[YouGoatMe]

We have a mini nubian buckling born 11/9/2020. He has been nursing very well on his mom and gaining weight. At birth he was about 6 pounds. At 9 days old he was already 12 pounds. At 7 weeks old he weighed in at 22.5 pounds, so we hadn't had any concerns about his weight, and believe he's getting enough milk from his mom.
We had another doe that lost her baby. When I got her on the milking stand to relieve her udder a bit and avoid it getting too full, he jumped up and just started nursing on her. I was kind of like "ummmm....I guess that works?!" Since that happened every time I get the doe on the stand he jumps up there like it's his business. He still does nurse on his own mom too. I noticed he will now make the rounds on all my other does and see if they will let him nurse. It's kind of funny, but I wanted to make sure this wasn't a concerning or problematic behavior.

 

[goodenuff]

I had 9 babies born on the 24th and they all switch moms. I figured that they'll figure out who is their favorite and stick with them, one already has and it's not his mom. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

[fivemoremiles]

That is what happened to me too. I suddenly relised that i could graft kids and lambs on to goats. A few years back i had 55 bum kids and lambs on 12 does.
your buckling will become a problem when he becomes a problem wean him in his own pen

 

[YouGoatMe]

Thanks ya'll! He will be moving in to the boys barn soon anyway. He's started to talk like a buck and get real humpy lol. We have a few Nigerian Dwarf doelings that I don't want him fraternizing with so I might just milk the moms a little bit and give him bottles. I hadn't tried yet, but he literally nurses anything that is near his face (udders, my finger, my child's foot...haha) so I'm guessing he could figure out a bottle easily.

 

[Tanya]

What a little weirdo! He has good weight too. Post some pictures

 

[Goats Rock]

We have a couple thieves like that. One's name is "Snatch'n" the other is "Grabber"! I put little bells on them. Now the does hear them and don't let them nurse.

 

[Sfgwife]

We have a couple thieves like that. One's name is "Snatch'n" the other is "Grabber"! I put little bells on them. Now the does hear them and don't let them nurse.

Hahahhaha that is awesome!

 

[GoofyGoat]

We have a couple thieves like that. One's name is "Snatch'n" the other is "Grabber"! I put little bells on them. Now the does hear them and don't let them nurse.

Great names....too funny!

 

[YouGoatMe]

That's Nova on the left with his half brothers. Then when he decided to tell me he wanted to do some goat yoga. He's already too heavy for that now!

 

[MadHouse]

Wow, he is so much bigger!!!

 

[YouGoatMe]

He is the only mini Nubian, the other two are full Nigerian Dwarf. The size difference showed up FAST!

 

[toth boer goats]

Nice.

 

[Tanya]

He is big... wow...

 

[YouGoatMe]

Today the baby boys spent some supervised time with our buck and wether. The buck was more interested in talking to the ladies through the fence. Our nigerian dwarf wether stepped up to play though! From what I understand, the mini nubian should be about 135 pounds full grown. Hopefully he isn't still jumping on me for goat yoga at that point.

 

[YouGoatMe]

Well, I'm glad I had gotten a headstart introducing Nova to the boys. Today he peed on himself and left nothing to the imagination as far as boy bits go. How long before my sweet cuddly baby boy starts smelling?? I want to cry lol! He's SOOO sweet! It was difficult, but we moved him over officially today. We're allowing supervised nursing 3 times per day and he is eating hay and drinking water as well. Do I need to keep letting him nurse or cut him off cold turkey?

 

[MadHouse]

As far as the smell, my bucks didn’t smell until their second rut.