CrabGrassAcres Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 My buck has been very busy and has the 7 sr does bred for mid Jan kidding. I've decided to forgo breeding the doelings this yr since they won't be old enough in time to kid before I plan to start my trek next spring. Maynard will be going home with my friend Lisa next week and won't come back here. If she can't board him till I get moved or return from the trek I'll sell him. He is the father of all 8 doelings so really didn't want to use him on them anyhow and don't want two bucks here since it is so hard to keep a fence up and intact. 7 does kidding is a plenty anyhow. Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Thanks, Ann! Lisa will be boarding Maynard for me! I really didn't want to sell him. Quote Link to post
Jeepers Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Twice I read "dogs are bread". Two different days. Anyway, you are gonna be busy-er. Glad your friend can help out with Maynard! Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 LOL, at least I will get it over with early in the yr. I will probably sell off the kids though. I can't leave bottle babies with a farm sitter. Still have to find someone to take the milking does while I'm gone. Quote Link to post
Jeepers Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 That shouldn't too hard when they know they will be getting all of that goat milk. Especially if they know they can drink it, freeze it, cheese it, cook with it, make soap with it and even sell it! Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Wanna borry some goaties, Jeepers? LOL Quote Link to post
Jeepers Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Talk about a disaster waiting to happen! I'll just be your PR woman. Quote Link to post
Annarchy Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I'd love to, but our town forced (with fines) a friend to get rid of his. I'll be your section. lol Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Cheer on! LOL Quote Link to post
The WE2's Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Like most, it would be nice to have a milk goat but being in the city doesn't give that option. A friend is getting ready to move to a new place in the country & in a new city. I laughingly asked ... "got room for goats & chickens?" Got this blank "whatcha talkin' 'bout" stare! LOL Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 My buck went to my friend's farm to board for now. Just in time. The doelings were nearly all in heat today. Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 And just to make life more interesting, one of the does, Pony, is acting like she may have sneaked an unseasonal breeding and could kid any time now, or not. She was dry and she suddenly bagged up. She is a large doe like her grandam, Glennis and never really looked pg last time with a single large buckling. She kidded in March of this yr. Glennis never shows at all with a single, barely with twins and not hugely with triplets. So, I am on kid watch from now, until............... and of course she has suddenly got very clingy as well....... Quote Link to post
Mt_Rider Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 That is odd timing. Is it good news for you, CGA? Or will it complicate things? I have a Nigie that ALWAYS looks pg with quads! Every time she's let out to graze. She's an old nanny who probably can't even get pg again [esp. cuz I don't have a buck] but oye, she does waddle. MtRider -- Goat watch, huh? Maynard putting in overtime last spring? Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Definitely a complication! I was planning on drying everyone off by mid november so I would have a chance at getting off this farm for a bit. I don't have anyone who will take care of a milking doe but I do have someone who could watch the place and feed for me. So I'll have to leave any kids on her. I dislike having dam raised kids, they are never as easy to manage as bottle raised as they don't have the same level of trust for their human caregivers. Even if I skipped my little vaca, which I desperately need, if she had a single I couldn't keep it all by itself. Twins would keep each other company. I don't want to sell her kids this yr. Hoping for a doeling from her, but if she has a buckling I want him for a companion for his father. Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Thank you, hon. I shouldn't complain though, I did want this one goat bred this season, just not so early. Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Not yet, but I can feel it/them moving when I play "bump the baby". LOL She hasn't dropped yet and ligs are firm. Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Ligs went three days ago. Tonight we have mucous. Won't be long now. She doesn't seem to be in active labor and can't hardly tell she's dropped, but she is a tall, long and deep doe and muscular. I think it is a single again. Quote Link to post
Annarchy Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 An...ti...ci....pa....tion.... Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 will drive you crazy........ Quote Link to post
Necie Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Any babies yet? Hope all is well. We're just breeding now, it's CRAZY. I'll start a new post so as not to hi-jack yours. Quote Link to post
Mt_Rider Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Ya mean that doe hasn't kidded? I've got one that always looks pg. Especially after I've let them out to graze. I waited in vain for her to kid a few years ago when she surely DID spend quality time with a buck. She loves the boys but never produced. Just WIDE load all the time. MtRider Quote Link to post
CrabGrassAcres Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 No kid yet! She IS pg, Her pregnancy indicator is sticking straight out. I'm milking her, about a pint once a day. Not colostrum yet. Some of my does bagged up a month ahead last yr, but this one didn't. I can't figure what is up with her. LOL Quote Link to post
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