Recent content by JerTheVintner

I got my first goats 2 years ago and started out with a couple of cute little Nigerians. I got so lucky with those first two a little buckling and a little doeling that were from different farms. They were both purebred but neither had papers. At the time I didn't care because I envisioned...

I just did all three of my new born Nigerian Dwarf bucklings this morning. They are 5 days old, 3 days old, and 2 days old. Last season we waited over a week and that was too long and we had very minor scurs on one. This morning, I checked and all 3 had their nubs sticking up so I decided to...

My Nigi just had triplets on Friday. She had a big girl and then a little girl and a little boy. The big girl has been monopolizing the teats, so I started doing a few tiny bottles each for the little guys and always holding the big gal while the runts nursed. After 3 days, the little ones have...

We have no interest in showing her but we do plan on breeding her if it isn't a big issue. I love her coloring and she is super sweet. Here mom is a great mother and produces lots of milk. Her twin brother has no issues so I am thinking it probably was a development issue in the womb as opposed...

So Lilly has turned out front knees (or elbows) and walks a bit gingerly but is able to bounce around and seems fine. Should I be at all concerned or just wait until she gets a little bigger. She's the one with the white face, you can see it in the picture with the triplets.

Here are some pics Maddy and her little boy. Lilly, she's Frodo's little girl and here is Boodles, her twin brother And finally Merry and her triplets. The big Brown one and the little black one are the dwellings and the little brown one is the buckling

We went on vacation last week to get ready for birthing season which was supposed to start on Monday. Well the girls just refused to wait. Last Wednesday Frodo (yes my boys got to name her) had twins a little girl and a big boy. We let our pet sitter name the girl Lilly. The little boy we named...

I got one of mine done yesterday. It was an hour and a half drive each way so I took the mom with me and put them together in a large dog carrier with hay in it and gave the little one some Fiasco Farms' Ow-Eze to help with the pain. They did great, once I covered the crate so they couldn't see...

Very cute!

Thanks for all the support from everyone. I made it through the first kidding season for me and my little does. Everybody came out healthy and now we have a larger but very happy herd. Merry and Frodo have had it out now after many small battles and the herd queen is..... I have no idea...

The grain is probably what is doing it. She looked so thin after kidding (it may have been birthing that huge boy), that I have been giving her way more grain, probably a cup and a half twice a day.

My little FF ND doe has had soft stools since she kidded 3 days ago. She had a rough delivery as the big buckling got stuck and had to be pulled. She is eating fine and is being a great mother, but I am wondering if this soft stool thing is a result of giving birth, or the Ivermectin plus I...

With those longs legs and his mom's good looks, our new Buckling, Bochy, will be the future sire of the herd for at least a generation or two. I think he will throw some beautiful kids.

Its still early and he might lighten up a bit, but I am thinking he might be more of a dark chocolate color compared to Merry's milk chocolate coloring