I have new born babies and need some advice....

[fitwind]

This is my first time doing this and have a few questons. I have had two of my goats kid.The first one a Nigie/Pygmy had 2 babies and seems to be great I had to milk one side for a few days till the kids started using both sides. The other goat(Nigie) had one kid, and I have had to milk one side of her too. Do I have to continually milk one side since she only had one? If not how long do I do it? This goat is not a people goat and is very hard to catch and milk which is my major problem. I have read also to get them disbuded at ten days old. I have not felt any signs of horns. Can I feel them coming in or see any signs? The twins were born on Aug. 4th and the single one was on Aug. 7th is to early to tell? Is there anything else that I need to do or should do? I have done alot of reading hoping that I am doing everything correctly. I have chosen to let he mother take care of them(cost of botte feeding) with alot of human contact so they become friendly. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. I will post pictures of them as soon as I upload them to the computer..

[Wags]

The doe with the single kid should even out as the kid gets bigger. Just keep an eye on her udder and milk a side if you have to. I dam raise with the kids getting lots of attention and mine are all friendly without being pushy like bottle babies have a tendency to be.

As for the horns, I have some Niggies that I can feel horn buds on almost right from birth and some that I can't feel until they are a couple of weeks old. No point in doing it unless you can feel the buds.