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Post by oliverman on Mar 8, 2018 10:19:28 GMT -5
My sister's goats have started the baby boom around here.
Edit: I can't figure out how to post a picture from my phone. I will have to try again later on the PC.
Second edit: figured out how to put a picture in a reply.
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Post by oliverman on Mar 8, 2018 10:23:39 GMT -5
My wife was captured here serving as a lactation consultant to a set of triplets. She is being watched by one that was born the previous day.
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 8, 2018 10:50:10 GMT -5
It's fascinating to me, having helped human moms and babies, to see that goat moms and babies sometimes need lactation consulting too! I love this pic- thanks for posting oliverman.
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Post by oliverman on Mar 9, 2018 7:24:59 GMT -5
Kid count is up to 10. And they have learned to doggy pile to stay warm. upload your photo
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 9, 2018 11:31:11 GMT -5
awww
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Post by binnylou on Mar 9, 2018 15:59:00 GMT -5
oliverman, I always admire what good care your animals get. Their bedding is clean, the animals are clean, so it's obvious that they have consistently clean quarters.
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Post by oliverman on Mar 13, 2018 21:53:01 GMT -5
binnylou , thanks for the compliment. The ewes are still waiting to drop the first lambs. Clean and dry is pretty important when they are small. When they are bigger, they can handle tougher conditions. There's definitely times that they get pretty dirty. Grazing corn stalks during a winter thaw is pretty messy. The ewes spent most of the winter gleaning a corn field. As long as they have a windbreak, and it's cold enough that it can't rain, they thrive. Here's a picture from February.
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Post by binnylou on Mar 13, 2018 21:57:55 GMT -5
Are they left in the field at night or do they come to the barn/building at night? Just wondering about predators...dogs...coyotes?
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Post by oliverman on Mar 14, 2018 0:31:02 GMT -5
They only get access to the barn close to lambing time. So far coyotes leave grown sheep alone, and the electrified netting fences keep the coyotes away when the lambs are small. One neighbor let's their dogs wander, but I haven't found them wandering far enough to cause trouble YET. They are a bigger concern than coyotes, but the electric netting is a pretty good deterrent.
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Post by deckman22 on Mar 25, 2018 12:08:21 GMT -5
I'm hoping one of the grandkids wants to do show goats again this year. They did boar goats a couple of years ago & it was a lot of fun, up until the shows were over. Then I had to take them to market and sell them off, did not like getting rid of my little buddies. I told the kids milk goats or momma goats if they want to do it again.
Oliverman, are those a type of milk goat in your pictures?
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Post by oliverman on Apr 6, 2018 21:48:01 GMT -5
These are crossbred dairy goats. Mostly Alpine and LaMancha. We used a half Boer Billy, so these are 25% Boer kids. I need to get some lamb pictures, as there's about 40 now.
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