First at all it is necessary to know that roses and cabbage and storks havn't anything to do with the reproduction of goats.
What makes it possible to have little goats is when a billy-goat meets a female goat who wants to make love.
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Think about the main difference between a billy-goat and a goat, and you think about that the billy-goat has something special that the goat doesn't have.
Think about a special thing that goats have but not billy goats...am I clear enough?...and to let in some liqueur of something she has not in some space she got, in where there will be developpement ( oh, mother nature)and reunion of there cells probable.
I hope you got a little idea about our question....
What was it like?
Oh, yes! how to get little ones?...
The main term of the time, when a goat thinks only about "doing it" is called heat. It is just a happy incidence for the goat-farmer, that this is the moment of fertility,too. Rut is the expression for the behaviour of the male concerning the female in heat. So it is the initiative of the female and she has only no safer sex for her own reproduction.
The male,is permanently ready to act, but he only starts to get busy when the goat sends clear messages without any doubts. A male can spend about 11 months close to females without giving proof of his virility, except of some signals in the morning when he streches his body in the early sunlight. (what a nice moment).
Daddy would love to explaine all these expressions without hesitation.
The goats have their heat in autumn and they are
pregnant during five months.They deliver their babies in springtime, faverously period concerning temperature, pasture, vacation... how nice it is!
To know the moment of heat you have to observe her behaviour.
1. Hypothesis : a there is a billy-goat inbetween .Don't worry, he is doing it.
2. Hypothesis : or you will visit a neighbours billy-goat.
There are three signals
1. she is not eating anymore
2. she is doing some sounds like in the fairy of la chèvre de M.Seguin.
3. she is wagging her little tale to show off a little "rose pearl"
If ever you have still a doubt,then bring her to a neighbours billy-goat, he'll find out.
It is the lady who orders the billy-goat to controle all next steps
The preliminairies are more or less long in time or not existing at all. It depends on the males character, his capacity, and of capitaine's age. In general( we don't have to explaine anything to him) he runs after females ass, smells and drinks her urine, and licks her legs... he can be very tender or macho, in love or indifferent. It is worth observing these happening. The billy-goat in rut has deturned eyes, he has crossed eyes," stretching the tounge by doing some sounds like "beleubeleubeleubeleubeleu...", pulling up his upper-lip and shaking his head.
Ladies,would you like to drink something?
It is recomanded to offer special food to the male before starting ...
If it is really cold out-side you can dry the little goat with help of a towel
In about 10 -30minutes after the moment of birth, the little one starts to stand and tries to reach mamas tits. It'll drink "colostrum" (first milk, full of anticorps, vitamines...) Last thing to control is looking for the placenta ,it needs to be delivered. Goats use to eat it,you should let them do so. It is the only moment in a year, when goats are not vegetarian.
You should be very nice to your goats, giving high- qualified feeding ( cereals, hay,...)
Goats gestion takes 5 month. After a first time you can feel them moving inside at the right, often they are two .In the beginnig of gestation milk-goats will give less milk, then less and less until the moment of drying up.This is the reason for having no cheese in winter-time.. without, there is no cheese. Eather you manipulate with hormones or you use frozen lait .NO THANK YOU! You have to be patient when you like natural products. You have to carry a lot for the goats during the gestation- it is not necessary to order strawberris but a feeding rich and balanced. A good gestation is basic for a good lactation. Some days before bith the tits are swollen. Attention !! The lucky moment is near.
The birth-giving
Normally goats don't need anybody at the moment of birth. You can join at look them, but it is just for your pleasuer, not for them. In case of difficulty you could help. Si it can be very important to recognize signals of birth-giving.
1. Date theoretic, "la saillie "+ 5 month (more or lesse 5 days)
2. Hardening and swollowing of the udder
3. Just before birth the baby moves downwards in the baley , the flancs grow hollow
4. The muscles around the tail are flexible, (like chewing-gum)
5. goats are tired,they dont have much hunger, they yawn...
6. They loose their "wax plug" ( 8 day max. before birth, always two days before)
You should be there if there is much mucus...
About 2 minutes to 30 minutes later the goat will startet to push. Then you''ll see a pair of lttle feets and then the mouth, this is an important moment. Don't hurry.If it seems to be too log then you can try to pull taking the legs in the balm of your hand. When the haed is out-side, the next step is easy. The mother will licks her child. You can help, takin off the mucus all around the mouth.
Wait to see if there is another one.
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