I cannot tell you how much your videos are appreciated. First, it’s heartwarming to see how compassionate and kind you are with all your animals. To know each one by name? So very sweet. They are very lucky to be with you. Secondly, I am recovering from 7 weeks of radiation for breast cancer and am so fatigued I can’t make it outside. After watching this video, I felt I was outside and part of the farm and my spirits were lifted. If you ever wonder whether your videos are important or have an impact……they do! Thank you. I cannot wait for my next virtual visit to your farm. A hug to you and all the lovely goat mamas!
What a beautiful idyll, sunshine, happy mom goats and sugar-sweet baby goats 🌞 I always have to smile when the babies wiggle their tails while drinking,bleating in front of you and treating mom's udder like a punching ball 🙈 I hope that doesn't hurt too much,for the mothers. As with a predator feeding🤣 Everyone wants to get it first 🙂 Your goats are simply magical and beautiful ❤ I wish you and your goats a nice Sunday 🦋 It's already evening with me.
This was just the cutest thing and I loved your commentary. I started laughing when you said “she’s done and so are you” as you helped the baby off the milk stand. So glad I discovered your channel a while back! 🥰🐐
My favorite is when they're all running together, and some of them will start running sideways and jumping and kicking their legs like they did when they were little. Makes me laugh every time to see a full size goat do that.
Hello guys, Three weeks ago one of my does gave birth to a really tiny baby girl. I named her Ruby Rue, after your Ruby. She is a complete joy. Blessings on your day❤️
I grew up on a dairy farm (cows). I don’t know much about goats, except they sure are cute and have lots of personality. I had no idea that the babies were fed, what I would call community style, instead of a staying in the field and nursing from its mother. That a lot of goat lifting! I enjoy watching all your goats. Thanks!
Hello, It's really beautiful to see these beautiful little beasts we had a small sheep farm and it was very blessed and enriching. You with a beautiful place and we see that the goats are good and the love for them. From Quebec and God bless you!
Love your goat farm such a family of goats you have there, each and every one of them have their own personality too making it even more enjoyable for me to watch your videos.
I have so missed your videos 😢I kept looking for more after Littlefoot’s passing but couldn’t find any. Since I have found your channel again, I look forward to so many❤😊
I love the way you have names for all your goats, shows you love all of them and it shows. I grew up herding sheep on the Navajo Reservation and I had a favorite, she had blue (lite) color and named her blue goat.
It cracks me up to see the babies butt the mamas before they even latch on. Impatient little rascals - it reminds me of my days on the farm. You are doing an awesome job and I can't wait to see the new babies when they're born.
You guys are so awesome 💖 love seeing all your lil babies, makes my day 🥰 wish I could have goats where I live, county won’t allow but I have 3 hens and love them to pieces 🥰💖
Amazing how your nannies aren't fighting to get to the grain. Mine would be at the front of the feeder and on the stand trying to hit the girl in the head catch. The kids would all be fighting to get on the stand to get milk. It would be complete chaos!
We have probably 100 right now. Maybe more. We're sitting at about 50 does so maybe 50 or more babies. As for the names, I see them every day🤷🏻♂️ kinda like how a teacher learns names. If you see and interact with them every day, they stick with time.
I have to comment again 😊 I think I've probably watched this video for the tenth time because it just makes my heart beat faster .It's just too nice with you. I always have a laughing and a crying eye because it would be my greatest wish to visit your farm once. I think that would totally change my life....between all the charming goats and goats kids ❤ But unfortunately I live in Germany and it will probably only be a dream 😔 How I would like to have friends from America...The people who visit your farm can really count themselves lucky 🙂 unfortunately I only have your beautiful videos 🦋 🐐 🐐 🦋You are so great and friendly people and your animals love you ❤
I'm sorry we cant have you out sometime😕 I'm so glad you're enjoying them so much. I hope the videos can continue to make a difference for you:) Sind sie eigentlich deutscherin? Ich wohnte zwei Jahre dort, und hab es sehr gemocht. Ich wurde sehr gern mal zurück gehen.
