This doe started with long mucus string hanging noticed around 7:@m, she panted standing up looking depressed with her head down all day and finally around 6:pm started pushing and had two breach babies, tail first. Then a third, tail first as well a
Read more…Have to share this. We all know things could go array but just don't think it really will. Just read on another site, someone with standard goats, dosed her goat kids per her vet, with Mu-Se. She had 4, it killed everyone of them. I have vaguely hear
Read more…I have a doe that is due today or Tuesday depending on which breeding "took."
She is not acting herself. She is not eating or drinking all day. She is visibly not feeling well. She is shaking, and will not integrate with the herd. Im pretty sure she
Read more…Anyone any thoughts on which of these options that are available here would be best to feed an orphaned kid?
-powdered milk (for human consumption)
-powdered baby milk
-sheep milk (fresh)
-cows milk (fresh)
-water
-water plus whatever would be good
Read more…I wanted to start a discussion about my unusual situation with my doe who is due this week (3rd freshening) who looks like she'll have 4 or 5 kids. She had a most unusual heat-- was in standing heat for a full 5 days! Her first day she was bred and s
Read more…Wondering what the earliest date people have had their goats kid? This will be my 1st kidding, senior doe due to kid 4/18. I just found out I need to go out of town 4/9-4/10. Is this cutting it too close? I would appreciate any input! Thanks!
Read more…It's been a while since I've been on here, so I thought I'd stop by to say "hi!" and catch up. :)
So, roll call? When does your kidding season start and how many does are you expecting to deliver? Do you have any that look like they may have big litt
Read more…My doe FINALLY kidded today!!!
Two beautiful babies. Mama's name is The Magic Show so babies names are (buck) Alacazam and (doe) Abracadabra. The one question I have is (being a new goat grandma and all) the buck (the black one) has a bent ear an
Read more…50 more days to go. Yolanda is getting heavier and just starting to develop an udder. So exciting, this will be our first kidding. Black one is Yolanda, gold one is the buck. she isn't very big so i am guessing a single
Can't really see the udder st
Read more…I have a doe due March 2 and I just separated her from the other does. She has a little dried blood on her vulva and when she peed it was a little pink, but that could have been the dried stuff being washed away. Apparently, I should have followed my
Read more…This kidding season is the worst I've experienced so far. The latest blow is one of my favorite does having an early abortion. She was only about two months along. I noticed last night she has blood matted in her tail. I checked for injury but couldn
Read more…I know that does can bleed a bit for up to 2 weeks after birthing, but how much blood is considered normal and when is it a concern? My doe kidded with 3 (2 bucklings and one tiny doeling who is doing well now) last Friday. Today she started bleedi
Read more…Now that we have the kidding behind us (delivered 5 days ago-whew!) I am noticing how thin mom is looking. (Looks a little thinner each day - I thought that was great when it was me getting thinner after pregnancy, but I'm not sure it's good for my g
Read more…I think my doe is trying to kill me.
I am absolutely positive of how far along she is (152 days today) because she was only with the buck one day. She has had an udder forming for the last 3 weeks, until today her ligaments were extremely tight. Thi
Read more…This was only my second kidding ever and boy was it an experience. I have a doe who is half Pygmy, half Nigerian who is very small. I never intended to breed her because of her size, but my husband accidentally left a gate open and she got in an area
Read more…Hello! I just joined. I have owned a small herd of pet "Fainting goats" for about 8 years. We have a small farm near a suburban/rural area, and people tend to offer us animals that they took on and decided they can't handle. I was recently given a fe
Read more…We are relatively new to goats and recently purchased 5 does - all pregnant - as well as a wether and two bucks in addition to the two 6 month old does we already had. One of the does is due within a month and the other 4 are due in March. Having a
Read more…Hi all, I had my first kidding of the season 4 days ago and it was a doozy. My 3 year old (3rd freshener) went into labor early in the day and did not progress much all day long. She had streaming mucus that was normal, clear and milky for many hours
Read more…Last year one doe (a first timer) had twins..i found them late; one was dead; the other barely alive but my hubby scooped him up and brought him in the house and saved him. It appeared the doe had no interest at all so we bottle fed. Last nite I ch
Read more…Looking for help or suggestions. I have twin, 24hr old does. 1/2 Nigerian and 1/2 Fainting goat. I believe they have blue eyes. One of them has very "cloudy" eyes. Today I am also seeing a red, inner, upper eyelid puffing down, partially covering the
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