Goat Whisperer
Herd Master
This is a bit delayed, just so busy around here!
Last weekend we set off to Indiana. This whole trip got thrown together pretty quickly.
We were headed up to Muncie, IN. It was about a 10 hour drive. On our way up (Friday afternoon) we made a small detour to southern part of the state, and stopped by @Wehner Homestead 's place to drop off two Lamancha doelings. What a wonderful family!!! The girls will be well taken care of and well loved. I couldn't be happier with where these girls went! The girls were so happy to stretch their legs and eat their bottles. They attached to WH's 2 legged kids right away!
@wehner It was so nice to finally be able to meet you & your wonderful family (+ Queenie the Toli LOL)
That evening we drove north 3 hours to Muncie and stayed at a hotel for the night. I was wiped out by this point. I had only gotten 4 hours of sleep the night prior
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This brings me to the second part of the journey. That morning we headed out early to go to another farm, so that I can pickup my new herdsire
It was time to bring in another buck. We have retained from our does and need something to using over Isaac's daughters and Lil' Joe's granddaughters.
The drive was beautiful! We did however hit some nasty weather on the way back. Not good when you are driving through the mountains!
We finally got home around 9pm.
My new buckling wouldn't eat his bottle on the way home, despite several stops and warming the milk. He seemed okay otherwise so I wasn't overly concerned as he had a big meal before departing.
That night he still wasn't interested. He is only two weeks old and I was getting very concerned. He had taken the bottle before (I even saw pics), but he was still nursing off his dam during the day. Got a small amount into him and gave some Nutri-drench to keep his energy up. He wouldn't eat off the bottle, it didn't matter how hard I tried. I bottle feed a LOT of kids, so this isn't anything new to me.
We ended up having to tube feed him. He soon took 2 oz from the bottle. The next morning he didn't want anything to do with the bottle
We syringe fed him to ounces. After that he decided the bottle is GOOD and has been chowing down since! I can't believe how stubborn he was! We kept in touch with the breeder the whole time (she was awesome BTW). She was as surprised as we were. I am so thankful he is eating well. 
Here is a sneak peak at the naughty little buck! I'll introduce him in the next post
Last weekend we set off to Indiana. This whole trip got thrown together pretty quickly.
We were headed up to Muncie, IN. It was about a 10 hour drive. On our way up (Friday afternoon) we made a small detour to southern part of the state, and stopped by @Wehner Homestead 's place to drop off two Lamancha doelings. What a wonderful family!!! The girls will be well taken care of and well loved. I couldn't be happier with where these girls went! The girls were so happy to stretch their legs and eat their bottles. They attached to WH's 2 legged kids right away!
@wehner It was so nice to finally be able to meet you & your wonderful family (+ Queenie the Toli LOL)
That evening we drove north 3 hours to Muncie and stayed at a hotel for the night. I was wiped out by this point. I had only gotten 4 hours of sleep the night prior
. This brings me to the second part of the journey. That morning we headed out early to go to another farm, so that I can pickup my new herdsire
It was time to bring in another buck. We have retained from our does and need something to using over Isaac's daughters and Lil' Joe's granddaughters.
The drive was beautiful! We did however hit some nasty weather on the way back. Not good when you are driving through the mountains!
We finally got home around 9pm.
My new buckling wouldn't eat his bottle on the way home, despite several stops and warming the milk. He seemed okay otherwise so I wasn't overly concerned as he had a big meal before departing.
That night he still wasn't interested. He is only two weeks old and I was getting very concerned. He had taken the bottle before (I even saw pics), but he was still nursing off his dam during the day. Got a small amount into him and gave some Nutri-drench to keep his energy up. He wouldn't eat off the bottle, it didn't matter how hard I tried. I bottle feed a LOT of kids, so this isn't anything new to me.
We ended up having to tube feed him. He soon took 2 oz from the bottle. The next morning he didn't want anything to do with the bottle
We syringe fed him to ounces. After that he decided the bottle is GOOD and has been chowing down since! I can't believe how stubborn he was! We kept in touch with the breeder the whole time (she was awesome BTW). She was as surprised as we were. I am so thankful he is eating well. Here is a sneak peak at the naughty little buck! I'll introduce him in the next post
He is lovely, congrats!