@@woodsidegoatfarm Thank you for your message. Yes I am German and live in Schleswig - Holstein near Hamburg 🙂 I find America just so fascinating ❤ I look forward to further videos from you,because they fill my heart and soul with joy....Thank you 🦋
Yeah, the mama's don't like it. If they're really full, they wont feed them on their own because it hurts too much. It's just frustrating, because they almost never actually need to do it. They do it to get more milk in the teat, and to get every last drop. But if I just put them on a mom that's bursting full, all they need to do is put their lips on there and they're getting a mouth full of milk. No need to lift that poor mama's back legs off the ground by punching a teat that's so full, it feels like a pumped up basketball😂 JUST DRINK. And then they're sad when mom doesn't want to feed them.. little dummies.
I just love you guys so much I really do. And I would love to come stay with yall and vist with the babies I just had an stroke2years ago and now I can't do anything anymore but I can watch your video s and comment on the them
The babies are always eager to drink from anyone. If you have mama's trained on a milkstand, then they'll let babies drink while on the stand. They get used to it.
@@woodsidegoatfarm my friend had some expensive show milk goats. She had to milk the moms, transfer the milk & then feed the babies with a bottle. She said it wrecked the mom's teets for showing if they nursed straight off of her. Oh the life of a state fair champion!😂
There are a few different reasons. The way we have things set up though, and with the quantity, the babies end up more social when they arent reliant on their mama at their side. If we had fewer babies, we could put mama and babies in a smaller pen, but we don't need to. They do just fine separate. And this way, the mama's don't get shut into a smaller pen. Doing so wouldn't kill them, but it's nice to have them out with the herd if they can be.
You need a feeding trough for all those goats that way they all can get food on both sides eating that way they all get just my opinion but their all so sweet don’t know how you remember all those names❤️
Can you put the babies and moms with the bucks? I have a baby that was born the first week of May and the mom and buck were always together but I separated them because she was feeding the baby but baby which is a she is eating regular food and at time does drink from mom but I would love to put them together..Can I put them all together??
There are several reasons: 1) tameness, you get tamer goats if they aren't raised by mom. This is important not just for the does, who might go to milk farms, but especially bucks who if staying inact can be very aggressive during breeding season. Having the babies become calm and relaxed around people makes far easier and safer to handle. 2) health of the babies. If the mom's go out to large pastures it can be hard to make sure the babies are getting enough to eat and keep track of their general health and welfare. Like with many other animals, baby goats can go down hill with illness very quickly, and it's easier to catch these things if they're in a smaller pen where they can be watched easier. There are other reasons too, depending on what kind of farm it is. But this doesn't cause any harm to the animals, so it's not really an issue.
The babies stay healthier, it's good for them socially, and it helps us keep an eye on them when we have to get our hands on every baby multiple times a day.
It really doesn't have much of a smell. I'd say most of their stink is from urine, but if they're well kept, then it's not bad at all. You can smell cows from quite a distance, but i think you could be in the field with our goats with your eyes closed and ears plugged, and not even know you were on a farm. That may also be because I'm used to it😂 The same can't be said for bucks though. They're real stenchy.
I don’t know anything about goat farming so I don’t quite understand what’s going on. Could you give us a higher-level view of your operation? This is a petting zoo, not a dairy operation, but the kids appear to be kept separate from the nannies. They sleep together in the barn, presumably for protection. Nannies wouldn’t protect their kids if they were all in a secure enclosure together overnight? Even during the day the kids are penned in and only see the nannies at feeding time, and the nannies have to be on a stanchion to feed them. And they feed any kid you give them. Except you said that this was a special deal just for the kids who need extra and the nannies who have extra. That mostly the kids just nurse when they’re with their moms. But they aren’t with their moms???
