Nigerian Dwarf goats

[glenolam]

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I sorta agree and disagree here - it's all in what the goat is actually used to. If you are getting the ND doe as a doeling and she grew up with the sheep, she'd think of them as her herd. If she's a yearling or older and she's been with goats her entire life, she may not realize that the sheep are her new herd.

I would say give it a try and see what happens. Keep in mind, though, that a goat's nutritional need is a lot different than sheep/or lambs (but I'm sure you knew that from your pygmy days). Just had to say it.

Will the buck be living with you as well? Is he a togg buck? If so, you do NOT want him to breed the ND doeling as he's much too big for her and those babies would be difficult for her to get out.

 

[ParadisePoultry]

I will be picking up my ND's as soon as I can get my son to build them a pen inside the barn.

Amber, the mom is 2. This baby was born in January. Amber will be due to kid in July. So, I will be getting 3 (or more) goats for the price of 2!

Also, the lady I bought them from is going to let me brred the baby to her buck (not her father) when it's time. I am so excited and happy. I just can't wait.

 

[glenolam]

I'm doing math....

Is the kid who was born in January Ambers? And Amber is due in July? If so, then she was bred a month after she kidded, which IMO isn't really a good thing to do. Usually people wait until the kid is weaned so they have time to dry the doe off before she kids again, usually 2 months prior to kidding, which means you'd have to dry Amber off in May.

ETA - they are very cute, though! I like Amber's coloring and the kid's splashes.

 

[Sumatra503]

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I sorta agree and disagree here - it's all in what the goat is actually used to. If you are getting the ND doe as a doeling and she grew up with the sheep, she'd think of them as her herd. If she's a yearling or older and she's been with goats her entire life, she may not realize that the sheep are her new herd.

I would say give it a try and see what happens. Keep in mind, though, that a goat's nutritional need is a lot different than sheep/or lambs (but I'm sure you knew that from your pygmy days). Just had to say it.

Will the buck be living with you as well? Is he a togg buck? If so, you do NOT want him to breed the ND doeling as he's much too big for her and those babies would be difficult for her to get out.

I rehomed her for another reason as well. She was producing milk for me, but she was horrible on the stand. I couldn't milk her and I was tired of dealing with her habits. She was a pygmy/lamancha doe and gave plenty of milk, but what good is that if she can't be milked. I brought one of her friends over from mom's and she was still loud and pushy. She never stayed in, even with mom.

The woman I sold her to called me a few days ago to tell me that she is tired of my noisy goat and that she had been sold yet again. Guess i must have just ran into a stinker or something.

This leads me to believe that it wasn't the fault of the sheep.

I believe the ND is about 8 months old and she's been with the togg for a while now. I intend on dealing with the pregnancy, but she may be too far along for terminating it without a c-cection. If she is that far along I'm not sure what to do since the vet here doesn't do goats, I asked. Only horses, cows, pigs, and other large livestock. My thinking is that perhaps the baby will be a smaller one or perhaps a set of smaller twins that she can pass easily. If she is far enough along that she could be due soon and isn't dead she may be fine delivering them. I have done 5 years of kiddings, just not anything this off. I do know how to pull a kid if i have to.

Hopefully she isn't bred, though.