FINALLY - one doeling, one buckling

cjb · #1 06/12/07, 02:01 PM

The doe that was torturing me most recently finally deliver and I will never live it down at work ;-)

I was in very nice work clothes (black pants, button up shirt) and on my cell phone with one of our sales execs when I pulled up at home. On my way to the barn to check up on her, I could hear the telltale bawling. The guy on the phone was like "what the&*^%$& is that?!!

Anyway, had to assist with the 1st (a buck) and only had time to take off the shirt. My white t-shirt is a goner.

The doe is 3/4 ober and 1/4 saanen and the buck was pure nubian.

The buckling is ober colors with droopy ears - stinking cute.

The doeling is ober background with loud splashes of white all over her body. On ear is encompassed by a big white spot and the other is brown. One ear is droopy and the other regular. She is off the charts cute. Hmmm... I probably don't NEED another doe but....

The buckling is def for sale and will only be a buckling for a week, if he isn't sold. The doeling is PROBABLY for sale and should be an excellent milker. She comes from great milking lines on both sides.

I love living in the country!!!!!!!!!

KimM · #2 06/12/07, 02:51 PM

Congrats! Hope to see pics soon!
My DH gets teased at work after 3 years of us getting goats. He is the goat-herder to his co-workers.

Please, please, don't castrate the buckling so soon. If somehow he should go to someone wanting a pet (or maybe a pack-goat), neutering him this early will not allow the urethra to mature and he would be very prone to urinary stones that aren't able to pass. I usually wait until they're 8-10 weeks old - weaning age. Some wait longer than that. Have you ever considered a pack-goat? I went on my first pack-goat get-together this weekend and it was great and now I'm hooked.

cjb · #3 06/12/07, 04:33 PM

You know... I heard something about that with wethers. The recommendation is to wait then? The breeder our by us does our babies' horns and bands the boys when they're about 5 days old.

I imagine that you can't band them when their 8-10 weeks then? Does it become a surgical deal?

Aintlifegrand · #4 06/12/07, 04:37 PM

Where are you located?

cjb · #5 06/12/07, 04:48 PM

Oh sorry - thought it was in my stamp.

Western Oregon

KimM · #6 06/14/07, 12:17 AM

I wait until they're 8-10 weeks old, minimum. No problems at all with banding. You start getting into surgical procedures when they won't fit through the band anymore. I've read where some band up to 3 and 4 months but by then, "they're" pretty darn big.

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Originally Posted by cjb

You know... I heard something about that with wethers. The recommendation is to wait then? The breeder our by us does our babies' horns and bands the boys when they're about 5 days old.

I imagine that you can't band them when their 8-10 weeks then? Does it become a surgical deal?

nehimama · #7 06/14/07, 06:42 AM

We REALLY needs to see pics of the duo that messed up your white t-shirt!

NeHi

ozark_jewels · #8 06/14/07, 06:47 AM

No problems at all with banding them young and it is way less stressful on them. I have done it both ways and see no difference except that it takes longer when they are bigger, thus causing more stress and a wider liklihood of fly problems in the heat. I have 3 wethers out there now whom I banded at 2 weeks old. It is 8 days later now and already the scrotum is falling off.

CountryHaven · #9 06/14/07, 01:58 PM

Congrats... certainly worth the loss of a shirt, and a few good natured laughs. I can imagine what the guy on the other end was thinking hearing that bawling. They sound like it's killing them. I know whenever I answer my cellphone outside the person on the other end is like, how old are your kids? (real kids they mean, the kid goats sound like their screaming 'ma'). I have to tell them it's a bunch of goat KIDS, not human kids. It kind of shocks them, and that's not even birth type screaming.

PETSNEGGS · #10 06/14/07, 02:08 PM

I wish you weren't so far away... I really would love some goats!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been begging for goats.... I have a question and sorry if it is a DUH! question but, Is there a problem with having a male and female goat mate that are brother and sister? I have heard all kinds of pro and cons on this and mainly I have been told that with farm animals it doesn't matter and in the fields it happens all the time and ends up with healthy births. True or not?

cjb · #11 06/15/07, 02:52 AM

Pets,

Some people line breed (mother to son, father to daughter) but I dont know anyone that breeds bro/sister. You would really have to know your stuff and what you were breednig for. Too risky for me.

PETSNEGGS · #12 06/15/07, 10:21 AM

got ya I, I thought it could be a problem.