Well I have great news after three ish days of putting momma on the milking stand and feeding the babies... And we noticed today she was letting him feed with out us.... And tonight she did the same so I think she accepted him back... Fingers crossed
I didn't know this....
We are feeding 4 times a day like clock work.. 6,11,4,9.... She does fine on the stand and she is feeing others on her own... He seems a little depressed from being rejected....we love on him a lot and he is getting better but slowly and his cuts are healing. Thanks...
She had four originally but one died at birth... They are about a week old today. And the are Nigerian dwarf, and she is only rejecting the one male... He does not take the bottle the best this is why we are doing the milking stand
Thanks all for your response... We decided to put all three( weeks old) kids in a wire kennel in side the pin that the momma is in... I have rubbed the kid all over the mom and the other kids a lot thing to get the dog scent off... We only let the kids out at feeding time and have mom on milking...
I need help!!!!!!! My momma goat just rejected one of her kids!!!! I kind of know why...( it got out of its pin some how and a dog got in the outer pin) it roughed the kid up a little a few scratches but other then that fine.... So we tried to put the kid back in with its mom and she started to...
From what I understand this would be her third kidding her last set was triplets, I really hopping for twins this go around... Her v looks a little more puffy then normal... She was letting me pet on her and check her daily but this past few days she won't let me touch her? I really hope she...
She is with the male as of now and yes they are Nigerian dwarf... But we have a birthing stall so she can be by her self, we put her In At night just in case...this a picture from the back of her the lighting is bad but she just started to come in to milk about 2 weeks ago? This goat is driving...
Ok I'm new to this thread... We got a goat back in October and she was supposed to kid with in three weeks.... Well she didn't(I have driven my self crazy checking her) anyway in is now February and I still think she is prego and huge... So I'm thinking she was breed right before we got her...