I'm so glad they make a difference to someone! All the best with your recovery!

@@woodsidegoatfarm Thank you! ❤️

I don't know you but I really hope you kick cancers ass ❤

@@lyndseymcbr-tc8lj Oh Lyndsey, thank you, thank you for your kindness. Your comment means the world to me! 😘❤️💪

We all do 😭♥️

Me too.

Same here. I wrote a short eulogy for Littlefoot in the comments of Littlefoot's last video. There is no replacing Littlefoot.

There is. A cute hunk next to those babies 😋

@@Le_Pete 🤣

Glad you enjoyed it:) I wish you a nice Sunday evening as well👍🏻

@@joyinthemorning44 Thanks for explaining that. I was wondering if it hurt.

My favorite is when they're all running together, and some of them will start running sideways and jumping and kicking their legs like they did when they were little. Makes me laugh every time to see a full size goat do that.

@@woodsidegoatfarm I have some older goats that do the same. So funny!

I'm glad you found us too. Glad you're liking it:)

Aw 😌

rubi is a good name

Oh that's so nice. I hours she lives a loooong happy life:) thank you!

Oh Jake, I'm blushing🤭

I'm glad:)

😂😂

I'm sorry we cant have you out sometime😕 I'm so glad you're enjoying them so much. I hope the videos can continue to make a difference for you:) Sind sie eigentlich deutscherin? Ich wohnte zwei Jahre dort, und hab es sehr gemocht. Ich wurde sehr gern mal zurück gehen.

@@woodsidegoatfarm Thank you for your message. Yes I am German and live in Schleswig - Holstein near Hamburg 🙂 I find America just so fascinating ❤ I look forward to further videos from you,because they fill my heart and soul with joy....Thank you 🦋

@@caroladuske9600 oh wow, I lived in Pinneberg for four and a half months. I loved it there. Can I ask where specifically you're at?

@@woodsidegoatfarm I live in Kaltenkirchen 🙂

@@caroladuske9600 huh, I've been to a few smaller towns in the area, but I never ended up there. Cool connection though👍🏻

I was just saying the same thing no wonder the moms dont like to nurse long holy heck

Yeah they're not gentle😬

I see them all and interact with them every day🤷🏻‍♂️ I really enjoy talking to them and referring to them by name, so that motivates me to learn them.

That is awesome ☺️ Best wishes 👍👍

We don't have any merch yet. Probably once we've been going for a bit and have more consistency with views, we'll get that going. All in due time:)

I would buy a shirt or hat!

Practice:)

Well, I'm glad you can at least join us virtually. It's great to have you:)

I can confirm they they do NOT in fact have nips of steel😂

We have probably 100 right now. Maybe more. We're sitting at about 50 does so maybe 50 or more babies. As for the names, I see them every day🤷🏻‍♂️ kinda like how a teacher learns names. If you see and interact with them every day, they stick with time.

Yeah, the mama's don't like it. If they're really full, they wont feed them on their own because it hurts too much. It's just frustrating, because they almost never actually need to do it. They do it to get more milk in the teat, and to get every last drop. But if I just put them on a mom that's bursting full, all they need to do is put their lips on there and they're getting a mouth full of milk. No need to lift that poor mama's back legs off the ground by punching a teat that's so full, it feels like a pumped up basketball😂 JUST DRINK. And then they're sad when mom doesn't want to feed them.. little dummies.

It definitely looks like it hurts. Ouch!

The babies are always eager to drink from anyone. If you have mama's trained on a milkstand, then they'll let babies drink while on the stand. They get used to it.

​​@@woodsidegoatfarm my friend had some expensive show milk goats. She had to milk the moms, transfer the milk & then feed the babies with a bottle. She said it wrecked the mom's teets for showing if they nursed straight off of her. Oh the life of a state fair champion!😂

There are a few different reasons. The way we have things set up though, and with the quantity, the babies end up more social when they arent reliant on their mama at their side. If we had fewer babies, we could put mama and babies in a smaller pen, but we don't need to. They do just fine separate. And this way, the mama's don't get shut into a smaller pen. Doing so wouldn't kill them, but it's nice to have them out with the herd if they can be.

There are several reasons: 1) tameness, you get tamer goats if they aren't raised by mom. This is important not just for the does, who might go to milk farms, but especially bucks who if staying inact can be very aggressive during breeding season. Having the babies become calm and relaxed around people makes far easier and safer to handle. 2) health of the babies. If the mom's go out to large pastures it can be hard to make sure the babies are getting enough to eat and keep track of their general health and welfare. Like with many other animals, baby goats can go down hill with illness very quickly, and it's easier to catch these things if they're in a smaller pen where they can be watched easier. There are other reasons too, depending on what kind of farm it is. But this doesn't cause any harm to the animals, so it's not really an issue.

@LittleFireCat Very well said:)

So many

I'd imagine the same way a teacher remembers so many names. You see them every day🤷🏻‍♂️:)

The babies stay healthier, it's good for them socially, and it helps us keep an eye on them when we have to get our hands on every baby multiple times a day.

It really doesn't have much of a smell. I'd say most of their stink is from urine, but if they're well kept, then it's not bad at all. You can smell cows from quite a distance, but i think you could be in the field with our goats with your eyes closed and ears plugged, and not even know you were on a farm. That may also be because I'm used to it😂 The same can't be said for bucks though. They're real stenchy.

We keep the kids separate for a number of reasons. One of the big ones being that they're much easier to keep track of when the babies are all kept under our watchful eye. It's easier to see when they're sick, or not eating. If they had free range of the 5 acres with mom, doing headcounts, and healthchecks on the babies becomes more challenging. And as for your last question, they do feed on their own when they see their mama's. They aren't always with their mama's, but when I let the mama's in the feed their babies the four times a day, they are. That's when I put the babies that need it up on the milk stand on a mom with some extra milk. The babies that don't need help have about a half an hour to get what they need.

@@woodsidegoatfarm, Thank you, that all makes sense!

@@woodsidegoatfarm, Another question: feeding four times a day is enough, so does that mean that even very little kids are eating solids?