Pregnant doe questions

[TRAILRIDER]

Hello to all, I am hoping this will be my year! Last year I sent out my two does (both were FF the year before) to be bred but in the end neither got pregnant. The silver lining of that situation was that I got to buy another doe in milk, since my girls weren't milking anymore : )
So this year I have two boer bucks on my place and bred all four of my girls to them. I was there for the breedings and held the does, so I know they were bred at least that many times. Now everyone is turned out together. My first question is about my doe who last had kids in Feb. of 2011. She never quite dried up. She gets a pretty full udder and I milk out some every three weeks or so just to make her more comfortable. She should be due to kid in mid Feb. next year. Will that make for any problems? I was figuring I would stop milking at all on the New Year. The other question is, we should have kids born late Jan., ((((brrrr!)))) mid Feb, late Mar., and mid-late April. I would have preferred them all to come at one time but this is the way it worked out. Do you see any problem with introducing younger kids to little bit older kids? (They will kid in a separate stall and be living with thier babies for a week or two before meeting the others.) Thanks everyone.

[mygoat]

I never isolate my recently kidded does/their kids. Sometimes I isolate for the duration of kidding and for bonding especially with first timer does who might not understand what's going on, but no longer than a day or or so. I'd consider isolating of the doe for longer periods, if she was having trouble after kidding/is sick. This REDUCES incidences of battling within the herd. When you reintroduce the doe/kids to the herd after extended isolation, it will cause more fighting and more possible aggression to the kids as well. I always suggest no isolation, or minimal. It is usually unnecessary.

Different age kids get along fine. They incorporate into the herd perfectly well, under normal circumstances.

[TRAILRIDER]

Thanks Mygoat. That's good advice. The four girls share a 12 X 12 stall every night, but I didn't want anybody getting hurt or trampled during the commotion of a kidding. I will do my best to be there for the kiddings of course, hopefully they will kid at night. I will separate the doe at kidding time then reintroduce her a day or two later if all goes well. Only the little boer is a ff.