How I KNOW My Goats Are Bred (without a pregnancy test)! | My First Home Fecal Exam
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- We have NINE pregnant goats on the farm right now and some are very ready to give birth while others still have months to go! There's a few ways to tell a doe is pregnant WITHOUT needing to use expensive tests, and all the girls are ready to show you! I bought a new Microscope and have done my first home fecal! It's much easier than I imagined!
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Do you keep dairy goats? When does your kidding season start this year??
We just got dairy goats in October! I have 2 girls due in about 3 weeks (they were already bred when we got them) and 1 due April first. I just found your channel a few days ago and it has AMAZING info for first timers! Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos!
Thank you so much! Encouraging new people is the whole point!! I really appreciate you being here and I'm so glad the channel has been helpful!♡♡
Brilliant! Very thorough and simple explaining! I've had goats 17 yrs. I usually just track by when I have the buck in the coral. Then count 5 months after and if I see mating then I use that date for estimating due date. Loved the way you showed all the ways of checking pregnancy. We do all our vet care unless not sure. I'm curious about the fecal home testing. That would save some money. And know when to deworm. Thanks so much, Usha still confused about it after 17 yrs!
I can't wait for all these babies! It's going to happen so quick and soon! 🎉❤
Ugh time DRAGS on in the last few weeks!!
So excited to see all these kids coming up!
Me too!!! Wattles could come from Christin and Elpis this year.
Calamity is hilarious. I was always wondering why those goats looked so weird until the one video you mentioned the ears 😂...
"Something just seems off.... OH! The ears are off!" haha!
Having babies is so exciting ♥️♥️♥️
It really is!!♡♡
That's so cool about the fecal samples. Very interesting!
This microscope is really neat!!! We used it to look at Levi's split ends on his hair haha
@@SageandStoneHomestead 😂 that's funny I know I have plenty and I went to cosmetology school AND graduated... 😬 I'm slacking
Oh and there is lab that does decals for $5 I used before, but this looks so intriguing!
I’d love to learn more about it❤
Cheap! That's cool!
@@SageandStoneHomestead yeah but I think is also cool to know, sometimes you can’t wait for the results to come back, I think it takes 3 days
I can't wait to see more babies!!!!
Me either!! EEP!
The two does I got aren’t bred with my new buck so he can be bred back to all of them. I’m super excited. Most of my day revolves around preparing for this season. I cannot wait ❤
The countdown is SO HARD
great job! I can't wait for all the new babies. The sky sure looks like spring!
The ground is looking like spring too! We just picked up our last load of hay that we pre-purchased. They could only sell us 150 bales instead of 200 so I'm glad to see grass growing out there. Our neighbors have extra hay should we need in about a month!
Good morning Heather. Great video once again. Love you girl. 😍
Love ya Nollie!! Thanks for watching!!
The girls are filling in so cute😊, I too have Delci’s Goat Binder and I LOVE it!!! I seen she posted about her new parasite book so now I need to order that one!! She has great knowledge on many levels of the goat herds, she’s great. I know some think its over the top doing your own goat stool test yourself but I think its great I find it very fascinating to be able to save the money but also gain more knowledge and sustainability on your herd and farm as a whole!! Awesome find!! 😊 Thanks God Bless
It really is a relief to have the ability to do fecals at home! Empowering. ♡♡
Very interesting content Heather!! The udder bumps are precious!!! I don't blame you for giving a feel and to justify it will help train for the milk stand! I agree with you about the added expense for confirming pregnancy. These days a farmer could bankrupt themselves by purchasing all the "gadgets" and equipment that many are just not imperative to production or health of your animal. Now the microscope is not at all in the same category as the others. You will be able to provide better treatment to your herd and wow, what a neat tool for homeschooling!!!
Thanks for another interesting and informative video!! Stay safe!!!
Yes!! Some things are worth the investment and the pregnancy checkers probably are not that, at least not here!♡
Such good info!! Love how informative and intelligently support each of your videos are!! I didn’t know about “rug rats on the right”, and with 4 potentially expecting does, this will be invaluable info in keeping an eye on their progress!
Great initiative and self-discovery to set yourself up for doing decals! So much good and encouraging info!❤❤❤
Yay! I'm so glad the videos have been helpful!!♡♡♡
You're going to have all sorts of cute kids running around the farm! Your worm tests are interesting. You're really getting fine-tuned on prevention! Congrats!
Thanks Rich!! Dairy goats are so fun!
Very good info, as usual.
All of my does are due the first week of March.
