Updated 5/26/08
On Valentine's Day, 2/14/07, our day began with a set of triplets. Nena had triplets, two bucks and a doe, with one surviving buck, Cupid. Leila, our Nubian goat, had her kids the same afternoon and had twin does, Valentine and Valencia. We moved the does and their kids from the rest of the herd and placed them in their own individual goat nursery.
Our goat nurseries consist of four 4'W x 4'L x 8'H houses with 4'W x 8'L x 8'H pens. After a couple of days the doors of their pens are left open during the day and they are allowed access to a larger fenced area that is used as a kid playground. On the "playground" is a solid wood chicken nest box that the kids use to jump on and off. The nest box is divided into three nest areas, about 15"W x 15"H x 15"L, that the kids also use to curl up and sleep in. There is a small spool but they are usually too small to jump that high. We allow the goats and their kids to rejoin the herd when the kids are a couple of weeks old.
On 3/23/07, we had another two does decide to kid on the same day. Jackie was the first to kid and had her twins, Max and Melanie, a buck and doe. Our Nubian goat, Ashelin, was bred to Lazarus and had a single buck, Billy, mid-afternoon. The does and kids were removed from the herd and placed in their own goat nursery.
On 4/07/07, two more does decided to kid on the same day. Divinity, our Nubian/Boer cross, had a pair of twins, a buck and doe, Wedge and Divot, in the morning. Peppy had a single doe, Slice, the same afternoon. The does and kids were removed from the herd and placed in their own goat nursery.
Emma was due to kid on 6/16 and miscarried a pair of kids on 5/17/07.
Cameron had a single buck on 7/11/07.