Kidding season here on the ranch has started! Friday afternoon the first doe kidded, and another doe kidded yesterday afternoon. Both MiniNubians! Both were sets of triplets! There's about 5 more due within the next week, and then lots more after that.
The first doe was PawPawNin LaWanda. She was bred by our buck Pugsy, a MiniNubian buckling we retained last year. She had 2 doelings and a buckling. Beautiful babies. At the moment I don't have any pictures of any of the kids uploaded onto the computer. Will have to get some!
Yesterday evening I was out getting the milkers, and heard a kid scream. I looked through the herd, didn't find anything. Looked in the barn - nothing. Still heard the faint sound of a newborn kid crying. I figured maybe it was a lamb, so I headed that way. As I was walking down there I passed a set of dog houses and there was a goat in there with tiny triplets! It was PawPawNin Verona, a MiniNubian doe who I bred last year and completely forgot to write a due date down on (the only one I didn't write down!)...oops. She had 2 doelings and a buckling also. Due to her being so small, her kids are always SO petite. She is the doe who had our famous little "Tic-Tac" last year - go here and here to see some adorable pictures of him!
This year, the little buckling is 2 1/2 lbs (just half a pound bigger than Tic-Tac was), and the two doelings are just slightly heavier - 3 1/2 to 4 lbs each. All are doing very good though, praise the Lord!
Well, hopefully I can get some pictures up here soon.
Have a good day y'all!
Suriyah
Monday, February 20, 2012
Kidding Season has begun! 2 sets of triplets!
Posted by Good Goats at 8:06 AM
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How exciting!! Goat kids are great. I am looking for mine in the next few weeks. I only have 2 does and they are both due about the same time. Sandy has the gooey rear a little bit already. Can't wait to see hers. She is Nubian and I bred her to an actual Nubian buck this time! So we will have long floppy ears again.
Have fun and I hope all goes well with all your does. Sounds like it's a doe year there. I hope I get a few this year. Mine seem to like having boys. I was talking to someone the other day and he gets about 50/50 and I said I always get boys. He said it's a Selinium deficiency. So next year they get lots of Selinium, which we are dificient in here.
Congratulations! I hope you have a successful kidding season.
Do y'all keep your ram in with the ewes all the time? I just put my 3 soon to lamb ewes in a separate area away from the ram last night. He was starting to aggravate some of them. Then I talked to a friend who I got the ram from and she said she never separates the ram from her ewes. I don't know. He is just annoying right now. He is with the 2 Finn ewes which, if they are pregnant, aren't very far along. I wanted him with them to make sure they are pregnant before I make a descision about what to do with him. Just wondered what y'all did there.
Hello Kris,
No, we keep our rams and ewes separate most of the time. When a ewe is in heat, we'll bred her. Or, we will house a ram with a group of ewes for a month or two to make sure they all settle. Then they are separated again.
If your ram has been with your ewes for awhile, I would assume that they are bred.
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