It's interesting how similar our lives are with equipment and animals!!! My list of things that need to be fixed just on equipment is overwhelming.
For the babies, we started out with an area just for them with extra bedding, fresh hay, fresh water, all the extras we could think of. It's kind of like that commercial that used to be on TV when a parent had their first child, and then when they are on their third child.
Now we are at the point we almost ignore, or don't pay attention to them having kids. We take a few pictures, maybe some video, but otherwise, we do not interfere. They have them where they want to, and in a few hours, they bring their babies to the barn. They can walk pretty good by then. For the first few days, the babies just sleep most of the day in a corner in the barn. Then for the next week, they stay in the barn while momma and the herd go off to eat. When momma comes back, the babies run to her to feed. The babies go most of the day just sleeping where momma left them.
We keep mineral blocks out for them, we give them a little 13% Allstock, and there is always a round bale out for them, but otherwise, we let the goats do what they goats want to do. Of the last 20 or 30 babies, I think we've lost two or three. Some are just not meant to survive. We've tried bottle feeding, keeping them in the house, wrapping them in blankets, and even going to the vet, but they always pass away once momma rejects them. If momma knows they are going to die, and something is wrong with them, we have learned to just let it happen.
These where born Friday. They are just a few hours old.
I saw them out playing with other kids yesterday. They didn't go too far from the barn, but there where five of them all jumping around, and chasing each other.
