Footloose Farms

Learning as I go...

Someone once told me that goats could and would breed at very early ages (2 months!) so naïve me just figured that Happy Feet, our billy, would easily get the job done at 5 months if he met the weight requirement (70 pounds).  Well, he bypassed that weight over 2 months ago and I didn’t give my whole goat plan a second thought.  I’d breed our two does in October or November, the kids would be 2-3 months old when we moved, which was old enough they wouldn’t get too stressed with the move, and still young enough to take all or most of their dams milk so I wouldn’t be tied down with milking, and everything would be peaches and cream.  HA!!!!  Well, good ol mother nature once again has humbled me.  Happy Feet, as much as he’s trying, just isn’t quite there yet.  Both of my does have just completed another heat cycle and I’m pretty sure neither was covered.  :o(  So, my big plan is out the window and down the road.  Infact, so far down the road that I may end up at Elaines house (who raises Nubains).  I guess we’ll see what next month brings, but I really do NOT want these does to stay open for another year.  The whole reason we got them was for their milk and I couldn’t image going a whole year having to buy milk.  I think I’d buy another doe (bred!) than go through that!

So, as much as Happy would like to think he’s top dude around here, he’s still got a ways to go. 

Lesson learned!

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{ 10:27 , Monday, October 29, 2007 } { Posted by mom2countrykids }

He may just be to fat and lazy to ever get the job done. I agree on wanting them bred. Could you borrow a billy for a month and see if he did a better job? I hear you on best layed plans. Mine never work out like I want. Which is why my milk cows will be calving in Jan-April and I need the milk NOW!

Nola