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04-19-2021, 06:37 PM
These guys continue to be so much fun! Inspired by the 1980's "Return to Treasure Island" saga starring Brian Blessed, we've settled on the names "Saphire" and "Ben Gunn".
I forgot to add a link to the Goat-O-Scope! Here it is: https://www.ipcamlive.com/5cb9f57b71a34
Sadie and her kids have been inside a lot more than most of my goats because of the weather. I usually will only lock mama and the babies up together just at night for the first 1-3 nights, depending on the mother and where she is on the "goatem pole". But here we are at five days and I'm still locking them in because we keep getting hit with snowstorms and I don't want these kids leaving the shed and getting wet and maybe not finding their way back in. They might hide inside the electric spool and that's not a dry, cozy place at all! Also, everyone wants to invade Sadie's shed and take all the hay and she's not quite tough enough to kick most of them out. I'm not worried about anyone hurting her babies. All my does are very sweet with other goats' kids. But I don't want some doe refusing to let Sadie in because then she won't be able to nurse her babies. It's always easier when the herd queen kids first, but it didn't work out that way this year. It's also easier when we kid just a little later in the spring, but that also didn't work out this year because I really wanted to space the kiddings apart for maximum baby goat enjoyment.
I forgot to add a link to the Goat-O-Scope! Here it is: https://www.ipcamlive.com/5cb9f57b71a34
Sadie and her kids have been inside a lot more than most of my goats because of the weather. I usually will only lock mama and the babies up together just at night for the first 1-3 nights, depending on the mother and where she is on the "goatem pole". But here we are at five days and I'm still locking them in because we keep getting hit with snowstorms and I don't want these kids leaving the shed and getting wet and maybe not finding their way back in. They might hide inside the electric spool and that's not a dry, cozy place at all! Also, everyone wants to invade Sadie's shed and take all the hay and she's not quite tough enough to kick most of them out. I'm not worried about anyone hurting her babies. All my does are very sweet with other goats' kids. But I don't want some doe refusing to let Sadie in because then she won't be able to nurse her babies. It's always easier when the herd queen kids first, but it didn't work out that way this year. It's also easier when we kid just a little later in the spring, but that also didn't work out this year because I really wanted to space the kiddings apart for maximum baby goat enjoyment.