OneFineAcre Spring 2015 Kidding Thread - Seperating and weaning babies 1st cut of alfalfa

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Figured I'd start a "proper" kidding thread. Clara Belle kidded on Feb 7th and her bucklings are a month old today. I posted on my farm thread instead of doing a kidding thread because there was going be a pretty big gap between babies. Well Ginger kidded today and we have 4 more due starting in 10 days.

So, here was Clara Belle's boys when born. They were 3-2 oz and 3-7 oz.

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A month later they are 9-6 oz and 9-12 oz.

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So, that's the update, more to follow :)
 

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So "Fat Clara Belle is starting to look like a proper dairy goat. Very excited, she has her mothers udder, very plump, plumb teats. Was watching her and her mom walk across the field today and they look almost identical. This is a good thing, her mom Zamia is a finished grand champion.
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So, I noticed Clara Belle's hair was kind of thin looking on part of her back, like she was losing hair. Here is why. :lol:

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He rides her everywhere.
 

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So, Ginger kidded today. She is 6 years old and this is her 5th freshening. Single doe, Single doe, Twins doe and buck, Single Doe and today....... Twins a doe and buck. Perfect, we are keeping both of them. Buckling came first weighed 4-4oz and doe came second 4-14 oz. A little unusual the doe being larger than the buck.
But they are beautiful:love

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Congratulations! :)

Those are some big babies!

Ginger's a big girl. o_O

I've never seen babies nurse so fast, like 15 minutes after being born, or nurse so much initially. They usually find the teat and nurse a couple of times and then go to sleep. You know being born is tiring. These two nursed and nursed and never took that first nap until about 3 hours later.

And, do I have my goats trained or what? They both kidded on Saturday around 3 pm on nice pleasant days. :celebrate
 

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Ginger's a big girl. o_O

I've never seen babies nurse so fast, like 15 minutes after being born, or nurse so much initially. They usually find the teat and nurse a couple of times and then go to sleep. You know being born is tiring. These two nursed and nursed and never took that first nap until about 3 hours later.

And, do I have my goats trained or what? They both kidded on Saturday around 3 pm on nice pleasant days. :celebrate
The other goats are going to hear that and make you pay!

(We've never had a birth between 9pm and 9 am. I like that. Don't tell my goats!)
 
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