SkyWarrior
Loving the herd life
Congrats on the younguns. Sorry to hear some haven't made it.
2013 Kids on HIll Kidding Aunt B is in the kidding pen, April 7th.
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ThreeBoysChicks
Loving the herd life
Love all of the babies.
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20kidsonhill
True BYH Addict
We only lost one, But I have 4 on a bottle right now.SkyWarrior said:
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20kidsonhill
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We were enjoying the warmer weather on Sunday and I realized while we watched the kids play I needed to get my camera. Of course when I headed to the house the herd decided it was feeding time to eat and it kind of ruined the moment. But I did get these pictures.
We have 3 does due on THursday and 1 on Saturday. I would really appreciate some does from these girls. Since out of 21 kids so far we only got 6 does.
2 of the bottle babies are going to their new homes on Saturday. Have I mentioned how much I do not like bottle feeding.
THis is star's buckling, he was 12.5 lbs at birth. He was a single and is growing like crazy.
Not sure who this is, but I thnk it is Nova's doeling.
Oddly enough even though I don't have many does, these three are all does.
White tags are does, orange tags are males.
We have 3 does due on THursday and 1 on Saturday. I would really appreciate some does from these girls. Since out of 21 kids so far we only got 6 does.
2 of the bottle babies are going to their new homes on Saturday. Have I mentioned how much I do not like bottle feeding.
THis is star's buckling, he was 12.5 lbs at birth. He was a single and is growing like crazy.
Not sure who this is, but I thnk it is Nova's doeling.
Oddly enough even though I don't have many does, these three are all does.
White tags are does, orange tags are males.
RPC
Overrun with beasties
All the kids are looking great. Good luck with the upcoming does, I hope you get some doelings.
Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
Great pictures!
RPC
Overrun with beasties
I really like the looks of the frosted ear doeling inside the hut.
goatsintheopen
Chillin' with the herd
Nice pictures! Look at how THICK Stars buckling is! WOW! 
bonbean01
Herd Master
They are looking great!!!! And same thing happens to me here...lambs are playing like little crazies...then I go in the house to get my camera...get back out there...and it's over.
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20kidsonhill
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She is soooooo cute. And she knows it. Her mom fusses over her and her sister. Her mom keeps them very close to her, so she is really thinking she is special by getting out and playing. It is interesting watching the differend dams with their kids and wacthing them teach their kids to stay together and with her. Well, the better moms do this. Tori, The dam of the frosted ear doeling, demands her kids listen and stay together. Peaches is another doe that really fuses at her kids. Even though she freshened with only one side of her udder workign this year. She is still tending to both of them and expects them to stay together. It drives her crazy that I bring out a bottle and it distracts the doeling. peaches always calls the brother over to me and they all stand by me as a unit as the doeling drinks her bottle.RPC said:
Sorry this is lengthy. I have to share one more thing.
You should have seen the first day I left Peaches out with the kids. They were 4 or so days old, a little older than I normally let them out and they were more than ready to get out into the world. The doeling was nursing on the bum side and takign 4 bottles a day, so she was a little more independent than Peaches cared for her to be. The second I opened the door to the pen, the doeling took off exploring, but the buckling stayed close to Peaches. Well, Peaches takes off after the doeling callign her and calling her, trying to keep up with her. The buckling trying to keep up woudl every know and then fall behind and Peaches would run back to him and call him and then dash back over to the doeling. It was driving her nuts. You could see the frustration in her face and hear the frustration in her calls as she tried to get the little doe under control and back into a family unit. It was very interesting to watch. Peaches is a great mom. I feel bad that it was probably my management that ruined one side of her udder. We should have cut them off from the higher calorie feeds sooner before weaning kids last year.
I had two different groups of kids and she was in the first groupt o be weaned. and there was a 2nd group that was a month or so younger in the same barn area. So I didn't cut back feed on the does that were getting weaned. I am sure that is what caused the problem. I am going to keep her and just bottle feed one of the kids again next year. She is now letting both kids nurse on the good side, but the doeling is still taking 4 bottles a day. I can tell she is getting some milk from mom, because some feedings she wont take her bottle or only drinks half the bottle.
Sorry that was a long story.
Have a great day everyone.
