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baby goats UPDATE: Young nanny had her baby also new pics

The older of my nannies surprised us yesterday with these. I had thought the younger one was due first but I must have miscalculated. Now Everyone pray that nothing predatory gets them.

critterkeeper Mon, 08/10/2009 - 15:39

I love goats :love , I'd love to have another couple of them :bounce . Unfortunately, so do all the stray dogs and preditors around here :sad :BH

critterkeeper Tue, 08/11/2009 - 12:12

Okay Daylene - time for updated pixs of the kids... :love

vneerland Wed, 08/12/2009 - 10:07

Love the babies. 8-) Also love the 'fence'. (though I look at it and think 'snakes') :oops:

Krickette Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:00

cuuuute kids!!!

[quote="vneerland"]Love the babies. 8-) Also love the 'fence'. (though I look at it and think 'snakes') :oops:[/quote]
lol, my first thought was black widows. I've been finding those in my pastures since forever. I got taught at a young age never to grab a bucket by the lip. We have these big low wide feed buckets that sit on the ground, and every time I flip one over I find a new black widow nest. Very messy webs. I've found solid reds, solid blacks, speckled, all sorts of neat looking ones. Black widows in the pasture and barn, scorpions and brown recluse in the house, lol! And the snakes are just everywhere.

lipigirl Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:29

[quote="Krickette"]cuuuute kids!!!

[quote="vneerland"]Love the babies. 8-) Also love the 'fence'. (though I look at it and think 'snakes') :oops:[/quote]
lol, my first thought was black widows. I've been finding those in my pastures since forever. I got taught at a young age never to grab a bucket by the lip. We have these big low wide feed buckets that sit on the ground, and every time I flip one over I find a new black widow nest. Very messy webs. I've found solid reds, solid blacks, speckled, all sorts of neat looking ones. Black widows in the pasture and barn, scorpions and brown recluse in the house, lol! And the snakes are just everywhere.[/quote]

It may be wet and miserable but I am so glad that I live in the UK :shock: :?
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vneerland Wed, 08/12/2009 - 13:22

[quote="lipigirl"][quote="Krickette"]cuuuute kids!!!

[quote="vneerland"]Love the babies. 8-) Also love the 'fence'. (though I look at it and think 'snakes') :oops:[/quote]
lol, my first thought was black widows. I've been finding those in my pastures since forever. I got taught at a young age never to grab a bucket by the lip. We have these big low wide feed buckets that sit on the ground, and every time I flip one over I find a new black widow nest. Very messy webs. I've found solid reds, solid blacks, speckled, all sorts of neat looking ones. Black widows in the pasture and barn, scorpions and brown recluse in the house, lol! And the snakes are just everywhere.[/quote]

It may be wet and miserable but I am so glad that I live in the UK :shock: :?
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I agree with Krickette [size=75](of course. We only live an hour apart)[/size] All of the above apply. Last year I was working on a fence, and scraping the leaves away from the bottom of the wire, wearing gloves, naturally. In one hour, we counted 20 black widows. The scorpions have left the building (have not seen any in a year) but the snakes are abundant. Right now, the mower is being repaired :( and I am high stepping in the grass. Just almost stepped on a baby copperhead, with no way to kill it while I was holding a (way to assertive) dog on the leash.
But, Lipi....you get used to it! I am quite happy with daily sunshine, instead of daily dreary weather. Despite the unwanted critters.

Daylene Alford Wed, 08/12/2009 - 20:37

As requested new pictures...My young nanny had her baby today. This is her first and she is being a very good mommy. I'm glad she only had the one. We now have two males and one female. Bill says we'll keep all of them as he really likes the way they eat brush.

Krickette Thu, 08/13/2009 - 08:18

I have always wanted one. I had one for like a week named Sir Galahad (the chaste...as he was no longer a boy). But I gave him to my friend. He did get to ride in the front seat of the grand am though!
My mom refuses to ever let me have a goat, and even Glenn said that if we grow up and are still together, he's cool with me having all the useless little animals I want, like ponies and minis and zeebu and dexters and mini llamas, but no goats.
So I am forever cursed to be goatless.

vneerland Thu, 08/13/2009 - 09:30

[quote="Morgan"]:love
I can't have goats, too many wild dogs :cry:[/quote]

An aquaintance had a Pyrenese for that reason. (Coyotes) and claimed it was succesful. The next door Pyr that I took care of for a while sure kept things at bay, more than my own dogs did [size=70](but only because I will not let my dogs roam without supervision, not even my own property) [/size]

Morgan Thu, 08/13/2009 - 11:29

I do have a half GP but I would still worry. He was never "trained" (like when they leave them with an older one) and would just wander off to satisfy his other instincts (he's half hound :lol: ). My neighbor some houses down had a 2 year old pony colt that lived alone behind his house, he's a trucker and came home after only a weekend to find that something had happened too it (we dont know colic or what) and it had been....eaten..... :-s I think a donkey would be better than a dog since it would stay with them all the time for sure (and they are cute) but thats long in the future as I dont have fencing for goats either. For now I'm comfortable my horses are safe since I have some dog haters and they are all big and keep together. If I breed again I will be building a shed and pen up by the house with a solid fence, I'd love to let a foal run on the hillside but I never will let one unsupervised[i] *shudder*. [/i]we have a known cougar in the area too. :shock:

Daylene Alford Thu, 08/13/2009 - 20:58

Well I have a bit of bad news the newest little goatie didn't make it. Not sure exactly what happened he seemed fine last night about 11pm when I check on him. Went back out this morning and he was already to far gone to do anything about. I guess its possible he had something wrong on the inside or his mommy may have stepped on him. The poor little nanny has bellowed herself hoarse calling for him :((

The other two are doing great. They are the funnies things. I've seen the little boy try to take a flying leap and land flat on his side.

I'm not sure what breed these are exactly. I was told they were pygmies. They may be part but they seem a bit larger then I would think a full pygmy would be. I'm fairly sure the billy is at least part Spanish.