Why your abandoned goat kid PROBABLY WASN'T ABANDONED | Sez the Vet

While abandoned goat kids certainly do happen for one reason or another, every year there is an influx of feral goat kids found and adopted into families as "orphans". Watch this interesting episode as Dr Sez explains why these little ones are too often NOT abandoned.
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Note the opinions expressed are those of the authors, and this informative episode is not intended to replace individual advice given by a medical professional, for your specific case
Attributions:
Goats Grazing On The Ocean Mountain, retrieved from www.videezy.com/abstract/4964...
A Black Baby Goat On The Haystack retrieved from www.videezy.com/abstract/4043...

[@frogi109]

this is so true of my herd, of which most are born in the pastures.

[@diaryofagoat-lass1023]

My nannies are so not like that (yes, I use their original names which date back to the early 1800's)
When my nannies kid, they often have a hard time just taking their eyes off their little munchkins.
By day 3-4 in the barn maternity pens, the kids are already escaping and indeed playing with all their half siblings and cousins and the nannies are in their pens just crying for them to come back. Its like watching Dumbo but with goats. 😅
And indeed, when grown, the nanny and daughter bonds are stunning to see! Seeing 4 generations of females all sharing a bedding area is truly something special!
Cookie, her daughter snickerdoodle, her daughter Churro and finally her daughter Cupcake.
Cookie this year hit an amazing milestone of Great grandmother!