We keep the kids separate for a number of reasons. One of the big ones being that they're much easier to keep track of when the babies are all kept under our watchful eye. It's easier to see when they're sick, or not eating. If they had free range of the 5 acres with mom, doing headcounts, and healthchecks on the babies becomes more challenging. And as for your last question, they do feed on their own when they see their mama's. They aren't always with their mama's, but when I let the mama's in the feed their babies the four times a day, they are. That's when I put the babies that need it up on the milk stand on a mom with some extra milk. The babies that don't need help have about a half an hour to get what they need.
I cannot tell you how much your videos are appreciated. First, it’s heartwarming to see how compassionate and kind you are with all your animals. To know each one by name? So very sweet. They are very lucky to be with you. Secondly, I am recovering from 7 weeks of radiation for breast cancer and am so fatigued I can’t make it outside. After watching this video, I felt I was outside and part of the farm and my spirits were lifted. If you ever wonder whether your videos are important or have an impact……they do! Thank you. I cannot wait for my next virtual visit to your farm. A hug to you and all the lovely goat mamas!
I'm so glad they make a difference to someone! All the best with your recovery!
@@woodsidegoatfarm Thank you! ❤️
I don't know you but I really hope you kick cancers ass ❤
@@lyndseymcbr-tc8lj Oh Lyndsey, thank you, thank you for your kindness. Your comment means the world to me! 😘❤️💪
Very cute babies and mommas are so patient ,but I still miss littlefoot.
❤️🐐
We all do 😭♥️
Me too.
Same here. I wrote a short eulogy for Littlefoot in the comments of Littlefoot's last video. There is no replacing Littlefoot.
There isn't anything cuter than baby goats eating. I love the tail wiggle. ❤️
There is. A cute hunk next to those babies 😋
@@Le_Pete 🤣
What a beautiful idyll, sunshine, happy mom goats and sugar-sweet baby goats 🌞 I always have to smile when the babies wiggle their tails while drinking,bleating in front of you and treating mom's udder like a punching ball 🙈 I hope that doesn't hurt too much,for the mothers. As with a predator feeding🤣 Everyone wants to get it first 🙂 Your goats are simply magical and beautiful ❤ I wish you and your goats a nice Sunday 🦋 It's already evening with me.
Glad you enjoyed it:) I wish you a nice Sunday evening as well👍🏻
@@joyinthemorning44 Thanks for explaining that. I was wondering if it hurt.
This was just the cutest thing and I loved your commentary. I started laughing when you said “she’s done and so are you” as you helped the baby off the milk stand. So glad I discovered your channel a while back! 🥰🐐
I'm glad you found us too. Glad you're liking it:)
I love their floppy ears… cracks me up… and that tail wiggle!!! Oh is there anything cuter????
So much joy. Your ladies are more domesticated and gentle than any I've ever seen.
It's so endearing how much you care for these precious goats. They're lucky to have you guys.
Really love watching your videos always puts a smile on my face.
I love their names and I LOVE the way you talk to them. Same way I talk to my animal people. :)
I love seeing goats run to a call. I just yell "come on goats" and my girls all run. But I don't have near as many goats as you do.
My favorite is when they're all running together, and some of them will start running sideways and jumping and kicking their legs like they did when they were little. Makes me laugh every time to see a full size goat do that.
@@woodsidegoatfarm I have some older goats that do the same. So funny!
Yay more kids in the farm just hearing that makes me smile
Love the hands on style that u guys have,. Thank U.
I love how they wag their tails a hundred miles an hour, so cute.
When you're having a rough week, this makes everything better. I love it! Thank you!
The way you both behave with your delightful goats simply warms my heart. You are all lovely, thank you............
You are so kind and your goats are soooo cute!! Those babies just melt my heart… ❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️
They are just adorable!
Their little tails wag so fast, cracks me up!!
The way you know each of their names is amazing. 💕🐐
That is so cute. I cannot believe how fast they eat and empty mama and their little Tails going 90 miles an hour adorable
Hello guys,
Three weeks ago one of my does gave birth to a really tiny baby girl. I named her Ruby Rue, after your Ruby. She is a complete joy.
Blessings on your day❤️
Aw 😌
rubi is a good name
Oh that's so nice. I hours she lives a loooong happy life:) thank you!
