How Many Lambs or Goat Kids to Expect in a Year: The Truth!

How Many Lambs or Goat Kids to Expect in a Year: The Truth! Do you ever get the feeling people are just telling you what you want to hear? Have you experineced sellers telling you things like, "You can expect your ewe or doe to have babies twice a year". In this video, Tim explains how many lambs or goat kids you can realistically expect in a year. If you are going to raise sheep or goats for profit, this is a must watch video. Help to boost profits on your small farm or hobby farm sheep and goat operation by learing more with Linessa Farms. In this video, we specifically talk about the Cornell University Star Breeding System and Star Management System.

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[wellingtoncoelho]

Here is a suggestion video about accelerated lambing system.
Thanks!

[joshminton]

Good video! Glad you’re teaching people this stuff. Jack leg farmers sometimes can get naive people to buy goats or sheep because they convince them you can get 2 kid crops a year and have twins every time. Good video!

[tjjurake]

Your response to Gerald is spot on. These animals need time to recover from pregnancy and raising their young. They do put all they have into raising their kids. If breeders charged more for replacement stock perhaps it would deter the greedy, people who accelerate the breeding cycle (and do it poorly) only to cull their poor overworked does at a young age. We have does who still produce for us on an annual basis at 9 years of age and yes, they do require better care.

[geralddunn]

well, interesting, a 15-year study would be hard to argue with and it does put down some of the BS some groups and people put out. as always thanks for the truth, please keep it up and stay warm

[andrewpipkin]

Thanks for the replying to my last comment. I love your channel and the fact that you go into the science and technical side of things. I am new to the goat game and love learning new things all the time from your channel. Is it ok to ear tag new born kids or should I wait a few days or weeks? I ear tag to keep records of who belongs to who and birth weights.

[andrewsanders]

I have 2 herds one in Arizona and one in Oklahoma. The Arizona herd kids every 9 months. In okla i kid once in July/august. No hormones no nothing only been doing for twice as long as your study. To push faster than the 9 months kill weaning numbers. And 30 years of 0 tolerance on not getting breed with herd and weaning kids has a big effect.

[mamadoubalde]

Good evening my name is Mohamad I'm leaving in Georgia Atlanta right now I'm originally from Guinee Conakry in Ouest Africa ... I would like to learn more about goats and 🐑 farming and visit your farm!!!

[wellingtoncoelho]

Ok, you mentioned that ewes in North America are most likely to breed in the Fall.
My question is for South America is it true as well?

[iwantosavemoney]

I have looked into this and think it would be something to try but not for a wail am learning and still very green with sheep but it is very interesting I have heard and been told of lamb to ewes ratio of 1.8 and even higher am ready to see what my first ones do but if 1.5 is what the University for a 15 year study that is interesting I wonder what sheep.

[cjosjr.]

My girls gave me babies twice this year. I had babies in March and now I have e babies in November. My ram stays with the girls.

[oldmanpatriot]

Hey there, , , Me Again, , , hope things are going well... Things are good here except for one little newborn Katahdin lamb ram we have.. He is extremely healthy but the other day, we noticed he was limping.. On closer inspection, , The scent gland on his back hoof is really swollen and red.. So much so that you cant see the little bump of the gland. I did try squeezing it gently, not very hard because I didnt want to hurt him further or send infection else where, , , and nothing came out, but I can tell its infected. I do not notice any smell from it so I did put some generic triple antibiotic topical ointment on it. Once my wife is home later today, I will have her hold him and get a much better look with a magnifying glass to make sure there is no splinter. If it is the gland that is infected, what kind of treatment should I be doing for him?

Thanks in advance,

[MrGYPSYSPADE]

aha. i have an idea for video for you. maybe you could make one about artificial insemination. 1)how to collect buck semen, equipment required . 2) how to store semen. how to fill them up in straws manually or what equipment are available for it. freezing, thawing, analysis, storage equipment and procedures. how long it can be stored for? 3) how to inseminate the doe 4) portable 2d ultrasonic pregnancy testing equipment. if pregnant, good. if not how many days later one can inseminate again?
These are things i am trying to find out for my own self . It would be great to have somebody like you give a lowdown on it. So far been on natural way, but i want to shift towards controlled production and AI inhouse. So i am trying to figure out the equipment their cost and the procedure. Put it all together and then see at what minimum number of does & bucks' tribe it becomes viable. 50+2? 100+4?
Thank you for reading

[viscache]

Every year I expect as many as are born. When I presell I do not take money until after they are a month old and I am certain of the genetics and health of the lamb. Promising what you don’t have is a lie.