Yup. In fact, the does and bucks should be separated so that the does should be up wind whenever possible.The males and females have to be kept separated until you are ready for them to breed. Then you have to move the doe to the buck's cage. If you bring the buck to the doe's cage,,,she will reject him.
We had an Houdini also ...We never had any trouble with our goats breeding. In fact the buck did a lot of damage to the fencing just to get to them. We had a lot of unplanned babies that year.
usually a 'teaser' goat is a castrated male kept with the females that is used to get unwilling males ready by making them competitiveI heard you have to tease them somehow? ?
Congrats on the new kids!Guess our girls were cooperative. We have 3 does and they had a young visitor last fall. I thought he was too young and too little - didn't think he could reach, but, starting in early March, the first one had a doe, the second one had twins, and the third one had triplets! The mama's are doing a wonderful job, but now we need to learn more about when to start milking, etc.... I love spring with all the new life...
Okay, this is probably what we'll try to do, too, then. As for bottle feeding the babies, that just makes 2 more chores - first milking, then feeding. Don't have that much time. Thanks for the info, Andi!As for milking, some folks take the kids off the mom and bottle feed ... I do not ... After 6 weeks I start putting the kids up at night. Next morning milk mom then turn them out together. After 12 weeks (if baby is looking good and taking some grain) I wean and milk twice a day.
It is what works for us ... best of luck.
You are Welcome ... but just so you know most folks frown on the way I do it ... :gaah: ... and yes, I can understand but I have never had a problem milking this way. :dunno:Okay, this is probably what we'll try to do, too, then. As for bottle feeding the babies, that just makes 2 more chores - first milking, then feeding. Don't have that much time. Thanks for the info, Andi!
A good diner and soft music...Does anybody have any advice for me on getting my stubborn doe to breed?
That's how grandpa used to do his cows. He always hated buying milk replacer so he would wean the bull calves early. Good advice.*Andi said:You are Welcome ... but just so you know most folks frown on the way I do it ... :gaah: ... and yes, I can understand but I have never had a problem milking this way. :dunno:
It all comes down to finding what works best for you and going with it ... (IMO)