So sweet! Those little wagging tails 😁!
I grew up on a dairy farm (cows). I don’t know much about goats, except they sure are cute and have lots of personality. I had no idea that the babies were fed, what I would call community style, instead of a staying in the field and nursing from its mother. That a lot of goat lifting! I enjoy watching all your goats. Thanks!
I love your Video's!! You rang the bell and they came running! Lol! It's all about the FOOD!!
Sweet mommas and adorable babies ❤! The way the mommas share the job of feeding, awesome! I so enjoy watching you guys and the goats ❤!
Never seen so many babies at one time.
Love your videos!!
Adorable the way you treat them, with food and love!!! I watch you from Brazil.
Hello,
It's really beautiful to see these beautiful little beasts we had a small sheep farm and it was very blessed and enriching.
You with a beautiful place and we see that the goats are good and the love for them.
From Quebec and God bless you!
Love your goat farm such a family of goats you have there, each and every one of them have their own personality too making it even more enjoyable for me to watch your videos.
That is a big job! Your videos have such a friendly feeling. I like to see your happy goats
I have so missed your videos 😢I kept looking for more after Littlefoot’s passing but couldn’t find any. Since I have found your channel again, I look forward to so many❤😊
I love the way you have names for all your goats, shows you love all of them and it shows. I grew up herding sheep on the Navajo Reservation and I had a favorite, she had blue (lite) color and named her blue goat.
Such sweet mamas and babies!♥️♥️♥️♥️
😂🤣😂 Peanut was so funny! All of them all! ❤️❤️👍🏼
Love seeing you and all the goaties back !!!!!!
I am so happy I found your channel. It always makes me smile!
Most wholesome content on TH-cam! 👌😊
Oh Jake, I'm blushing🤭
It cracks me up to see the babies butt the mamas before they even latch on. Impatient little rascals - it reminds me of my days on the farm. You are doing an awesome job and I can't wait to see the new babies when they're born.
It's amazing how you remember their names.
Sam please bring the goat videos back! They are so good!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Just as GRU knows all his Minions names, you know all your kids names!!! You crack me up. Hey can I name one?
💛💙🧡💚🩵 Love ya guys!!
Great kids to boot 😅
Those mommas are troopers. Some carry 5 babies at a times.
They *really* love those pellets !!
All the babys and mommas mix and match? Thats funny
Such hungry babies!!
Good job ..very hands on .Well done!!!
That’s a lot of goats & Chickens!
I really do love you guys so much I really do
I actually like the way goats smell.
It's like a commune...but with goats.😂🤣
😂😂
You guys are so awesome 💖 love seeing all your lil babies, makes my day 🥰 wish I could have goats where I live, county won’t allow but I have 3 hens and love them to pieces 🥰💖
Will you continue posting your videos consistently this summer? I enjoy watching them and look for them.
Amazing how your nannies aren't fighting to get to the grain. Mine would be at the front of the feeder and on the stand trying to hit the girl in the head catch. The kids would all be fighting to get on the stand to get milk. It would be complete chaos!
I’ve been wondering how the heck do you remember all their names??? How many goats do you have?
We have probably 100 right now. Maybe more. We're sitting at about 50 does so maybe 50 or more babies. As for the names, I see them every day🤷🏻♂️ kinda like how a teacher learns names. If you see and interact with them every day, they stick with time.
Goodness gracious goats galore😊
I love this! Never seen this before, very interesting and I love it
I'm glad:)
Maybe goat glamping , extra special mini holiday idea ❤😊
I would love to have a goat.They r so cute!!
I'm from Brazil, I love watching your channel, it's so much fun. Portuguese subtitles are missing.🥰🥰🥰
So many beautiful colors and patterns. How do you keep them all straight? All sooo cute!😃
A feeding frenzie on the farm! 🐐
How do you keep all those names straight?😂
Practice:)
I just love seeing those tails wagging.
