[janeen128]

My kinder doe gave birth to what I thought was a girl last Wednesday, but today it was confirmed she is a he... I'm chalking this up to being a complete newbie..... somehow doesn't make me feel much better....:-/

 

[nancy d]

Hehe, been there. Once I thought I had a buckling. Turned out her tail was in the way & I was in a hurry.

 

[KW Farms]

No biggy...we all make mistakes. I've done it before too.

 

[peggy]

Haha.... you are not the first one that made that mistake, so don't feel bad. Here is a link to a great site with good pics showing the difference at birth. This is how I check now all the time with 100% accuracy. http://fiascofarm.com/goats/gender.htm

 

[toth boer goats]

Yep, don't feel bad, did it too, LOL

 

[janeen128]

Haha.... you are not the first one that made that mistake, so don't feel bad. Here is a link to a great site with good pics showing the difference at birth. This is how I check now all the time with 100% accuracy. http://fiascofarm.com/goats/gender.htm

Thanks, that clears things up

 

[janeen128]

Thanks all for the encouraging words...

I have one that I'm hoping she will kid soon, so perhaps I'll be correct with her kid/or kids...

 

[lottsagoats]

Yup, been there, dunit. Now, since my barn tends to be a bit dark, I life the kids at birth and look very closely for dangly things under the body or a poochy thing under the tail!

 

[TrinityRanch]

It isn't that big of a problem! Every once in a while, I have to actually feel jewels before I accept the gender Takes a while, trust me.

 

[Jessica84]

lol, makes me feel good here I was bad too this year, no clue how. Looked like a girl when it was born then 2 day later when they were jumping around I was confused where the little boy came from......I have never admitted that to anyone before now

 

[toth boer goats]

HeHe, I grab for jewels as well

 

[MsScamp]

My kinder doe gave birth to what I thought was a girl last Wednesday, but today it was confirmed she is a he... I'm chalking this up to being a complete newbie..... somehow doesn't make me feel much better....:-/

Don't feel dumb, it's happened to a lot of goat owners. I've recorded kids as being male or female only to discover that they were the opposite of what I had them down as. Sometimes I would almost swear kids can change spontaneously change sexes just to confuse us and have a good laugh at our expense. :laugh:

 

[georgiagirl98]

My grandparents have raised all kinds of livestock for forever, the first year i had goats i had a doe give birth at there place, and she told me it was a buckling and a doeling and when i brought them home i probably checked both 20+ times and they were both does. I called her and she swore up and down one was a buck, but when she came over she checked again and they were both does clear as day. I felt so dumb i probably spent 30 min checking them over and over haha. So dont feel to bad.

 

[toth boer goats]

:laugh: Yep