The relationship he now has with Lizzie’s set of triplets is just gorgeous🤭It melts my heart every time he visits ❤️
Grandson starting to bottle feed! Very bossy to go see his “goats” 😂
My grandson with the bottle baby in the first week
And that’s a wrap! It’s a very quick process for all the pomp and ceremony that goes with it 😁
A successful service is seen when the Doe arches her back.
Usually I leave the animals together in a seperate pen for a few hours to allow extra attempts just in case!
I then do a pregnancy test on all my serviced girls after 35 days to confirm.
It makes life so much easier when you know their kidding dates, and are not just watching for signs of kidding 5 months down the track.
Here you’ll see the Doe in standing heat which can last anywhere from 12-48hours depending on your goat. Notice the Doe continues to flag her tail & rub against him, and not move off the spot (not even for food).
Some ladies will constantly call out but ours have never done that.
Luna was standing beside the buck pen away from the herd from early hours of this morning. I could hear all 3 boys going crazy 😜
She rubs against him whilst he displays his blubbering and stamping beside her. Often the male will continue to pee in their mouth/beards to increase their desirable smell that only a goat Doe could love 😷
If you don’t own a buck, then you can get a small towel and rub it onto a buck of your choosing and pop it into a sealed container. Lift it out to the girls and the ones coming close too or in heat will go nuts over the towel. That’s how you know they’re cycling.
Some goat breeds will only seasonally come into heat, and others will season monthly. Hope this helps. Next video is the actual servicing. If you blink you’ll miss it😆
Ummm🤦♀️I’m not sure this is the correct way mate 😂😂
I get a lot of questions asking how we know a Doe is in heat and possibly bred, but this video is a clearly a classic fail 😆 Proper courting and mating to follow up in next video.
Break in the rain for the mums and babies means it’s play time 😊
Seeing the big outdoors for the first time and meeting some of my friends from the barn stalls🤩
I watched, l fell, I’ll try again tomorrow 😂
Not quite as confident on the dance floor, but I’m sure it won’t take long 💓
