!

Sometimes I get a bit worked up over it... Sadly, lots of ND's/other tiny kids have gotten very ill and/or died due to following the the bottle feeding protocol for large breed goats

Southern by choice said:

I am so sorry I left you with that impression...Truly I was not at all irritated! That is why I hate e-mail...
While I was answering you had was on a consult call, while I also had text coming in every 30 seconds and phone beeping... busy day yesterday. SSSSSSooooooo sorry, didn't mean to sound short or curt.

I also think you have been and are still doing such an incredible job with the dogs, pups and goats! My hat is off to you!

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I want to thank you again, You didn't come off as irritated. I guess I should have been a bit more clear. I basically meant that sometimes for you some questions might seem a bit, hmmmmm ridiculously simple to figure out. However, for those not as experienced as yourself it's like a coin toss to figure out the correct thing to do.

I am very pleased with my boys. I am still working on a bit of lets play chase, but other than that it's going super well. No goats are getting hurt, but when I catch them chasing the goats they get one heck of a firm talking to after hearing in a very firm tone that it's unacceptable. Just the other day I caught them both singling out one, chased her out of the barn. I caught up to them, very firm unacceptable and then spent 15 minutes reassuring the goat well telling the boys she was mine and would not let them even sniff her. I asked Tahoe if she could start getting onto the boys about this behavior, don't know as she will follow my request.

Mavis is at day 153 as long as my calculations are on target. Bambi is at 152. Both have been discharging for a few weeks now. Should have more babies real soon.
Though I am glad they waited until that nasty cold weather came and went. Now maybe we can gt back to having a mild Winter.

I had to work over the weekend so my sister in law took care of animals for me. I get farming withdraws when this happens. can't wait to see them all in a little bit.

Poor Poppit probably thinks I took her babies and just disappeared.

Bambi is definitely going to kid somewhere between now & morning....her ligs are gone(most definitely), kids have dropped, swollen & puffy, very pink, more discharge. Enough to find some frozen to her lower leg. So planning on staying the night over at the farm again.

Mavis is get squishy, but still can feel ligs somewhat, very pink, but not swollen, still discharging but not as much as Bambi. Hard to tell if she will kid tonight or not, depends on how fast her ligs go.

Coyote are very active to the West side of Sheep lot...Not good...brave enough to walk to darn close to the fence line

I am standing just this side of prints.

and my fence is not registering electric running through it. I walked the entire pasture. I can't find where there is a problem. So now I have to re-walk it when I go back over. Thank God it's on the inside and all four dogs are there because I am a chicken-****(sorry for language).



Looks like a party in the lower field to close to house & barns.
First picture is the neighbors camper stored in the lower field that they are going to let me fence in. If you cliick on picture you can see all the prints in the lower part of picture.
Second two picture I am standing near the camper taking a picture of my friends house and then my hay storage area. Animal barns are just behind the hay storage.

Well I do believe Mavis will be going tonight as well..her ligs are gone. She is stretching and yawning.

Babies have dropped dramatically.... However, she still has no visible udder.

Just got back in from checking on girls. Bambi should kid within a couple hours. Rechecking at 2:45. Checking every hour now. Discharge has increased to long stringy clear.
I stayed out there for a bit but she wouldn't settle back down. There are three shelters and she kept going from one to another.

Weather kind of stinks at the moment. Wet, but not to cold @ 25 degrees and climbing.

Mavis is breathing differently tonight. I,m thinking she will kid sometime tomorrow.

No barn cams here, but coffee and good company.

Hope you have a "productive" evening, and they don't turn out to be teasing you and wait several more days. I'll just be on and off here waiting for updates and pics. Hope the girls go soon for you. Then maybe you can catch a few hours of sleep tonight after all.

No babies yet. Discharge increasing. She is starting to stand up to Poppit, wanting her own space.