Meat Goat Kidding Questionnaire
*1.   How many years have you been managing your current herd?
2.   Where is your herd located?
Zipcodes are used only for assigning herds to regions of the state.
 
State (mandatory)
Zipcode (optional)
*3.   What was your herd size (# of breeding age does) in 2008?  
*4.   From 2007 to 2008 did your herd size: 
*5.   Approximately what percentage of your kiddings for 2008 occurred in:
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Winter (Dec 20 - Mar 20)
Spring (Mar 20 - Jun 20)
Summer (Jun 20 - Sept 20)
Fall (Sept 20 - Dec 20)
6.   Approximately what percentage of your 2008 kids died at each of the following ages?
Don't include kids you sold or butchered
 
%
main reasons:
Birth - stillborn, dead on arrival, dead same day?
Two days old until weaning?
After weaning?
7.   When was the last time you kidded in:
 
Year
If you no longer kid at this time of year or never have, why don't you?
Winter?
Spring?
Summer?
Fall?
*8.   How stressful would you rate your 2008 kidding seasons from 1 to 5?
totally unstressful  extremely stressful
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*9.   How satisfied were you with your feed costs during your 2008 kidding seasons?
totally unsatisfied  extremely satisfied
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*10.   How satisfied were you with your herd's health during your 2008 kidding seasons?
totally unsatisfied  extremely satisfied
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11.   How satisfied were you with prices received for your kids during 2008?
totally unsatisfied  extremely satisfied
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*12.   How exhausted were you at the end of your 2008 kidding seasons?
totally unexhausted  extremely exhausted
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*13.   When did your most recently completed kidding season occur?
Include month and year
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Month
Year
14.   Check the following if done during your most recently completed kidding season:










15.   Complete each of the following (if applicable) for your most recently completed kidding season: 
Leave blank any questions that do not apply
 
Fill out (include units if necessary, i.e. days old, wks. old)
Approximate number of does kidding
Number of people (paid and unpaid) helping fulltime with herd
Number of people helping with herd parttime (at least 1 hr. daily)
Frequency of kidding checks per day
Frequency of kidding checks per night
Approximate percentage of litters put in claiming pens
For litters put in claming pens, average # of days kept there
Type of supplemental heat if any, (i.e. lamps, heating room, heating box)
Type of monitoring devices used, if any (i.e. baby monitors, video cameras)
Average castration age for kids (if done)
Average vaccination ages for replacement kids (if done)
Average disbudding age (if done)
Average Bo-Se age for kids (if done)
Average weaning age (if done)
16.  Additional comments:

If you kid more than once per year, you are invited to answer the following three questions.
Otherwise, thank you so much for completing the survey!

17.   When did your second most recent kidding season occur?
Include month and year
 
Month
Year
18.   Check the following if done during your second most recent kidding season:










19.   Complete each of the following (if applicable) for your second most recent kidding season: 
Leave blank any questions that do not apply
 
Fill out (include units if necessary, i.e. days old, wks. old)
Approximate number of does kidding
Number of people (paid and unpaid) helping fulltime with herd
Number of people helping with herd parttime (at least 1 hr. daily)
Frequency of kidding checks per day
Frequency of kidding checks per night
Approximate percentage of litters put in claiming pens
For litters put in claming pens, average # of days kept there
Type of supplemental heat, if any (i.e. lamps, heating room, heating box)
Type of monitoring devices used, if any (i.e. baby monitors, video cameras)
Average castration age for kids (if done)
Average vaccination ages for replacement kids (if done)
Average disbudding age (if done)
Average Bo-Se age for kids (if done)
Average weaning age (if done)

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