Mother goat not recognizing baby goat (and what you can do to help)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Has your doe had a baby goat that she has rejected? Maybe your mother goat is not recognizing her baby or is refusing to let the goat kid feed. Here are some reasons why your mother goat might have rejected or not recognize her babies, and what you can do to help the situation and encourage her to adopt the baby goats as her own.
There are actually many reasons why your mother goat might be rejecting or not recognizing her baby or babies. Look at the list below and decide which might apply to your goat's situation. You will have better luck pairing the mother goat back up with the rejected kid if you can work out the underlying cause/s.
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2:30 First timers
2:50 Difficult birth
3:30 Previous traumatic birth
4:00 Bad genetics
4:40 Too much intervention
5:00 They smell wrong
6:15 Sore udder
7:25 Baby's mouth
7:45 Weakling
9:10 What can you do if the mother goat rejects the baby goat
9:40 Dry and warm
10:25 How to dry them to avoid rejection
11:00 The importance of colostrum
12:00 Penning them up and what to do next
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Hi from Australia. Dont have a farm but enjoy watching Nigerian dwarf goats videos. Enjoy watching BLUE CACTUS DAIRY GOATS on YT. They are goat breeders. As you said in your video you didnt know exactly when your goat was about to give birth, i thought i might pass on some info i watched on this other breeders channel. She said that on the base of the tail, you can feel hard ligaments either side, but a 100% guaranteed way to tell if your goat is going to give birth soon, is feel for the ligaments, placing your hand either side on the base of the tail. If the ligaments are hard and you can feel them, shes not giving birth soon, but if the ligaments have gone soft/squishy and you cant feel them its a 100% sign shes READY to give birth *which could be a few hours*.. hope this helps, you may already know this info. cheers
Way to go Talia, you've obviously been taught well by mum and dad...they must be so proud because I am 😊😊😊😊😊
I am so proud of her
I have one right now and she refused it and don’t have milk but for one
It’s a common thing with first time female goats
What a beautiful baby goat.
Your video was very informative, thank you for posting!
I do have a question if you could possibly help me. We have 3 does and 3 bucks, Nigerian Dwarf goats. We had one of our does, a first time freshener, give birth to a single buckling, but she wanted nothing to do with him. We tried a lot of what you suggested but she wanted nothing to do with him. She headbutted him around and into the wall and such. We kept taking him to her and holding her while he nursed several times a day hoping that her smell coming from the baby would make her want to be friendly. We tried leaving him with her then and left so that we wouldn't influence your reaction and watched via a camera we have in the barn and she tossed him twice into the wall and really went after him. She is not a mean goat, she was a bottle baby herself and is very loving but not with this baby. So we have started milking her and bottle feeding the baby and the baby is having to stay inside with us because its just not safe for him to stay out with her. My question is and what has me very worried is how and when do I introduce him back into the herd? There are no other babies in the herd and no pregnant does. I'm at a loss on what to do with him. If you can give me any kind of advice I would be greatly appreciative. Thank you for taking the time to read this and for taking the time to make this video.
Unfortunately, many milking lines have been bred to not be maternal because a lot of dairies bottle feed all the babies. Given it is her first time, she might be better next year. We had one doe that it took 3 pregnancies before she would accept and raise her babies, but some never will. I would wait until he was big enough and strong enough to run away from her and not try and feed off of her. Probably a couple of weeks would be enough. We will often bottle raise a few lambs and any kids that need it, and once they are a few weeks old they just join the herd and come running to us every feed time. The big ones push them around a bit until they learn their place in the herd, but not in the same aggressive way an mother actively rejecting a baby will. If there is anyone nearby that has other babies (goats or lambs) that you could get one so they can be buddies to snuggle up to when it is cool.
Hope that helps, all the best with your situation
Your video is very informative, thank you!
Would you have advice for me?
We got some goats almost a year ago. They were a bit in the wild side and still are after a lot of work with them. Now, one of them kidded very early this morning. First timer, but 2 kids. One was almost dry and running, the other in another goat's pen 😳 She wouldn't take the kids and is obviously stressed. We had to separate them to keep both safe.
Now the little girl, second kid, is doing fine, but the older boy wouldn't latch on the bottle. I got some colostrum in him, barely. Looks like he can suck, he accidently did for a second, but would just stay with open mouth not even chew on it.
How can I encourage him to drink on his own? Any ideas?
Thank you 😊
Perseverance is the key, and keeping them warm. A cold goat cannot digest food and will bloat and die, so make sure they are nice and warm, and then feed every hour or so until you know he has 'got it' then you can spread out to a more normal feed spacing and volume. Every little bit of colostrum counts right now. Best of luck with them
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Thank you 😊
So far so good, will keep trying
Best wishes to you and your family 💖
Thank you so much this video is totally a help
Thank you very very much!! You answered all my questions and some i didn't even know to ask!!
I'm so glad!
Thank you so much
You got my eyes!
If the mother wants to bite their tail or ear is it even safe to leave the baby there with the mother?
some mothers are hyper aggressive towards the babies they reject, if this is the case it is safer to remove the baby and bottle feed them sadly.
@@FantailValleyHomestead hi there. Thank you for your answer. We managed to slowly get the baby to her mom and she actually accepted her now. It was a lot of hard work but we managed.
@@BlackSwanGamingTGK oh well done! I am so happy for you
Great information.. thanks 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Hi just lost my babe goat he was born yesterday the mother couldn't not produce milk nd she was rejecting him what must I do if a mother doesn't have milk after birth?
the first milk they make is thick and in very small volumes, this is the colostrum that the baby must have within a few hours of being born. Occasionally the teats get a little blocked up and they need milked to release the blockage. Has she definitely finished labor - she doesn't have another baby stuck? Is she a first time mother?
Well you would kill it of course so that it could be on your dinner plate of course. And then just buy another nanny goat for whatever billy goat you got and just try breeding the new one and hope for the best on the new one not rejecting the goat kid this time.
I had up to 300 bore nannie kidding at the same time and up to 28 on bottle
It’s pure work but I get mad if I lose one because I failed
Wish and pray for rain
I bet you are Irish and I’m Persin. How come we have the same eyes!!!!
Genetics are a crazy thing!
Much love xoxox
Bit rough eh
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Why you have my eye color? I’m Persian and you ain’t.