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07/12/10, 10:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Upstate NY Waaaay Upstate
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Help me out please guys
As most of you know we brought our fainter babes home a couple weeks ago. 1 little boy and 2 girls (breeder is coming out to band the boy next weekend). Peaty was a bottle baby so he is our love bug...climbs on our laps, cries until we go in with him, etc...the girls...they are just snobby little things LOL. We have tried animals crackers, treats, feeding them out of our hands, etc...they are just not interested in us. Hoping you all can give me some ideas. Want these girls to be friendly. Im not expecting them to be the same as a bottle baby, but it'd be nice fi they were happy to see us.
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07/12/10, 10:45 PM
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Location: East of Bryan, Texas
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Hmmm, my idea is to combining feeding with brushing.
In other words, get into the habit of feeding them at certain times per day, and then brushing them while they eat.
After a couple of weeks of that, most goats figure out a few things:
1. Food is nice. Humans bring food.
2. Brushing feels GOOD. Humans have opposable thumbs.
3. Since humans give food, have opposable thumbs, and will brush and scratch goats, humans should ALWAYS be around to serve the desires of goats.
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07/12/10, 10:51 PM
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Student of goatology.
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Location: Ohio
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I ignore my snobby ones and let the friendly ones teach them that being loved on is good! I spend a lot of time sitting with the babies and they learn from watching the lovables ones. Now I can't beat my snobbies off with a stick, not that I've tried.
And in spite of what some will say, sometimes I just grab them up, sit in a chair and hold them for a while, petting them the whole time. they will relax and then I just let them go. They learn that being in your lap and being petted isn't so bad. ALL my dam raised babies are as friendly as bottle raised.
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07/13/10, 09:00 AM
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Location: Virginia
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I have never had problems with does not wanting to be loved. Some are more standoffish; but not for long. We have a small herd and they each want what the other has. I pet one, the others come over to be petted. (Both bucks were bottle babies, which makes it real easy to doctor them, trim hooves and wash them; but even they are not a social as the does who were not bottle fed. Both do walk beside me when I'm going uphill. They seem to know I need a little help getting up.)
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07/13/10, 07:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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We got two from the same farm and the boy was a bottle baby and the girl wasnt she didnt really want anything to do with us either, but I would say within 2 weeks she was much friendlier and now she is always nibbling on me and laying her head against me.
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07/13/10, 07:55 PM
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I agree with Kim on alot of things here. Our Dam raised kids are as friendly as any bottle baby but we spend alot of time with our babies.
The 3 new babies we just got were dam raised, the little buck was a little standoffish for about 2 days, it didn't take them long to figure out where the good scratches & food comes from.
Be patient & set in with them a little while a few times a day if you can. Catch them or pet them as they go by. It shouldn't take them long to figure it out.
You could try holding there feed bucket & pet them while they eat. I did that one time for a little one we bought from a farm that didn't give much loving on each goat & he came around but it took a little while.
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07/13/10, 07:59 PM
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Location: South Dakota
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.
The 3 new babies we just got were dam raised, the little buck was a little standoffish for about 2 days, it didn't take them long to figure out where the good scratches & food comes from.
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 Um...when are we going to see pictures of these new babies? I don't believe you got them...I think you are making it all up! 
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07/13/10, 08:39 PM
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My kids have hooves
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Location: Central Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaliannG
...Since humans give food, have opposable thumbs, and will brush and scratch goats, humans should ALWAYS be around to serve the desires of goats.
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Yep, yep. This is pretty much the understanding in our barn. I have a 95 lb. ND wether who still sits in my lap.
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07/13/10, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: VA
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Give them a chance. When they realise you bring food to those that come close, they will come close too. 
Our dam raised does are as friendly as our bottle/lambar raised kids.
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07/15/10, 06:51 AM
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Katie
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Twining, Mi.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Minelson
Um...when are we going to see pictures of these new babies? I don't believe you got them...I think you are making it all up! |
I Know, I gotta get some. I was out in the alfafa feild with all the goats yesteday just setting in the feild & watching, nice sunny day & then it struck me CAMERA! I didn't want to go all the way to the house for it though. I promise I will soon though!
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