I have to comment again 😊 I think I've probably watched this video for the tenth time because it just makes my heart beat faster .It's just too nice with you. I always have a laughing and a crying eye because it would be my greatest wish to visit your farm once. I think that would totally change my life....between all the charming goats and goats kids ❤ But unfortunately I live in Germany and it will probably only be a dream 😔 How I would like to have friends from America...The people who visit your farm can really count themselves lucky 🙂 unfortunately I only have your beautiful videos 🦋 🐐 🐐 🦋You are so great and friendly people and your animals love you ❤
I'm sorry we cant have you out sometime😕 I'm so glad you're enjoying them so much. I hope the videos can continue to make a difference for you:) Sind sie eigentlich deutscherin? Ich wohnte zwei Jahre dort, und hab es sehr gemocht. Ich wurde sehr gern mal zurück gehen.
@@woodsidegoatfarm Thank you for your message. Yes I am German and live in Schleswig - Holstein near Hamburg 🙂 I find America just so fascinating ❤ I look forward to further videos from you,because they fill my heart and soul with joy....Thank you 🦋
@@caroladuske9600 oh wow, I lived in Pinneberg for four and a half months. I loved it there. Can I ask where specifically you're at?
@@woodsidegoatfarm I live in Kaltenkirchen 🙂
@@caroladuske9600 huh, I've been to a few smaller towns in the area, but I never ended up there. Cool connection though👍🏻
Love your videos!
Does the baby goat "punching" the udder hurt momma goat? I love seeing the baby goat feeding. Adorable, so cute.
Yeah, the mama's don't like it. If they're really full, they wont feed them on their own because it hurts too much. It's just frustrating, because they almost never actually need to do it. They do it to get more milk in the teat, and to get every last drop. But if I just put them on a mom that's bursting full, all they need to do is put their lips on there and they're getting a mouth full of milk. No need to lift that poor mama's back legs off the ground by punching a teat that's so full, it feels like a pumped up basketball😂 JUST DRINK. And then they're sad when mom doesn't want to feed them.. little dummies.
It definitely looks like it hurts. Ouch!
Love seeing them run to you. Do y'all have merchandise? Specifically tank tops?
We don't have any merch yet. Probably once we've been going for a bit and have more consistency with views, we'll get that going. All in due time:)
I would buy a shirt or hat!
I just love you guys so much I really do. And I would love to come stay with yall and vist with the babies I just had an stroke2years ago and now I can't do anything anymore but I can watch your video s and comment on the them
Well, I'm glad you can at least join us virtually. It's great to have you:)
Do they just drink from any momma? How did you do that?
The babies are always eager to drink from anyone. If you have mama's trained on a milkstand, then they'll let babies drink while on the stand. They get used to it.
@@woodsidegoatfarm my friend had some expensive show milk goats. She had to milk the moms, transfer the milk & then feed the babies with a bottle.
She said it wrecked the mom's teets for showing if they nursed straight off of her. Oh the life of a state fair champion!😂
How d do you remember the names of everyone ??? That's amazing 🤩
I see them all and interact with them every day🤷🏻♂️ I really enjoy talking to them and referring to them by name, so that motivates me to learn them.
That is awesome ☺️ Best wishes 👍👍
It's a lot of hard work..❤
I'm so glad (as a Mom) human babies don't attack teats like baby goats. Goats must have nips of steel.
I can confirm they they do NOT in fact have nips of steel😂
Owwie! It does not look like fun to be a Mama goat! 😉
Ok, I want a couple goats… lol…
My fave channel 🥰
Just curious, why not let the moms and babies stay together?
There are a few different reasons. The way we have things set up though, and with the quantity, the babies end up more social when they arent reliant on their mama at their side. If we had fewer babies, we could put mama and babies in a smaller pen, but we don't need to. They do just fine separate. And this way, the mama's don't get shut into a smaller pen. Doing so wouldn't kill them, but it's nice to have them out with the herd if they can be.
I always feel so bad for the mom. The kid treats the udder as a punching bag.
I was just saying the same thing no wonder the moms dont like to nurse long holy heck
Yeah they're not gentle😬
How in the world do you remember all their names lol? Love you guys.
