EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Chaos18]

Wether's are just as obnoxious, but in a different way. LOL  Most people I know prefer female goats, because even the wethers are trouble makers. LOL they destroy fences, eat your house. My lady goats always had more classy manners! haha

heck, our boy goats donkey/shrek taught  our dogs how to dig up the potatos in our garden.

I've got one wether and one intact male. Both are well mannered.

 

[BullChick]

 

[Lucky Lemon]

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[AustralorpsAU]

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[ocap]

Hmmm... I think we would do better to not have milk goats. Do you have to milk all female goats when they get old enough?

looks like all your questions will be answered by people on this thread, but here is her web site in case one of her does had quads this year. (Nigerian dwarf)

http://buffalocloverfarm.com/

 

[Lucky Lemon]

looks like all your questions will be answered by people on this thread, but here is her web site in case one of her does had quads this year. (Nigerian dwarf)

http://buffalocloverfarm.com/

Oh thank you! I will take a look.

 

[campingshaws]

I made a deal with  my daughter that if she takes care of all of the indoor pet chores (feeding, watering, litter boxes, cleaning fish tank, cleaning up messes from animals, etc) for 70 days straight, without missing any days, that we will get some goats.  We made a big calendar on our dry erase board to track her progress.  If she misses a day she has to start over on the count.

So.... what kind of goats should we get?  We only want them as pets, but it would be great if they help keep the pond overgrowth under control too.  I only want to get 2.  Suggestions?  @daxigait
and @Sally Sunshine
and anyone else with goats ? ?

Are they smelly?  Y'all have scared me about goats talking about how the males pee on themselves and stink bad. LOL!

Get wethers and you won't have that problem.

I bottle-fed two mixed bucklings and now they're like dogs with hooves and horns. If you just want pets, grab a couple wethers. They're usually cheap and if you get then you enough they'll be your BFFs for life.

I HAVE EXTREMELY LIMITED EXPERIENCE. But I have found that hand-raised to better than goats from a herd, and bucklings are as sweet as infants. Bigger goats knock down more weeds, logically. My wether is at best guess a boer/nubian cross. He's the most precious little brat on four hooves.

 

[AustralorpsAU]

Hello! I need some SERIOUS help! I had a really bad first hatching experience... I started with 28 of my own eggs (my hens refuse to go broody) and borrowed an incubator from a good friend who I assumed knew what she was talking about. Unfortunately, she didn't, and I lost ALL BUT ONE EGG because they were positioned in the bator incorrectly (pointed side up, chicks didn't developed past day 10, a lot of ruptured air sacks) So I have just this one lonely egg that has somehow defied all odds... it is day 24... no pipping, internal or external and it doesn't seem to have broken through to the air cell yet... while I've done TONS of research (that I should have done BEFORE attempting a hatch) but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to jump in and assist if that's where this is headed... how do I know if that's necessary? How will I know if the yolk sack is absorbed to a point that I CAN intervene????? PLEASE HELP MY LITTLE EGG MAKE IT!!!!

@BantyChooks @Sally Sunshine @Chaos18

 

[kajira]

Hello! I need some SERIOUS help! I had a really bad first hatching experience... I started with 28 of my own eggs (my hens refuse to go broody) and borrowed an incubator from a good friend who I assumed knew what she was talking about. Unfortunately, she didn't, and I lost ALL BUT ONE EGG because they were positioned in the bator incorrectly (pointed side up, chicks didn't developed past day 10, a lot of ruptured air sacks) So I have just this one lonely egg that has somehow defied all odds... it is day 24... no pipping, internal or external and it doesn't seem to have broken through to the air cell yet... while I've done TONS of research (that I should have done BEFORE attempting a hatch) but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to jump in and assist if that's where this is headed... how do I know if that's necessary? How will I know if the yolk sack is absorbed to a point that I CAN intervene????? PLEASE HELP MY LITTLE EGG MAKE IT!!!!

My plan is to let them stay in my daughter's yard (it is enclosed with the pond front, and separate from my dog yard and the chickens free ranging area). The duck and goose go in that area, but I don't imagine that would be a problem with the goats. I am going to do a lot of research over the next 70 days! (or more if she misses any days LOL!) Thanks for the tips!



Whew... definitely will avoid them!


No no, I'm already bad at chicken math. Don't need to have a goat math problem too.

I just have goats mostly for pets... but I plan on milking mine. Look into trying to get ones you can bottle feed. they bond better to you and your daughter.

Mine that I haven't bottle fed, it took a lot of work to tame them, and the ones who weren't handled hardly at all, I can't even touch and it's a nightmare to even get close to them.

(Think cattle roping, and three people jumping onto the goat to get it to hold still for any hoof trimming.)

You'll need to do some research on how to trim their feet. Like horses, they do need maintenance if they are pets and you don't eat them at less then a year old.

Bottle fed babies usually make the best, because they are used to being handled, cuddled, but you'd need to find someone who'd be willing to fork over brand new babies. You want them with mom for the first 3-5 days, then switch to bottles. They need the colostrum, you can do milk replacement/colostrum - but it may be worth paying extra to have someone else bottlefeed the babies FOR you and just get them after they are weaned to solid foods.


My other recommendation is due to how prone to goat-bloat, keep Gas-X strips on hand. putting one on their tongue works better than any baking soda concoction you can syringe into them when trying to save a goat.

 

[BantyChooks]

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