Back on March 9, 2021, our Nigerian Dwarf Goat, Nanna, had two Nigerian Dwarf Kids, little male Buklings, who we later named Nicky and Robbie.
The nice thing is, lately They’re and not only eating hay and grain, but also learning to browse and forage while enjoying the pasture, and as in this video barking trees while Playing At Briden Farm.
It’s been awhile, since we’ve done our last Chicken TV at Briden Farm, episode. It’s really become a “Thing” and people have been telling us how much they enjoy it!
So, I apologize it’s been so long, to say the least we’ve had our struggles, and have been very busy over the past couple of months with the coming of Spring and all that brings.
Actually, as of late, I’ve been wondering if perhaps we should broaden the focus a bit and change the name of “Chicken TV at Briden Farm”, to “Life at Briden Farm”? We’d be interested in hearing your feedback. Please post your comments below.
I suppose it’s a good time of Year, it being Easter Week, and All, but we were surprised to find a nest with 22 Eggs in it!
Recently we added some hay, and moved things around, in our carport where the Hens prefer to lay! Laying Hens are funny that way!
We have nest boxes in the Chicken Coop, but the girls prefer to lay in the hay in the carport! We have put banana boxes in there, filled with hay, and they’re pretty good at laying in them.
We typically get about 12-14 eggs a day, and after we recently moved things around, that number dropped to about half! So, I wondered if we put them off laying, but figured it more likely they were hiding them, or had at least changed location!
Sure enough, we discovered 22 eggs in a nest at the back end of the carport, at the back end of the hay where we’d made a crisscross with the hay bales, leaving ample space for a beautiful nest!
Now, it may be because we made the changes, but it makes me wonder if with Easter on the Horizon if the hens just wanted us to be proud that Our Chickens Are Hiding Easter Eggs!
PS: I have it on good authority that tomorrow morning, there might just be a Briden Farm Video about some very special Bunnies! 😉
The time is coming closer, and Nanna will soon have Her Kids! Today, 28 March 2021 was her due date, sort of! See, a Nigerian Dwarf Goat, Doe, can have their Nigerian Dwarf Goat Kids anytime from 145-155 days after being bred. So, today was the 145th Day, and that means Nanna will soon have her Kids, within the next ten days.
Today I separated Nanna from our other Goats, our current Saanen Milking Goat, Eve, is in one end of the area we keep Does. Momma, also pregnant, and Snow White, her 8 month old Doeling are in the middle section, and Nanna is actually in the milking parlour, now become birthing area.
We like to get the girls used to being on the Milking Stand, even before we start milking them! That’s because by the time we do start milking them, they’re already used to being on the stand. Thus having Nanna in the area we usually use as our Milkimg Parlour it gets her used to being there, and we feed her grain in the trough and she stands on the milking stand. So, by the time we start milking her, she’s used to it. However, before that happens she’ll have her kids and being separated from, but close to, the others does she is in a safer place, and will be able to have the time to birth and bond with her kids. After that we’ll thoroughly clean the area and return the birthing area back to our milking parlour.
The whole thing should work out quite well, with Nanna at one end, Momma and Snow White in the middle section, and Eve in the section near the outside door, it allows me to go milk Eve, tend to Momma and Snow White as needed, and still have a safe place for Nanna and soon her kids! For more information please phone 902-907-0770.