Diary of a NEWBIE Goat Owner - Kidding Season!! - Bottle Feeding, Dam Raising, and Milking 🍼🐐 

When we had Nigerians- we have LaMamcha now- I had 4 Mama's with a total of 11 babies! A Pritchard nipple is a life saver when bottle feeding goats. I also weigh my Nigerian bottle babies. Less is more when bottle feeding. No powdered replacer. You are doing great! ♥️

found your channel very recently but have been binging a lot of your stuff- it really feels like talking to a friend to watch you! congrats on the new babies ❤

Usually you don't separate at night until they are at least two weeks old and can snack on some chaff hay overnight 😊

They are so sweet 😊I think 4 kids it's not something common. I'm glad you are feeling better 😊

I find milking therapeutic! I’m loving milking my goats! My milk stand is also slapped together!😂 I saw you post in one of the goat groups I can’t remember which one.

What a fun video!!!!

You're getting Baptism by Fire your first kidding season lol.Cant believe she had four! We had lots of triplets and a few quads this season too. Lots of work lol.

Great video!! Thank you!

Awsome and congrats 👍👍👍👍👍

They’re so cute!!! We use the same goat grain! What kind of chicken and rabbit feed do you use? And I’m just so happy for your homestead journey! It feels so incredibly good to produce your own food! We’re a couple years behind you, but every little step towards self sustainability is cause for celebration!

Aww

Very beautiful ❤❤

Such beautiful goat babies. ❤❤❤

Thanks for sharing! We just had our first kid this week (unexpectedly) and I was looking for some inexpensive milking products to get us started. I’m going to the store tomorrow! 😂

👍🏾👍🏾Im happy for you too!!! You’re doing a fantastic job, Enjoy and Aloha🤙

Congratulations!!! 🎉 So sweet!! 🥰...I recently got Netherland dwarf rabbits, and one is supposed to kindle march 4-6 😁

They are so cute 😍 . I love your videos can you do a tour of your rabbits with all there names? But any way so cute❤

Love your content, I am considering raising meat rabbits in my small town, so not in the country in a big sort of way. Am in Zone 5 weather, so concerned about the winters with rabbits.

That’s so exciting and wonderful!

Name your bigger doe Violet! If you want 😅

Beautiful kids, your doing a great job. We have had a ruff kidding season. Losing my heritage line of my main herd doe, she fought so hard and long I was surprised that her huge twins were alive. We have had two sets of triplets, two sets of twins and two sets of singles. Four more to go. Great video. Thank you for sharing. Till next time. God Bless

they are soooo cute!!!!

Lovely kids. 4 kids at a time would be difficult for the mother.

Wow 4 kids!?

He he, God bless!

Unfortunately you need certain licenses in the uk to keep goats, you need to go through hoops to have anything here ;(

When we bottle feed we feed as much as they'll take but when they pop off twice on their own we stop. They can over eat.

I love your goats they are so cute! Mama knew her job and hopped right up to be milked 😂. I also have a question, I'm 15 and new to rabbits. I have a rex buck I'm going to show in 4H. Id eventually like to show him outside of fair too. He has no pedigree and is not registered, however everyone always tells me what great conformation he has, is there anyway to register a rabbit with no pedigree if they conform to the breed standard? If not could I breed him to a registered rex doe and register those kits? Thank you in advance xx

One of your doelings should be a Valentine or Val or Valerie ❤

Totally off topic but I have a rabbit that has only been bred a week ago and she is already pulling hair and making a nest in her hiding box. I haven't put in a kindling box yet. Planned to do that day 27-28. Should I remove her hiding box. She had it for a reason. She is a nervous girl and needed it.

Cute babies😊 Have fun learning milk goats! I had a couple thoughts on your milking process: I don't see any reason to wipe the udder down again after milking. Doing it before means any bacteria spread from the udder's skin to the teat orifice will flow off with the milk. After milking the teat orifices are open, and wiping around could give skin biome a way inside the teat and udder. In a similar vein I would recommend a teat spray bottle rather than teat dipping cup or aftercare balm. That way the teat orifice gets a perfectly clean drop of "closing-off" liquid and the remaining liquid is not in contact with any bacteria. In a nutshell, everything hands-on before milking and no contact with teat orifices after milking is the safest way🙂

Hi! Ive watched a ton of your videos back in the silver fox days. I can so relate about the season sadness as well. My doe just gave birth 11 days ago to 4. Im a totally new to milk goats as well. I think its cool to witness your journey, its really inspiring. I just want to say thank you, you’ve taught me alot and I love how humble you are.

They are so cute!😍

Wow there are 4 baby goats something happened.congrat to you friend.

Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 for the kids😊😊😊

Doeling #2 has gazelle markings. That would be a cute name.

Congratulations! Wee babes of any creature are so special.

Sooo cute! Love seeing you happy 🐇🐐

Bless you Tiffany! I am so happy to hear you are feeling better! Congrats on the kids! Wow, I think you are doing amazing! I do have some questions... I am someone who have digestive troubles and can only drink A2A2 milk. When I was a child, my mother basically force fed me goat milk. Now, as an adult I have quite an aversion to anything "goaty". Like, I literally gag at the smell. So, the wonderful lady who lets me keep my rabbits at her barn has nigerians, and insists that their milk is NOT goaty nor is the meat, and that it is actually better tasting then cow milk. (not that I would ever be able to have a cow, but I LOVE cows, grew up with them and dream of a sweet little jersey...). At any rate, I know you are honest.. so should I even consider keeping goats? I will say, I visit the goats in her barn every day, and I do like their personalities. They are downright cute! The bucks in the other side of the building however... make my stomach churn. Also... can you explain, in detail HOW you milk? I appreciate the demo, but only ever having milked a cow, I just can't wrap my brain around those teeny teets, and couldn't see what you were doing with your fingers? Thanks! And best wishes for continued success!

I witnessed my father's goat herd of 100 give birth. Not a single doe gave birth to four. Triplets, in multiples. Interesting. Goat cheese is easy to make. And delicious! Maybe the babies don't like the silicon nipple.

Baby goat cries are the cutest thing ever! I can’t wait until they get to the bouncy stage. ❤

Beautiful kids. goat babies always are. Both doelings are winners. I am so glad you are enjoying goats as I was able to.

I wouldn’t retain any bucks unless they have superior lines or amazing conformation. If you wanna keep him as a whether I guess that’s another thing but you probably don’t want him as a breeding buck.

Really enjoyed and thanks

Great stuff! 👍🏻 😊

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Congratulations! You're doing awesome!

Congratulations!!! Four are amazing!!!