At the end of January, all of my Boer show kids and my show pigs had been born. I ended up with a total of 14 goat kids, and 10 piglets. All of the babies are still doing well, and are getting bigger and bigger by the day. The show pigs were weaned at four weeks, and never missed a beat transitioning to solid food from their mother’s milk. This can be a stressful time, and sometimes piglets don’t change feed as easily and lose weight. Thankfully, nearly everything with this litter has been simple and easy, and this was no exception. Shortly before the piglets were weaned, we made…

They say that patience is a virtue. When it comes to kidding goats, this couldn’t be more true. They will kid when they want to, and no amount of coaxing or sweet talking will make them kid any sooner. Goats usually have a gestation time of around 150 days, but they can kid up to five days early or five days late and still be considered within a safe range. This means there is a 10 day period with every doe when she could kid. There are usually tell-tale signs, such as a full, tight udder, loosened tail ligaments (located at the base of the tail) and a dropped belly,…

We are offering kids out of 7 Boer does this year. Those does are due between 1/1/13 & 1/7/13. We will have one bred sow farrowing that is due 1/21/13, and will be looking to pick up a couple of other bred gilts/sows in the next two weeks. We will also have several dairy goats kidding in March and April 2013.