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Post by Cyngbaeld on Feb 27, 2011 20:10:41 GMT -5
11 altogether. 6 boys, 5 girls. Only have 2 boys left. The other boys went in the freezer.
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Post by sunshine on Feb 27, 2011 21:02:42 GMT -5
I got another buck and doe today. So, four kiddings for me, with 4 bucks and 3 does. I'm done until the end of April.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Feb 27, 2011 22:29:26 GMT -5
End of April is the earliest the last two I have will kid. I held them back so they could grow more and they have done so. Should be close to finishing the bottle feeding on this last batch by then. LOL It strings out the bottle feeding, but also prolongs the time I get plenty of milk.
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Post by sunshine on Feb 28, 2011 10:15:20 GMT -5
The one I have kidding the end of April bred late just because she was afraid of the buck and ran from him when she was in heat with the other does.
I also have two scheduled for May. One of those is my senior doe, and she may or may not kid. The other is little Tilda, the one I tried to hold back even longer. I was writing down her heat cycles and realized she hadn't had one for awhile. Went back and counted forward from the last one I noticed to when the next one should have been and read "bucks in with does." So I guessed I knew why the bucks had gotten in with the does.
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Post by Cyngbaeld on Feb 28, 2011 11:02:45 GMT -5
I'm thinking of trying a buck apron so even if he gets with the does, he can't do anything without permission. Mine is still out with them right now. None of my girls go into heat till later in the yr and he isn't in rut. Can't even smell him when he is right next to me. Just hope I don't let it go too long!
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Post by Valerie on Feb 28, 2011 12:35:59 GMT -5
Y'all keep talking. I'm learning lots, here, for the future! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by sunshine on Feb 28, 2011 14:08:39 GMT -5
With my Nubians, I have had kids in every season. In fact, when we bought our very first goats, the seller told me one had just lost a kid. But he had them all running with the buck. She had twins the first weekend of November, about four months after we brought her home. It couldn't have been very much more than five months since she had lost the kid.
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