[mariegold]

Thank You Thank YOU! That's all so reassuring.

They are fed on molassed goat mix- fancy feeds which is 15% protein, I will see if I can get the dairy nuts around here.

The skinny goat does have a lovely shiny coat and is full of energy, seems healthy in every other way.

I will hold of from panicking for a while. 

[Talana]

I had 4 came into season a day apart so far they have held - due 1st week of Feb, 1 due 1st week of march with my own male, The day before yesterday took one to visit another male so hope she holds be due 1st week April, Have one more to put in kid due in season next week hope to visit other male but if I can't get away she can go to my own male as i don't want her to kid too much later . Last time she was in season jumped the electric fence stood in the middle of the farm road at the door of the bull pen shed screaming her head off (where my male is securely shut in with companion -don't want no more kidded kids) She definitely sniffed him out.
Will have to try string and nail -some peopl try this old wives tail and swear by it hold a piece of string over the goats back and if it swings straight up and down the spine in empty round and round or side to side in kid will be scanning aswell

[ballingall]

The last three have been mated, all about the same time. But 3 weeks after the others. Nine in total- far too many!


Bloomer, yes, Kola has been mated! Thinking of trying the string and nail trick too Talana

[reedos]

My BG's have mated...we think, our Billy is young and Tina isn't and is too tall for him, so he was standing on a pallet - we'll see if he managed to reach in three weeks I guess (it was getting dark and I was at the wrong end to see if he made it!)
My BA hasn't come into season yet and we aren't sure who she is going to my BG Billy would need two pallets for her I reckon. The GGs will be mated next month or at least that's the plan.

[clydesdaleclopper]

   my one BT girly that I wanted to kid next year has just come back into season today - I thought we were safe as she was mated on the 1st. Guess she has long cycles. Now have the nightmare of trying to get her mated again as the billy is no longer at the same place.

[Talana]

The only one to come back into season after being mated was the one I took to a different male - bother, couldn't get away from home between work and helping out with preparations  for dunecht schools xmas fair, so I just put her in with my own Togg male so hopefully she'll stay in kid this time.

[Anke]

  my one BT girly that I wanted to kid next year has just come back into season today - I thought we were safe as she was mated on the 1st. Guess she has long cycles. Now have the nightmare of trying to get her mated again as the billy is no longer at the same place.

Oh bummer... trip to Guildy Den?

[Beeducked]

My BG's have mated...we think, our Billy is young and Tina isn't and is too tall for him, so he was standing on a pallet - we'll see if he managed to reach in three weeks I guess (it was getting dark and I was at the wrong end to see if he made it!)

I have a very similar situation. Have mated my 2 girls  and Billy is young and my one of my girls is pretty tall. He certainly tried his best but was very dismissive of my attempts to sort him a "booster seat". I guess only time will tell in a bit less than 3 weeks. My smaller girl came into season this morning and he certainly knew what he was doing with her.
Fingers crossed for May 2015.