How can you tell there is no more milk and are you feeding the babies to random mothers? Ty
You need a feeding trough for all those goats that way they all can get food on both sides eating that way they all get just my opinion but their all so sweet don’t know how you remember all those names❤️
I think you need a trough, those pans aren’t making it. 😆 😝
Do the moms feed their own kids or anyone's?
Where is your farm.which country?
Maybe a long trough feeder would be less of a violent scene😂❤
Can you put the babies and moms with the bucks? I have a baby that was born the first week of May and the mom and buck were always together but I separated them because she was feeding the baby but baby which is a she is eating regular food and at time does drink from mom but I would love to put them together..Can I put them all together??
Why are the babies separated from their moms???
There are several reasons:
1) tameness, you get tamer goats if they aren't raised by mom. This is important not just for the does, who might go to milk farms, but especially bucks who if staying inact can be very aggressive during breeding season. Having the babies become calm and relaxed around people makes far easier and safer to handle.
2) health of the babies. If the mom's go out to large pastures it can be hard to make sure the babies are getting enough to eat and keep track of their general health and welfare. Like with many other animals, baby goats can go down hill with illness very quickly, and it's easier to catch these things if they're in a smaller pen where they can be watched easier.
There are other reasons too, depending on what kind of farm it is. But this doesn't cause any harm to the animals, so it's not really an issue.
@LittleFireCat Very well said:)
Why not to keep baby goats with their moms? You don't milk them, so what's the point to separate?
You should give it a bath lather it up until it’s dripping with soap until the soap suds runs down your forearms
Your great the way you talk to your girls. That's a unique way to feed the babies.. I'm glad breast feeding human babies isn't like that..
How come the mamas don’t stay with babies and nurse as needed?
The babies stay healthier, it's good for them socially, and it helps us keep an eye on them when we have to get our hands on every baby multiple times a day.
How in the world do you remember all their names you have s many❤️
So many
I'd imagine the same way a teacher remembers so many names. You see them every day🤷🏻♂️:)
roflmao…. Just dump it on their heads…. Too funny
Does goat poo smell more like dog poo or cow manure?
It really doesn't have much of a smell. I'd say most of their stink is from urine, but if they're well kept, then it's not bad at all. You can smell cows from quite a distance, but i think you could be in the field with our goats with your eyes closed and ears plugged, and not even know you were on a farm. That may also be because I'm used to it😂 The same can't be said for bucks though. They're real stenchy.
Use a long trough rather than dump the feed in a pile on the ground.
I don’t know anything about goat farming so I don’t quite understand what’s going on. Could you give us a higher-level view of your operation?
This is a petting zoo, not a dairy operation, but the kids appear to be kept separate from the nannies.
They sleep together in the barn, presumably for protection. Nannies wouldn’t protect their kids if they were all in a secure enclosure together overnight?
Even during the day the kids are penned in and only see the nannies at feeding time, and the nannies have to be on a stanchion to feed them. And they feed any kid you give them.
Except you said that this was a special deal just for the kids who need extra and the nannies who have extra. That mostly the kids just nurse when they’re with their moms. But they aren’t with their moms???
We keep the kids separate for a number of reasons. One of the big ones being that they're much easier to keep track of when the babies are all kept under our watchful eye. It's easier to see when they're sick, or not eating. If they had free range of the 5 acres with mom, doing headcounts, and healthchecks on the babies becomes more challenging.
And as for your last question, they do feed on their own when they see their mama's. They aren't always with their mama's, but when I let the mama's in the feed their babies the four times a day, they are. That's when I put the babies that need it up on the milk stand on a mom with some extra milk. The babies that don't need help have about a half an hour to get what they need.
@@woodsidegoatfarm,
Thank you, that all makes sense!
@@woodsidegoatfarm,
Another question: feeding four times a day is enough, so does that mean that even very little kids are eating solids?
If someone didn't know better they would think these babies are violent with there momma's
Those poor mums
Adorable the way you treat them, with food and love!!! I watch you from Brazil.