dejavoodoo114
True BYH Addict
So, I decided to start a kidding thread this year. I finally managed to figure out the breeding/kidding dates of my does this year using a marking harness. There was only one doe I missed. I was able to confirm that my 5 does were pregnant using blood samples sent to biopryn. That made my life considerably easier! The first time I sent in the blood samples, only my fainting goat was pregnant. This concerned me so I brought my buck, Henry VIII, in for a BSE. His swimmers were perfect but he had had a bout with haemonchus 2 months earlier and the vet told me that would have killed/depleted his sperm for a while. 1 week later he was breeding my girls and they took.
Well, I got home from a long day at school on Friday. I was still in my car when my neighbor called to tell me he thought one of my does had kidded in the pasture. I told him that wasn't possible! I wasn't ready and the first isn't due until March 14th!! That there was only one doe I wasn't sure of her due date... Then he told me it was my black doe with a black kid... Guess which girl's due date I didn't know!?!
That is Iris's new doeling!
We were quite grateful to our neighbor for noticing as Iris's teats were messed up by her previous owner misusing a milking machine. No kids she has ever had has managed to actually nurse off of her. Of course, we generally bottle feed anyway but with her there is no room for error. Luckily we got to her in time to be able to give her colostrum.
She took to bottle feeding very easily!
Well, I got home from a long day at school on Friday. I was still in my car when my neighbor called to tell me he thought one of my does had kidded in the pasture. I told him that wasn't possible! I wasn't ready and the first isn't due until March 14th!! That there was only one doe I wasn't sure of her due date... Then he told me it was my black doe with a black kid... Guess which girl's due date I didn't know!?!
That is Iris's new doeling!
We were quite grateful to our neighbor for noticing as Iris's teats were messed up by her previous owner misusing a milking machine. No kids she has ever had has managed to actually nurse off of her. Of course, we generally bottle feed anyway but with her there is no room for error. Luckily we got to her in time to be able to give her colostrum.
She took to bottle feeding very easily!