12 hour old kid goat nursing
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- New kid on the block getting some lunch from his momma. This is her first birth and she is a great nanny.
Other new kids can be heard bleating in the background to the beat of an old Tom Waites song.
It's one kid.. the goat kid is luckey..
Hello I have a question, my doe only feeds my goats for about 20 seconds then walks away ☹️ what can I do in this situation?
Several questions come to mind. Does she have sore teats? If so, why? If they're dry and cracking from cold dry weather, try some bag balm on them after each feeding (not before- that wouldnt be good for the kids) to soften them up. Does she have mastitis or other infection? Inspect the teats thrououghly to see if there are any bumps or sores on the teat or udder, treat that per your vets recommendation. (If it is mastitis, be mindful about touching the sores and then other things since it is a baterial infection and can spread).
Is she a young or is this her first kid? If so then she may just be disiniterested or frustrated. Some does just arent very loving mothers. If any of these is the case, you'll have to tie her up or otherwise somehow restrain her (maybe a milking stanchion or chute) to physically keep her from walking away or fighting or kicking so that the kids may nurse. You may have to do this untill the new kids get strong enough to nurse without your assistance, even if she fights them. 3 times a day minimum. This could take a week or more, but when the kids get big and strong enough, she wont be able to stop them from nursing, plus she will be more inclined to let them nurse after she bonds with them better.
Its very important for newborns to get all the nutrition their mothers can provide so they gain strength quickly. Especially the first 24 hours and first udder full of milk, since it contains colostrum which has the antibodies their mother has develpoed over her lifetime. Without that the kids won't thrive well.
This is such close, crisp, steady footage of thekid goat nursing. I'm making a RUclips video about bluebirds raising a family, and I plan to open the narration by talking about the difference between mammals and birds: birds tend to be more monogamous than mammals because the male birds can help raise the nestlings as much as the females; but mammal young need a mother to nurse them. Would you be interested in giving me permission to use maybe 10-20 seconds of your footage? It would illustrate my point perfectly. I would credit you, of course--both in the movie itself and in the description underneath. Here's a link to my channel in case you'd like to check out the qualty of my work: ruclips.net/user/JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME?app=desktop
Aplogies for the delay- I just now saw this notification.
I just looked at your channel, and really like your videos... such good narration and explanations of what were seeing. They are quite educational and I'd be happy to see what you do with a snippet of this video in one of your own, so you are welcome to it as long as proper credit is given a link to my video is provided in the description. My name is Peter Wells.
Thank you for asking permission!
@@cheatinggravity173 Thanks for the compliment on my channel, Peter--and for a hearty laugh (because the movie I'd have used your footage in went up at the end of June). If only I had known how to wave at you and get your attention, right? Anyway, thanks for answering me--and for giving me permission. 😏