Maybe I am just too worried about her...what is natural for health, activitiy, eating habits, discharge and anything else I should know a week, two weeks, three weeks and so on after kidding? Is it normal that she doesn't want to be with the kids except to let them nurse? Thanks for your help and reasurance.
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Black Friday, November 26th so they are a little over a week old now. Thank you for help. You can read all about it but experiencing it is totally different. She is a good Mama. She showed up at the front door the other day crying because another mom-to-be was in with her babies.
She doesn't sound unhealthy. When did she kid? Discharge is normal for about two weeks. Nursing for a minute or so is normal for goat kids, but if you sit and watch them for a bit, you'll see that they nurse several times an hour. If she were only nursing them in the morning and evening, they'd be dead within a couple days.
Christina said:
She climbs the walls until you let her out in the morning. She goes to the field and grazes and just looks in on them a few times during the day. We have it set up where she can get in and out yet the babies stay in near the heat. At dusk she wants back in and lets them eat for about a minute. The babies are growing I just never see her feed more than a minute or less at a time. Also my other concerns are that she still has discharge and she doesn’t want to be with others, kind of a loner now.
She climbs the walls until you let her out in the morning. She goes to the field and grazes and just looks in on them a few times during the day. We have it set up where she can get in and out yet the babies stay in near the heat. At dusk she wants back in and lets them eat for about a minute. The babies are growing I just never see her feed more than a minute or less at a time. Also my other concerns are that she still has discharge and she doesn’t want to be with others, kind of a loner now.
Well, some moms are more motherly than others. Some really don't like having three or four, while others will stand there all day and make sure everyone has their fill. Can you explain what she is doing? What exactly are you worried about?
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