I know Deborah is having surgery so she may not be able to answer my questions right away-so anyone chime in who has the answers please. I have a 1st time freshener due in a week. What shots, etc. do I give the new kids?
I am totally new to this g
Read more…I had a photographer friend come - he requested that I allow him to take pictures of my goats. How could I say no! He had such a great time - he wanted to come back and do some "formals". I didn't know what that meant but said sure....
Here is a pi
Read more…My Ginger (two years old this past March) is not showing any signs of labor rather than the babies "relocating" a few days ago. I asked her yesterday if she is even pregnant! Her weight is about the same as it has been for the past year, maybe a bi
Read more…Just curious - I'm going to write up my choices for this year but wondering if anyone else uses them?
Judy
Read more…Our ND doe we bought "possibly" pregnant is now definitely pregnant.
About two weeks ago her vulva became noticeably swollen. Today I notice her right side is twice the size of her left and her rump almost seems to have caved in, resulting in flat sp
Read more…We had our first kidding almost 3 weeks ago (2 bucklings and a doeling) and it went really well! We disbudded on day 3 (or 4?). I wanted to do a third go around on each bud but my husband stopped me - he was really concerned about brain damage, etc.
Read more…Where is the best place to find a pulse on a newborn kid?
Read more…How long and how much do the does discharge after birth?
I have 3 does who kidded all within 2 weeks of each other.
The one 2+ weeks ago just has a tiny bit once in while, the one 10 days ago - just a tiny bit
and the one 5 days ago still having a bi
Read more…I had all my first fresheners kids in stalls and have been trying to figure out when I can mingle the mothers without endangering the kids.
There isn't a problem with the rest of the herd. It is with the other mothers!
Each mother doesn't want the ot
Read more…My goats are doing OK with each other outside. But a mother of kids killed one of another does 3 week old kid this morning by bashing before I could get in fast enough so I'm rattled. She was slightly smaller but seemed to be keeping up fairly well
Read more…Ok, I am so new at this. I have one goat who kid last year and this year with no problems. Now I have a FF and things just seems to be different from the first goat. This one has been alone for almost 4 days now. She is my loud goat and has only made
Read more…My doe Cayenne kidded this afternoon, or at least she started kidding and had one gorgeous healthy boy. I checked her around noon and there was no mucous and the way I remember her tail ligaments didn't seem to be any different that yesterday evening
Read more…My Patches, 2 years old, just had her first kidding on the 4th of July. 3 came out well, and the last came out dead with placenta. She is a first time mom. Kids are not thriving, very sleepy, not seeming to eat much. They are pooping, bright yellow.
Read more…We have a 3 year old doe that gets upset after her kids are disbudded. Last year Miss Kiddie had her 1st kids, they were a beautful set of twins. When they were just a few days old we disbudded them and she acted like she was going to reject them.
Read more…About a week ago though I noticed scurs coming up in our 8 week old who we wethered yesterday. Now they are in 3 places, about 1/2 inch tall and pretty thin (so they are kind of sharp). What should I do? I'm concerned about him hurting someone els
Read more…OK - when people are talking about horn buds/points - how sharp are we talking? Are we talking like small bumps sticking up above the head? My buckling/wether to be just popped at 10 days and is due for disbudding. I'm sure the vet will be able to te
Read more…My FF Prita is at day 142 today. Her ligaments are very soft as I've been checking them every day multiple times so I know what they feel like. Her udder is very full! We have a storm rolling in tonight and I live alone, so no one to come help me (al
Read more…so my question is to those of you with more experience (this being my second kidding)..Brandi lost her water about 2 hours before the actual birth on her single kid. It presented with the two hind feet. I had to help her and pulled the little doeling
Read more…OK - last doe kidded this morning. I have to thank my does - each one kidded in daylight.
Each one took 15-20 minutes of real labor to easily spit out their babies. I knew when they were in early labor but only one showed signs of coming INTO final l
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I'm having some trouble with Starlight's new doeling. She hasn't been thriving since her birth, and I think I figured out why. She wasn't nursing, even though Starlight is the most patient and loving of mothers, usually able to feed triplet
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