Posts by mom4morecritters

17,000 eggs set!

I'm in!   I ordered Hatching Eggs, 1st time ever, and will be setting them & whatever my few layers feel like laying in the next 2 weeks. This is my first time in the hatch-a-long... I'm excited!!!

Thanks for all the input!  It's settled... I'm gonna sell them as wethers, because that's what they are!

Hmmm... so maybe they aren't "half" after all?  Well, that would be awesome!  If that is the case I can sell them as wethers and not worry about anything.  They are get little pygmy goats, and really friendly...

She saw one of them pee on himself and looked underneath!  I was very new to goats at the time and she is very experienced.  She checked them out and gave me the bad news.    She was going to help me "finish them...

Quote:Originally Posted by vicki2x2 If the testicle is retained, he will still act like a intact male, but he may be sterile. The testes are supposed to be outside the body for a reason, when retained, the body heat can make them...

From what I was told, one testicle didn't drop, that's why they weren't neutered correctly to begin with.  Because there isn't anything "hanging" it is more of a complicated situation to finish the job now.  I guess I...

Last summer I purchased 4 wethers.  A few months later I was informed by a woman who's had dairy goats for many years that two of my wethers were only "half" done!  To finish neutering them will cost a lot of money...

Adorable little buck! I'm glad she was purchased by someone who obviously cares a great deal about her, and now her kid!

Quote:Originally Posted by SarahFair Ive been palpating her lately to check and had really only felt poo in her but today I went a little further back than I had before and felt something that wasnt poop.I have Holland Lops and...