P, K & M's Kidding Thread

[Latestarter]

Maybe a cup+ morning and again late afternoon? I mean she doesn't look emaciated, just quite thin... Some places in the world, this is how their goats look... Might just be her natural bent... I've been told that we here in the states tend to like everything (in our animals) tending toward the obese. I don't think we're quite THAT bad... You have a very healthy and happy looking herd!

 

[Goatgirl47]

Penelope is due Friday! It seems like the last four and a half months of her pregnancy have gone by faster than the last few weeks of her pregnancy. Her udder doesn't feel nearly as full and hard as Clover's did the last few days. Every goat is different though.

I can't wait until Kendall has her kids and I can start milking her because I would like to be able to take Saturday AND Sunday off. I don't milk Clover on Sundays, so that she gets to spend a night with her kids a week - and so I get a day of rest from milking (I'm sure all of you who milk 10-20+ goats twice a day (or even once a day!) are laughing at me).

 

[babsbag]

Your goats are gorgeous, hope you get some nice kids. If Clover is still feeding her twins then she could probably use 3 cups of a good 16% or higher grain a day. Those babies can take a lot out of the dams. My Alpines get closer to 3 qts a day to keep them in prime condition when I am milking and even then it is still hard to keep weight on some of them.

 

[Goatgirl47]

3 quarts a day - wow! That seems like a lot of grain for goats! Thank you for the advice, I'll start feeding her more grain from now on.

 

[SandDherds]

Can't wait too see baby pics! Good luck it's just a waiting game now

 

[babsbag]

3 qts. is a lot but if I have them on the milk stand 2x a day then it isn't that much at one time. It seems like sometimes they put all of their body's reserves in the milk bucket. In the summer when it is 100° they really seem to have a harder time.

 

[Goatgirl47]

Penelope, January 27 (when she first started developing an udder):

Penelope today (for some unknown reason the left side of her udder is bigger and harder than the right):

Kendall, January 19:

Kendal today:

Magnolia, February 5th:

Magnolia today:

 

[Goatgirl47]

Well, PENELOPE HAD HER KIDS! They are moonspotted (I think) and are just bee-utiful! The only negative is that they aren't mine. Even though Romeo is mine, Penelope is my younger brother's goat, and so the kids are his. It makes me even more excited to see what Kendall and Magnolia's kids will look like though.

Pictures coming soon.....

 

[SandDherds]

Well, PENELOPE HAD HER KIDS! They are moonspotted (I think) and are just bee-utiful! The only negative is that they aren't mine. Even though Romeo is mine, Penelope is my young brother's goat, and so the kids are his. It makes me even more excited to see what Kendall and Magnolia's kids will look like though.

Pictures coming soon.....

that's awesome! How many? How many does/bucks? Can't wait to see pics! Sad they arnt yours though

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats! Cant wait to see pictures