So I'm getting to be about 8 weeks from my does kidding, and wanted to see what time people like to do things before they kid. Do you like to do a final hoof trim? Or when would do you give the doe vaccinations or vitamin boosters? I just want to
Read more…My three year old Nigerian doe should have kidded around May 6th. Ligaments are mostly gone (I think....not a pro), bags are there, full but not tight and shiney. She stands on the fence when I come over, constantly eats and seems overall happy. Vet
Read more…We have 5 kids (from different moms). One of the bucklings is 8 weeks today - he will be wethered on Friday and I'm wondering if I need to separate him from the doelings and does for those couple of days...ie how much liklihood is there that he woul
Read more…Our ND, Nibbles, started having some bloody discharge yesterday. Friday she had more clearish discharge (I thought she was in heat) and then a golden/yellow discharge on Saturday. She does now have an udder and it showed up in the last week or so (
Read more…Hi there,
This is my first post, but hopefully someone can help me out. Our doe just kidded 4 kids yesterday. 2 were still-borns, and 1 healthy, and 1 with a lame leg, and weak joints.
I'm writing about the weak guy. I thought we could maybe
Read more…Hello everyone,
I have a doe who came to me pregnant, but with several possible due dates, the first of which was today. This is her 6th freshening, so she is a pro and has had anywhere from 1-4 per kidding. She isn't as wide as I would think for 4
Read more…I wrote about her on another post, but I have a goat that I think has made it her goal to keep me guessing. When I bought her, she had been with a buck from October to January and was supposed to be bred. The other goat who came with her freshened
Read more…What is the average weight of a newborn Nigerian kid? And the average weight when they are 8 weeks old?
Read more…So I was supposed to be getting two does that were going to kid out at the breeder. Well, they both kidded and both had to have c-sections. She called yesterday and does not want me to take either of the does or their single kids because of the birth
Read more…I had a Nigerian dwarf give birth about 40 hours ago. The babies seemed healthy after day one but today the mother has seemed to neglect one for the other. The other was very week and seemed to have little or nothing in its stomach. The mother defini
Read more…Iris delivered 5 doelings this morning but only one was born alive and she didn't make it. I had to go in after the last one. Iris seems to be all right but tired.
No wonder I thought she was big enough to deliver in December.
Read more…My last goat is due to kid in one week. She is so huge! Now when she sits down she starts bulging out her back end a little bit. Is this going to get in the way of her being able to deliver? I had two kiddings so far this year, and neither one we
Read more…After nine years and more than 100 does kidding, we had our first c-section a couple of days ago. I wrote about the process on my blog:
http://antiquityoaks.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-first-c-section.html
Several people have asked me questions though,
Read more…I have a friend a couple of hours away who has a goat that kidded on Friday. It was a somewhat difficult delivery. The first kid was breech and my friend had to stretch the doe out and then help get the little guy out, but he lived. Then a doeling
Read more…I had a thread about my doe with a large prolapse. When I went out today to tend it I was surprised to find it had mostly receded back inside!?!?!?
However because she hasn't eaten any hay any small bits of grain she now has runny diarrea. I have bee
Read more…well.....on my part not on my does part. She is due today. Yesterday I started thinking about how to take care of all the little poop piles in her pen. The pen is roughly 500 square feet, and so far housing is just 2 large dog houses and a tarp.
Read more…I am going to purchase a disbudding iron in the next couple of days. I remember Deborah mentioned a #30 iron I think, with a regular tip. Can you help me out on this?
Read more…Recently someone posted trouble with kidding, and were not able to get in contact with their vet. I do not know the outcome if the situation, though I hope it was a good one. Perhaps we can create a contact list for members who run in to trouble? I k
Read more…This might be answered somewhere here, but I couldn't find it =)
I have a first freshener who kidded 3 days ago and I'm wondering when to begin milking her. I have been adjusting her to the idea for about 2 weeks now, taking her to the stand and giv
Read more…Our doe just kidded-QUINTS!-and had an extremely difficult delivery. Two bucks came out at the same time, one backward, one forward and she pushed both of their heads through together. We got them out (died) and two doelings (alive!) along with ano
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