Baby goats 2015 updated: DONE! 44 baby goats from Mar15-31.

[Red Squirrel]

Awww that's cute. I want to pet it.

 

[DrPizza]

This spot reserved for photos of #7 & #8. Just born. Darn it, I wanted to get to sleep - it's 25 degrees out there, one of the babies of a first time mom seems lost, and now I've got to wait to make sure the newest babies are sufficiently dry and warm.

edit: just went back out and checked up on everyone. It's 2 more girls. So, today's tally: 7 new girls, 1 new boy. 4 does have kidded, 20 to go.

 

[zinfamous]

WHAT HAPPENED TO 2014?




cute goats, though

 

[zinfamous]

Hows come as babies, they along with humans look so cute, and then grow up to be ugly? Just kidding - love your pics. Hope they stay healthy.

I dunno. human newborns look like turnips. then they get cute. then they get ugly again.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpccpglnNf0

 

[CZroe]

Hows come as babies, they along with humans look so cute, and then grow up to be ugly? Just kidding - love your pics. Hope they stay healthy.

Proportions. Big head/eyes in comparison to everything else. It's natural to see that as "cute."

 

[Phoenix86]

Do they have their babies as a group (IE group determines birth, one having a kid sets the others off), or is it just the natural timing?

 

[rudeguy]

Is it normal for them to give birth so close to each other?



Got the tracking for my baby goats yet?

 

[Drako]

Thems is goin' to be some good eatin' right thar.

 

[SlitheryDee]

How much do you charge for one snorgle?

 

[CZroe]

Is it normal for them to give birth so close to each other?



Got the tracking for my baby goats yet?

It is when you meticulously plan their insemination.

 

[z1ggy]

I love baby goooooooaaaattttssss. And dogs. And cats.

But not humans....... baby humans can go to hell.

 

[Mermaidman]

It's 2 more girls. So, today's tally: 7 new girls, 1 new boy. 4 does have kidded, 20 to go.

Better get a bigger roll of film next year. I sense a population explosion.

 

[Ns1]

mmmm birria...

 

[mmntech]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpccpglnNf0

Reminds me of the shouting match I got into with a goat at the fair last year. True story.

 

[DrPizza]

Do they have their babies as a group (IE group determines birth, one having a kid sets the others off), or is it just the natural timing?

It is when you meticulously plan their insemination.

This.

I know how long gestation is. I had a school musical this weekend which soaked up 20-25 extra hours of my time each week for the last few weeks. Besides, after last year, I'll never take the chance of babies in February again. So, I worked it out backwards, and put the buck in with the does on the date that made the first due dates Mar 15. Since they're not near the males, sometimes just putting in the buck will result in many of them going into heat right away. Thus, 5 months later, 8 babies on the same day. All of them should have been bred within that first month, so hopefully, the babies are spread out over the next month. It'd be nice if we had 2-4 babies each day, but I doubt it.

And, I hope Gimpy wasn't bred - she'll have a hard time nursing, since she doesn't have her full hind legs. Frostbite nearly killed her at birth last February. I'm hoping to have prosthetic legs made for her within the next couple of weeks. But, not being able to bear weight on the lack of rear legs means the buck probably wasn't successful.

 

[rudeguy]

This.

I know how long gestation is. I had a school musical this weekend which soaked up 20-25 extra hours of my time each week for the last few weeks. Besides, after last year, I'll never take the chance of babies in February again. So, I worked it out backwards, and put the buck in with the does on the date that made the first due dates Mar 15. Since they're not near the males, sometimes just putting in the buck will result in many of them going into heat right away. Thus, 5 months later, 8 babies on the same day. All of them should have been bred within that first month, so hopefully, the babies are spread out over the next month. It'd be nice if we had 2-4 babies each day, but I doubt it.

And, I hope Gimpy wasn't bred - she'll have a hard time nursing, since she doesn't have her full hind legs. Frostbite nearly killed her at birth last February. I'm hoping to have prosthetic legs made for her within the next couple of weeks. But, not being able to bear weight on the lack of rear legs means the buck probably wasn't successful.

Poor gimpy

 

[Newell Steamer]

I bet you touch those kids.

 

[zinfamous]

Reminds me of the shouting match I got into with a goat at the fair last year. True story.

OK, who won?

 

[DrPizza]

#9 and #10 born last evening. Boy and a girl.

#11 and #12 born during the night. Both boys.

Took lots of pictures, but wife fell asleep in the middle of processing them, and I fell asleep before her for the first time in a year.

 

[Belegost]

This.

I know how long gestation is. I had a school musical this weekend which soaked up 20-25 extra hours of my time each week for the last few weeks. Besides, after last year, I'll never take the chance of babies in February again. So, I worked it out backwards, and put the buck in with the does on the date that made the first due dates Mar 15. Since they're not near the males, sometimes just putting in the buck will result in many of them going into heat right away. Thus, 5 months later, 8 babies on the same day. All of them should have been bred within that first month, so hopefully, the babies are spread out over the next month. It'd be nice if we had 2-4 babies each day, but I doubt it.

And, I hope Gimpy wasn't bred - she'll have a hard time nursing, since she doesn't have her full hind legs. Frostbite nearly killed her at birth last February. I'm hoping to have prosthetic legs made for her within the next couple of weeks. But, not being able to bear weight on the lack of rear legs means the buck probably wasn't successful.

Never underestimate the desire for mating...

 

[DrPizza]

Seventeen. Seventeen baby goats born this week so far. Got home, slipped on my boots, and walked to the gate, just in time to see another baby plop onto the ground.

Observation: of all the animals in the animal kingdom, humans are unique in how much the females of the species complains about child birth. Goats... Eating some hay, walk over to the corner, have a couple of babies (and 6 pounders - 2 of them; certainly not that much lighter than human babies), they clean the babies off, then walk over and have some more hay for lunch. (I'm joking! Well, not really, but I don't mean it seriously.)

 

[Ns1]

Seventeen. Seventeen baby goats born this week so far. Got home, slipped on my boots, and walked to the gate, just in time to see another baby plop onto the ground.

Observation: of all the animals in the animal kingdom, humans are unique in how much the females of the species complains about child birth. Goats... Eating some hay, walk over to the corner, have a couple of babies (and 6 pounders - 2 of them; certainly not that much lighter than human babies), they clean the babies off, then walk over and have some more hay for lunch. (I'm joking! Well, not really, but I don't mean it seriously.)

birria party!!!!




...in 6 months

 

[waffleironhead]

I made the mistake of showing these pictures to my wife and children. What kind of fencing do goats require?

 

[Ns1]

I made the mistake of showing these pictures to my wife and children. What kind of fencing do goats require?

:biggrin: