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Soooooo--WH Have you tried telling Caramel to "stop it!" ? I have a couple who fidget at first. Out of habit, I used to say "whoa!" :D Then I made myself change to "stop it". You train waaaay larger animals than her, you know the drill :lol: Maybe she just doesn't like the surface of the stand :idunno Put some hay on it. After all, the stand is more for OUR convenience than theirs. Another I have used in past if a does is sharing milk with me & kids … I put the kid at her nose, she seems to think it's the one taking the milk, maybe. :rolleyes: I know I get great let down then. I've even hung a kid over my leg nearest the doe, who smells it's butt while I nurse. After a few times, they settle and I don't have to use the kid to bait the milk. :clap

GOTTA love 'em!!!


ETA --- I mean while I milk...& she THINKS kid nursing.
 
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The smallest goat kids were in the house yesterday to see some young city kids. It was a great learning experience!
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I also got this pic of them in their heated barrel last night.
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They are growing fast! I’ll try to weigh them again tomorrow.

They were one week on Sunday so I checked their heads since their sire is polled. Rapunzel seems to have a very smooth head. I’ll continue checking her. We ended up shaving Snow White’s head a bit to check out some teeny tiny bumps. I can’t decide if they are rounded or pointed because they are so small. They aren’t big enough to burn yet anyway so I’ll keep an eye on her. Just not sure if they are the giraffe horns or true horns...

Does anyone know if giraffe horns are allowed in the show ring?
 

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Does anyone know if giraffe horns are allowed in the show ring?
If they are polled/poll nubs, it is fine. I have a doeling that has pretty large poll nubs. Another breeder here in NC had several does that had poll nubs that were probably over an inch tall.

Those babies are adorable.
 

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If they are polled/poll nubs, it is fine. I have a doeling that has pretty large poll nubs. Another breeder here in NC had several does that had poll nubs that were probably over an inch tall.

Those babies are adorable.

Our polled Sable Saanen buck had the nubs too, they were at least and inch tall.
 

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Lots of updates!

Caramel is still a butthead on the stand. She loves to stomp! :smackDH is making plans for a milk stand that has a spot to tie her leg back on a back corner. Right now I have to hold one of her back legs the whole time. She doesn’t care what I say or do to discourage her or make her relax.

Caramel’s girls are complete sweethearts though! We weighed them 10/21. (BW in parenthesis.)
Snow White 6.6# (3.0)
Rapunzel 6.3# (2.8)
The plan is to weigh them again tonight. Snow White’s “horns” still aren’t big enough to disbud so I’m wondering if they might be poll nubs??? Will see if I can get pics.

Snow White getting cuddles on Friday.
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Babies on 10/19.
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Update on older doe kids: Our April born babies: Ariel, Elly, Beauty, and Perdy got weaned on Saturday. They’ve handled it pretty well. We went ahead and put the two Nigerian doelings (Leah and Summer) we bought with them since their size is similar.

Saturday night:
L to R: Leah, Perdy, Ariel with Elly in the foreground and Beauty in the background.
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Summer is on the right. She isn’t as tame so kind of an outcast. On the left from bottom to top is Elly, Ariel, Beauty.
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This morning:
Ariel looks like she doesn’t belong! She’s the only one that isn’t mostly black! Lol

Bottom to top: Ariel, Beauty, Perdy, Elly, Summer, Leah.
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