EEP! How many do you have that are pregnant?
@@SageandStoneHomestead 5, but 1 could go a few days early and 1 could be a little later. I have 2 young ones that are not bred yet. And I am planning on keeping any does born this year.
It will be a busy but rewarding week for you!! Yay!
Yeahhhhh kids just around the corner:) can’t wait to see baby goats.
That’s neat, microscope, seeing all what you need to see to figure out what’s going on with your goats. I had gotten my daughter a microscope for Christmas and we both can’t see into it right, I seen my eye lashes (I didn’t know that at the time) and it freaked me out I thought it was a spider I haven’t looked through it since😂.
Come on March ❤🐐🐐🐐
Oh my that sounds like a scary microscope experience lol!♡
Very cool with the stool sampling and microscope slides.
That's awesome that you are fecal testing now, it's such a great way to improve your parasite management! I also run my own with the fecal float method since that's what all the vets I've worked for used, but I know a lot of goat people seem to like the McMaster method. Very rare to find an actual worm too, mostly they are hairs that look like worms, but I think you found one there. I don't actually think those were whipworm eggs though. Worm eggs will typically have well defined borders unless they are decayed. It will take some time to train your eye, but with practice you'll be a pro soon!
Even better that they were probably not eggs!! A week or so after this I did a fecal on another goat and actually saw whipworm eggs and I totally agree with you! Little footballs with nubs on each end. I'm really excited to be getting this practice before real worm season hits!♡
@@SageandStoneHomestead exactly, that is a perfect description of a whipworm egg! Well done!
Thanks!!
When I raised dairy goats I knew when they were bred by a thick mucous discharge after breeding. I would count my days from that date. Never wrong. I would keep the buck in a separate field until after November 15th then he would breed all the girls. Every year at work I would take 2 weeks off on those dates in April.
Everyone teased me it was my "maternity leave " every year.
Hahaha how funny!! That's amazing!
I use an ultrasound tech in our area. It is cheaper than doing blood samples. In VA, I drew blood and did the tests through the county. It wasn't too expensive. Ultrasounds are cheap here, and for that I am thankful. I think it is $10 per goat.
I loved the little udders my first fresheners got. Oh my goodness! Cute as can be.
Wow that's very cheap! Do they come out for free and just charge for the ultrasound? Or do you go in? We can't get a vet out here.
@Sage and Stone Homestead It is a lady who does it for a job. She comes and does hooves, ultrasounds, disbudding. I want to say there is a farm call price, but I can't remember now. I just know AR, the last I checked, doesn't do preg tests for goats. It has to be mailed to TX.
Oh very cool!! What an awesome job for her!!
So cool to see the fecal results. I look forward to learning more from your experience. My girls are due Feb 26th and March 1st. I am so excited! This is their 4th freshen, but the first on our homestead. Have you done a video on your birth kit? Trying to get my things together. These girls are amazing at birthing unassisted, but you never know for sure
I used to have a video on it but I may have removed it for quality. I should remake that!! Your girls are kidding soon and that is SO EXCITING!♡
I found that allowing the chickens to free range in the goat pastures decreases worms.
We did that with turkeys and their poop everywhere was a nightmare. I hated it. The dog eats goat poop which is gross but I imagine it helps!
I will have to talk to my husband about that microscope. First homeschool purposes than homesteading! We just gotta wait to see if we are moving for new orders. Hopefully will know on the 24th!
OOH that could be exciting to move, depending!! Is he Army?
@@SageandStoneHomestead I know may YAHS will be done I keep saying. He's Navy.
I can’t wait for babies, but I sure wish your kidding season started in February to get my fix before our kidding season 😂
Schwanli looks so big, how many do you think?
I follow a girl in Washington State, Lakeview Dairy Goats that her doe had 5 girls!! Can you believe it?
She hasn’t uploaded the video yet but I’m checking every 5 minutes my yt page 😂😂😂
I found (this season ) that unless I put pressure to feel for babies they don’t move 😊 maybe they are lazy but if I can’t feel them I press and immediately get a kick, almost saying “go away “ 😂
I’m enjoying every bit of this next 3 weeks with my girls, they have such different personalities that I can sit in the barn with them and come up with a video on just their drama and hilarious antics.
Trust me, I can’t wait for babies, but I’m loving the calm before the storm of babies arriving.
Still stressed with projects for the babies but that is a never ending story.
Athene is due around Calamity’s due date, but I don’t see any udder development yet, HOWEVER, she is starting to show a lot more in the last week, and eat a lot more.
