My 2013 milking season is shaping up to be somewhat different that the past six years of milking goats. It’s been complicated by a few different factors, but mainly a little goat creature named Bow. My system before this year was to leave the kids with the mom full time for a month, allowing them [...]
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Okay, where did we leave off? One stillborn goat baby, one kid with white muscle disease, and ongoing issues with rejection by mama. Well, things are better by now, but still kinda complicated. Bow’s legs have completely straightened out, and he’s walking (running, jumping, frolicking) just fine now. It took about two days for the Bo-Se to [...]
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Kids are here. They arrived on Monday night actually. I’ve been waiting to write this post for a couple reasons. First off, things have been busy and photographing/writing about kids hasn’t been my first priority. Secondly, there were a few complications that I was hoping to tell you are now all fine and dandy, but [...]
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Well, it’s almost time. Ms. Minnie is rather large, and it’s time to get ready for the big event. Her official due date is April 2, but last year, she kidded four days early, so I’m hoping to be prepared ahead of time. To confuse things, my mom got this harebrained idea to take the [...]
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Well, I’m pretty sure Ms. Minnie is pregnant. She hasn’t come into heat since I took her to visit a buck (a long-eared Nubian) back in November, and now she’s really starting to widen. Her actual due date is April 2, but last year, she kidded four days early, and therefore I’m planning on being [...]
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We’ve got two new healthy kids on the homestead. One girl and one boy. Here’s how it all went down… Minnie’s actual due date was this coming Saturday, March 31. Goats are generally pretty punctual kidders, but the last two years in [...]
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Miniandtrackhoe (Minnie) is officially due to kid this coming Saturday. I’ve had it written on the calendar for five months, but this date still sort of snuck up on me. Though goats are generally known to be easy birthers, I’m kind of [...]
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This is Minnie. She’s going to be my milker this coming spring/summer/fall. At this point, she’s not particularly friendly and doesn’t like being handled at all. That’s something that needs to change in the next couple months. Today, I got her out of the barn and into the milking stanchion. With her head locked in [...]
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