Capri finally started having Friday late in the day. Bubble broke around 10:40 but no real contractions. Called a friend then my helper who came over. Baby not coming out, called vet. Long story short, baby born breach at 12:15 a.m. Breach is a
Read more…I have been reading past posts about weak kids...Reading all those posts makes it seem like weak kids are common. I know that usually kids DO get up and thrive w/out assistance....buttt....if they are weak what is the best supplement to have on hand
Read more…At 7p.m. last night our doe,Rose, delivered a doeling under the house in the crawl space. My husband went under and saw the baby come and then what appeared to be the placenta. It is now 2:p.m. Sunday afternoon, there is still bloody gunck hanghing
Read more…My doe had triplets early yesterday evening. She is 9 and an experienced mother. The kids weighed, about 4 lbs 3.75 lbs and 3 lbs The smallest just could not get the idea of nursing despite the doe and I encouraging him. I milked some colostrum and f
Read more…Okay, folks, I finally got a good urine sample from Capri. The test strip is the darkest it can be or sure looks like it. I have the Propylene Glycol that I picked up with the strips. Later I will be talking to the vet though who knows how soon si
Read more…I am by no means complaining about this year's kidding. So far, so good! The first one that kidded, she had triplets first time kidding and no problems. Yay! The second one had just twins which I'm happy about since she usually has three or four
Read more…Made this pic this morning! Couldn't find ligs last night (but I don't seem so good at that part) Put her in kidding pen yesterday and other than screaming because she is by herself she seems normal! But her little vulva sure looks puffier to me and
Read more…Sorry, folks, for this question but I am at work and don't have the time to go through our past discussions or would do that first.
Capri is due the 2nd, (Day 145) so this is six days early - she is quite wide. Babies were very active yesterday. I'
Read more…We disbudded our first doeling one month ago...her scabs are off--the wound looks good almost completely healed with no horn growth --yipee! We disbudded our 8 day old buckling one week ago , he had obvious little (1/8th in. buds) . It looks lik
Read more…Today, I noticed that Lucy is chasing off her buckling when he tries to nurse. Her udder is HUGE, and very VERY full, and she's not allowing him near her. He seems to be active, and he's still trying to nurse, but she doesn't seem to want him around
Read more…My FF doe (day145-150 pen bred within this date range) ligaments started going soft yesterday morning. By late afternoon there were gone. I moved her into the kidding pen then. She did have some mild contractions. She stretched out and her behind sou
Read more…I am a bit concerned yet over Panzy's condition after her rough kidding 8 days ago. She's the doe who had the dead kid that was very hard to get out of her. She started out on penicillin day 1 PM through day 4 AM. Her temp had normally been about
Read more…Hello all,
I have 3 little nans all due to kid in 2 - 3 weeks. It was our billy's first year old enough to mate so we're not entirely sure he 'nailed it' during his first week -- so I'm not 100% sure on the exact due date.
One of the nannies has k
Read more…How do you all water your moms? Last night my first baby 5 days old snuck through the only hole between my 2 stalls (I thought it was to small for her to even attempt) and was in with my other doe that hasn’t been very nice to mommy and new baby. She
Read more…My registered nigerian doe kidded this morning with twins. The first one was a buckskin colored buckling and the second one was a light creamy colored doeling with blue eyes. The buckling's front knees are bent backwards when he stands up. Is there a
Read more…I overslept (until 8:00) and when I looked my t.v. monitor, I saw my little doeling laying in the far corner of the kidding stall (far meaning away from the heat lamp). In a panic, I went out - she was dead. Her little body was still warm on the un
Read more…So the Velvet X Miyagi daughter that was born yesterday has some very pretty moonspots. Velvet is solid black and Miyagi is buckskin with a white splotch but no moon spots that I was aware of. If Velvet is solid black does that mean Miyagi has a mo
Read more…Penny has been showing signs of labor since 7:30 this morning...at that time she was bug eyed, talking at her belly ect. Put her out in the pasture, brought her back in finally at around 3pm and she has been pawing, up and down, ligaments gone ect.
Read more…Since the cam address for MareStare.com was posted, I have watched several kiddings (and one foaling that almost went terribly wrong). One farm seems to be way too "hands-on" with the kidding, actually removing the kids immediately and cleaning them
Read more…Velvet just had twins that are now approaching 2 hrs old. They are not latching on and nursing well. I helped the boy get a good suckle but he has not on his own. Girl does not want to be helped thank you very much, but I believe I saw her get a li
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