I’m so excited for the late kidding moms on your farm and my baby Athene.
Thanks for sharing friend! 😊
The lamachas are uddering up faster than I've ever seen in my Nigerians. They must be very dairy and I'm really excited!!
Schwanli may have 3 but at least 2. This is her first time with standard sized kids in her and she does look very full of baby! She basically doubles in depth when she is heavily pregnant. I'm keeping girls out of her for milk and I'm really excited about it!
Did you know there is a pee test strip for goats and sheep? I've used it for the past couple years. So far, no false positives. Just a thought. We have 3 kidding first full week of April! Yay!
No I had no idea! Is it pretty inexpensive?
@@SageandStoneHomestead they were about $3 a strip. I think they went up a bit. Look up Emlabs goat and you can find it.
I feel like chewies udder started developing right away, she didn't use to mind me touching it but now that its closer to kidding time shes getting jumpy on me. Shes looking like she is gonna have excellent milking potential. She is definitely swollen in the rear. She was running, jumping and playing yesterday I'm like girl you need to settle down your bouncing them babies everywhere lol. Now that i got a new buck i dont have to worry about if i wanna keep a doeling from her 🤞and not have to worry about borrowing a buck. Slowly but surely getting my goats in a row lol. Gotta love that calamity !❤🐐
I'm so excited to see Chewies babies! When is she due?
@@SageandStoneHomestead March 23rd is 155 days but i look for it to be sooner, i told my husband I'm not going anywhere in march untill she has them babies cause i don't want her to need me and me not be there. I had a dream that she had 3 doelings, i told her no pressure though 1 polka dot doeling is fine. I meant calamity not that i don't like christine, calamity just has that goofiness about her. I don't know why my phone changed it, defiantly time for a new one. Hopefully before chewie goes into labor and maybe that will be the first whomping willow youtube video!
Hooray!!♡♡
I love Delci, too! She is great. I have her regular binder, but not this one. I will have to look into this one. Also, what microscope set up do you use? I bought the slides years ago, but couldn't use them because my eyes don't want to work. LOL
Haha...I guess I should watch the whole video first. What fecal float liquid do you use?
I use a sugar solution that one of my friends uses! If you Google "sugar float solution" it comes up. The one without formaldehyde.
S’mores sounds like our Annie Oakley. She never settled last year and now it looks like she miscarried about a week ago. Had about 6 more weeks to go. It’s a bummer but we’ll try again - at this point it’s a matter of our own stubbornness lol.
Oh I'm so sorry!! Did you find the kids? I never did find S'mores kids.
@@SageandStoneHomestead We did not. Put her up in the barn the night before (it was probably dark and we may not have been paying close attention) and the next morning Megan noticed discharge. And you could tell from her behavior that her hormones were raging. So we aren’t sure if it happened that night or the day before in the field.
So Sorry!!
Can you recommend a book about what to do when your expecting baby GOATS... Lol
I love the book Holistic Goat Care by G Caldwell. It's got some Holistic stuff in there but mostly it's general knowledge and experience and there is a great section on kidding with photos and diagrams. I reference it often!
im watching this as im being very impatient waiting for my doe to deliver 🤣
she is definitely pregnant.. i think.. if she isnt she needs to go on a diet... but she hasnt been in heat in 4 months so im expecting kids in february! this was kinda an accidental breeding as my new 3 month old buckling got in with the does earlier then when i was going to put him in with them but i was gonna breed her to him anyway so oh well 😂❤
her udder has recently just started to fill(shes a second freshener) last year she got bigger then my doe who had triplets then had 1 big doeling! this year she's already even bigger so im hoping for at least 2 kids 🤞
after she kids the other does arent due for another 3ish months so more waiting 😔
me and my little sister have picked out our top 3 girls names & top 3 boys names as we both are impatient waiting for kids
(the names are poppy. posy & pansy for girls! Ren. Sage & Aster for boys)
Oh I LOVE those names!! Team Sage! 😉
Could you please send me the book info and which microscope? Thanks so much! Usha
Microscope I have: amscope.com/products/b100a-e?syclid=cfk5qkjguluhtrmf9810&OrderlyEmails
Fecal Exam Slide Kit: www.vetslides.com/product-page/paracount-epg-fecal-analysis-kit-greengrid-slides
Delci's Goat Health and Parasite Binders: vip.alifeofheritage.com/?r_done=1
Thanks so much! Your right it is expensive, gonna have to do it in sections. Microscope is out of stock. I'll wait.