Making me feel bad.

celadon · #1 11/20/07, 10:06 AM

I still have Sandy and Mandy. Enjoyed them all summer in my back yard. Yesterday I heard Mandy yelling. I went out and could not figure out what was wrong with her. I was thinking about calling the vet. The cries were so pitiful. But she was eating very well. Didnt look sick. Then it hit me. She was in heat. I went out to her and told her how sorry I was that i didnt have a man for her. Loved and petted her a bit. This seemed to quiet her down for a while. LOL I cant imagine having a herd of nannies in heat. She is not a happy camper.
I can not breed her. She has cae. But she is still doing very well.

HazyDay · #2 11/20/07, 10:11 AM

Try having 8 girls all wanting to be bred! Well only 7 are bred, one is way to young. Well you think that is bad? Try having 5 does all come in heat in 2 days! Man am I gonna have a really busy March! hehehehe!

Why arn't you breeding her? One of my does has CAE and I got her last year. I wouldn't have gotten her, but if you seen where she was you would have got her also! I bred her this year, and if she has a doe then she will live a good long life of no more kidding. Im noit 100% she does have it, she is still young. I will be testing her really soon.

BlueHeronFarm · #3 11/20/07, 10:40 AM

It is so sweet and so pathetic, isn't it? For me, it is magnified in the kids. Our Spring babies are all cycling and we're starting to breed them, finally, but when we were waiting it was just heartbreaking. ...but funny.

Alice In TX/MO · #4 11/20/07, 11:24 AM

Sounds like junior high human females.

lgslgs · #5 11/20/07, 01:05 PM

Just like with a bad case of human PMS, sometimes just sitting with a PMSing goat is all the support they need.

I've got a deal going with Big Sandy. When she's all fussy and needy I go sit with her for a while, and when I'm grumpy, crampy, and fussy she sits with me for a while.

Most of the other ladies handle their cycles with not much more than a bit of extra attitude. But Sandy sure is good company on one of those "everything is going wrong today and don't go asking me if I'm hormonal" days.

Lynda

celadon · #6 11/20/07, 04:07 PM

Hazyday, Sandy is down on her knees. the vet said she will probably get sick this winter from the cold and I will have to put her down. I have her bedded in knee high straw and turned the shed so the wind can not draft into her bedroom. As long as she is not sick though she will stay with us. She is only a 1 1/2. Cae showed up at 1 year old. Her twin sister is probably a carrier of cae so i will not breed her either. I do not want to pass this on to any more kids. It is heartbreaking.

Sweet Goats · #7 11/20/07, 04:21 PM

I was so worried at first when i was reading your post. Then I lost it.

I have 10 does, and non of them yell at all when they are in heat. I have to watch then and see. maybe it is because I have a buck right there and they can tease the buck by rubbing their butts on the fences at them.
So did the Vet say the you might have to put her down because of the pain? If she is not in that much pain try asprin. I did it for my beloved doe that had cancer. She has the best spirits, but the pain was pretty bad, so I gave her asprin every day twice a day with yogurt. She did great for months.

Liese · #8 11/20/07, 06:02 PM

We have Nigerians, yup pretty noisy around here! I am only breeding 2 since the drought is suppose to extend into next year ....being conservative. I'm milking the 2 Alpines thru and will add on the Nigerians. Hay prices have doubled, everyone is unloading their stock, no sense in doing any more breeding than I absolutely need to.

celadon · #9 11/20/07, 06:19 PM

Sweethgoats, Sandy is on the (I think it is called) B-L pellets. It has devils claw and a few other ingredients in it. I order it thru Jeffers. Supposed to be as good as bute but all natural. She seems to do very well on it. I was close to running out once and had to cut the dose down a bit till my order came in and I could see she was getting uncomfortable. It is a bit expensive though. But worth it.

My girls are very vocal when in heat. But it seems like they do not come in heat very much. I believe twice since they were a year old. Maybe it is because i do not have a buck. I live on 7 acres in a residentual area. I dont think my neighbors would put up with a buck. LOL

I just hope that is her problem. She is eating good and becomes quiet when i go out there. Her tail is flagging alot. So I really think that is her problem.

This is my first goats and I enjoy them sooo much. I would love to have som babies. I would like a pigmy. they are so darn cute.

celadon · #10 11/20/07, 06:28 PM

Liese, we are having the same problem around here. There was not any 2nd. cutting hay. I have 9 horses, 1 mini and 2 belguims. I go thru 2200 bales a year. I ran down every farmer around here and took 100 bales here and there till I got all I needed. I also supplied the wagons so they could fill them up and I bought them out of the field. Still cost me more then it did in the past years. And I got no second cutting. I had to buy first and third. I do not like to feed third to the horses. When i start feeding third I will not feed any grain. Ipaid 2.50 a bale for most of the first cutting. But had to pay 4.00 a bale for the third. Quess that is not as bad as alot of other people have had to pay. Farmers were selling there hay to brokers that were taking it down south. Some farmers got 7.00 a sq. bale. Wonder what the people paid for it from the brokers? I hope we have a better year next year.

dezeeuwgoats · #11 11/20/07, 07:08 PM

I have a nubian girl who lost her voice permanantly after coming into rip-roaring heat in July of her second year. Her mouth opens - and a whispered 'maa' comes out. Almost like when my cat meows at me from the other side of the sliding glass door...

Liese · #12 11/21/07, 02:29 PM

Well, although I really wouldn't want my girls to lose their voices - to have 3-4 in heat at the same time does wear on the nerves! And it sure doesn't help things since they keep cycling. The one benefit of breeding everyone would be to have peace & quiet - but as I mentioned only 2 are going to have dates this year. That leaves 4 to bawl their heads off! Oh well, this too will pass...maybe by Jan.?