Kids Are Here!! - Recent Photos & an Update-Photo Heavy :D

[Pioneer Chicken]

You can tell by the hair most often. But I don't want to steal the thread.... so Maybe I will make a new one. I have kids due in April... perhaps I can get pics to help.

No, that's okay. You can probably explain it a lot better than I can! I can supply photos if you need me to.

 

[Southern by choice]

No, that's okay. You can probably explain it a lot better than I can! I can supply photos if you need me to.

I wouldn't say that. LOL

I would love for you to share how you determine yours. It is hard for me to explain. I just tend to look at them at birth and know.
I'm sure you have a more intelligent way!

 

[rebelINny]

Well anything would be helpful lollllllll

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Going by the fur on the head is pretty helpful. Usually, a polled goat's fur goes straight over the buds whereas a horned goat will have swirls just above his buds. Like this:

Polled kid: See how it goes straight over where her buds would be?


Horned kid (s): See how the fur swirls where the buds are?
All of the kids are horned in these photos.


If I have a hard time telling by the fur, I will feel the buds. The buds on a polled kid feel round while a horned kid will feel/get pointy (it won't be sharp yet like you might expect, but it'll definitely feel like it's growing a horn). If you can't tell the first day, then feel the buds every day /other day/few days. If they continue to feel rounded, congrats, you've got a polled goat!

 

[animalmom]

PC -- how are all the kids doing? Need more pictures! I still have more than a month to go before mine start kidding.

Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[animalmom]

You know, PC, I think you should be made the official BYH goat dresser -- maybe start your own line of goatie couture!

Just think of the runway models! You could accessorize by doing matching sweaters for the handlers.

"and next we have Giselle sporting a charming frock accompanied by her handler Mary with a matching scarf"

the possibilities are endless!

 

[rebelINny]

Thanks Pioneer Chicken! My twins aren't polled. I just disbudded them yesterday lol they definitely had horn buds.

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

PC -- how are all the kids doing? Need more pictures! I still have more than a month to go before mine start kidding.

Hope everyone is doing well.

You know, PC, I think you should be made the official BYH goat dresser -- maybe start your own line of goatie couture!

Just think of the runway models! You could accessorize by doing matching sweaters for the handlers.

"and next we have Giselle sporting a charming frock accompanied by her handler Mary with a matching scarf"

the possibilities are endless!

Hi animalmom!
Bambi kidded two days ago...at 6 in the morning...in the freezing cold, of course. I was up all night- with maybe 2 hours of sleep squeezed in. She had quads; two boys and two girls. : ) I brought two of them in- the ones that I thought were the smallest. Turns out, I picked one little and one big. I think it'll be okay, though, since the little one won't have to fight anyone for a teat. Huge stress off my shoulders.

After we got them dry, warm, and fed colostrum, I set to work on trying to do what I could for Cisco. My brother had him in his care all night while I tended to Bambi. That evening, we lost him. It has been a really rough week for me with two kids going down, kiddings in between, and sleepless nights trying to care for them only to lose them. My stress level has been sky-high.

You know, I've been wanting to start a little business to make kid sweaters that keep 'em warm and kept at affordable prices. My mom bought me a pattern for dog sweaters so I'm going to get to work on that once I get some free time. The patterns and colors would be endless! Just think, if all us goat keepers had our kids in cute sweaters (and matched, too), they'd be the hit of a lifetime.

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Here are a few photos of Bambi's kids. She had three buckskins. I think one of them might be a chocolate buckskin. How cool would that be?

1st kid, a boy. He's one of my bottle babies, a sweet little guy that likes to stick his tongue. Gosh, he's cute as a button. No, scratch that. He's cuter than a button.


2nd kid, a girl. She's the one I'm thinking is a chocolate buckskin. I'll try to get some more photos of her and maybe y'all can help me figure it out.


3rd kid, a girl. She's in the middle. She's so much bigger than her little bro. They are like best buds already. Those two have so much cuteness in them, it could make you fall over.



4th kid, a boy. He's got such floppy ears still. A puppy disguised as a goat maybe?


And some more photos:


Last evening, we put the kids on the floor to run around. Pretty soon they found our dog, Max, and followed him around thinking he was their mama.

 

[GLENMAR]

Wait. I'm just seeing this!!! I guess I have not been on in a while. 3 DOES!!! Which goatie god are you praying to. My 3 girls each had single bucklings last year. I need better results this year.