Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[goatgurl]

before this year I would have said yes, probably but after this kidding season i'd not bet the farm on any of them. 4th freshener who has been consistent for the past two years was 5 days early, healthy set of twins so??? 2 of my ff had different ideas of how to drive me nuts. one went at day 145 and the other went on day 152. nuts... all the kids are strong and healthy. I guess the old saying "time will tell" will hold true.

 

[Devonviolet]

@Hens and Roos - I don't know, but I'll tag a few old pros who should be able to answer your question. What say you, @Southern by choice, @Goat Whisperer, @Goatgirl47, @Devonviolet ?

Thanks for thinking of me @sadieml, but I haven't had any does kid yet. We just have 4 ND wethers right now.

If we can get perimeter fencing about 200 feet back into the woods, we will be getting a couple does this summer.

 

[Hens and Roos]

thanks for the responses- guess time will tell.

Another question- our doe Obie(one of the original 3 we bought together) is biting at the ears of the does(Coco, Melanie, Moose and Monkey) lower in the ranks and trying to keep them away from the hay. She is not herd queen- Maggie is. Hay is set out in multiple crates so she can't guard them all but I have watch the other does visible flinch(especially Coco- who is another of the original 3) when she comes near. She will head butt them in the side- which raises concern as all 4 older does are due starting in 2 weeks. DD thinks we should sell her after this kidding.

 

[Latestarter]

Maybe you should sell her... Wait and see what you get for kids, I'm sure you'll probably want to keep a couple of them...

Is there any way to separate her out but still allow her to see the others? At least until after all the other does have kidded? It would be tragic to lose kids because of her head butting...

 

[Hens and Roos]

@Latestarter, we are waiting for her to kid and see what she has- we didn't keep any of her kids last year- they were all Chamoisee in color. She was FF last year and a pain to milk!

We can move her to another area if needed.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

We have a doe that can be a real jerk. Biting, chasing, the whole nine yards. Its worse when they are bred, they get to be hormonal brats! If she doesn't chill out it might be worth it to sell her, just give full disclosure on her bad attitude. That is how we lost our girl Star, somebody butted her into the feeder and broke her leg beyond repair

I swear our diva could be an only child-goat. She is perfecly content to be alone. I had to seperate her for the last few weeks of pregnancy. I was so afraid of loosing another doe.

I have noticed that bratty does have bratty kids, they pick up on mommas behavior and pull that same crap. If she is really bad, I'd consider pulling her kids and bottle raising them.

Oh, with the kidding…Just when you think you figured it out the like to change things up LOL

 

[Hens and Roos]

Obie's kids were sold and the 2 doelings were very friendly even though they were dam raised. Guess we will see what comes of things in a couple of weeks.

Maggie's the 1st one due to kid, thinking we might have some bottle kids.

 

[Latestarter]

I was talking about keeping some of the kids in general, not specifically Obie's... I mean you'll want to know what you have in total before you decide what stays and goes. But if she keeps butting the others in the side, it may be best to separate her now until after all of the kids are born, then decide what to do with her. If her kids are keepers, you could still sell her down the road and either make her kids bottle babies or re-introduce her and her kids back to the herd after she settles down and see if the issue has passed. The problem is there are so many potential things you could do... Whatever, I hope it all works out!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Oh, I'm sure we will most likely be keeping a few depending on what we end up getting!

 

[Southern by choice]

Oh, I'm sure we will most likely be keeping a few depending on what we end up getting!

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