I have a 2nd freshener who is at day 145 and has absolutely no udder. Should I be concerned? She has no signs of "getting close." She has no swollen back end, no soft ligaments, she isn't even big... My other doe, a ff is at day 141 and has a huge ud
Read more…I'm a first time delivery/goat baby "step-mama". My doe (Tenny) gave birth last night (first kid at 10:30 p.m. PST, last one at 12:30ish a.m.) to three bucklings (darn! soooo wanted to keep a girl from her).
They are all adorable, but the births kin
Read more…I've heard it said that your doe can show any, all or none of the typical signs of getting ready to kid. Our FF "Teresa" was at day 146. I was watching her constantly, either being out with her, or watching on the video monitor which has been on in t
Read more…One of my does was due within a week....this am I went out and found she had twins and both were dead......they were both perfectly formed and were cuddled up together. They were cleaned off! I hate to say it but I think the doe just walked away and
Read more…well we are currently waiting for a doe to kid who is on day 148. We have a baby monitor with a camera watching her 24 hrs a day.
as you all know we know very little about this, as this will be only our second goat to have babies for us.
We have hear
Read more…I have a first freshener who kidded with 3 bucklings about 12 days ago. She is eating fine and looks well overall, although she still is draining some blood from her vulva (vet told me goats can be messy for a couple weeks after birth).
My biggest co
Read more…At 7:am I noticed that the doe had a thin string hanging. Now at 10:20 am she looks lije this. Not eating and in her house. Panting, some times standing sometimes laying down. Nothing is presenting , and an occasional contractions not close together.
Read more…-25My doe had her first three kids Sunday night. Mom and all babies are now doing fine, albeit I had two weak ones for the first 24 hours or so. The reason for the weaknesses is (I think) the birth process.
The first kid presented nose only. I had w
Read more…Hi all,
This was my first winter kidding 2 weeks ago and I was super nervous about freezing kids so I built a warming hut for them. I found a great blog that had very specific instructions and I modified it a bit using what I had.
I had a 30 gallon
Hi everyone,
Our doe is due to kid as of this coming Friday (this is her third kidding) and I have just been to feed all the goats and put them all in for the night and I noticed a little amount of wax from her left teat. This is first time I have n
Read more…Our doe kidded tody, 1 buckling, she wasn't due until February 24th. We lost the buckling, is it possible she may kid again around her due date? She barely bagged up and still seems large, no afterbirth yet. This is our first kidding so we are very i
Read more…Remember Ginger who didn't have kids the first part of August this past year? She is pregnant after going to the "fat farm" November 25th to February 2nd. She was with the buck the entire time she was there. She did lose weight and appears to be p
Read more…My doe was confirmed pregnant via Biotracking (yay!) and she will be 150 days on May 15th. This will be my first kidding (her 3rd) and I'm trying to get everything in order now so that when she kids I'll be ready. Luckily I have recently met 2 or 3
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I could really use some help. I purchased a pregnant doe and a doeling from a 4-her who went to college. She had put this doe with a buck before she realized that she couldn't take them to college, and took her out. When I agreed to purchase
Read more…This is not me but someone in another group. I recall someone here talked about something similar and it was a water issue with minerals correcting. What do you remember?
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I had a doe have premature babies a week or so ago. Some of yal
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I have a doe just kidded her first, and she is SO hungry! It is dry season here (Nigeria) so there is no grass. However, I can give her veg scraps, bean pods, ground maize, dried peanut leaves and some fresh leaves. She just loves the m
Read more…Okay so I am almost rady to panic. My goats are my first ever and this is Bonnie's first babies. Not sure if I am using the right teminology but, I thought she was bred in September but in October she definately "stood" for Clyde. So I calculated the
Read more…I've been reading a lot of conflicting information about what replacer is "best" when a doe can't or won't feed all the kids. I have one due in 2 weeks and expecting quads (probably). She was not a super mom last year with triplets (FF) so I want to
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looking for some advice, sadly one of our goats delivered an early kid this week. It was not fully formed so I presume it was early (we bought them when they were pregnant and the seller didn't know when they were due). She usually deliv
Read more…My 8 month old doeling (almost 9) is still nursing, even though i don't think she's getting anything. She even came into heat. She only nurses when she gets scared . I was just wondering how to wean her, she is very attached to her mother, they both
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