My doe Millie was acting completely normal yesterday so I really didn't think too much about her going into labor. I checked on her several times through out the day and was letting her be out with everyone since it was a beautiful day in Colorado! I made dinner and we ate, but it was later than usual. I told my husband at a little after 6pm I was going to go start putting animals up. As I barely got out of my backdoor, I hear this screaming, grunt, screaming, grunt! I go running back into the house, and not so calmly start yelling at my husband to get towels, lots of towel, Millie's in labor, I think she's pushing!!! As I go bolting down the hill trying to find her, I see her pushing. I run over to her to see 2 little hooves poking out. My husband and kids come running down to me with towels, just in time to catch the first little boy. We were busy cleaning the baby and not thinking much about another one, mainly because my other doe took 30 minutes in between babies, and all of a sudden she starts pushing again and out pops another baby. Less than 5 minutes apart. After the second baby, which was a little girl, was born she promptly stood up. We thought this would be a good time to get them indoors, since temperatures were starting to drop and the wind was starting to blow. The thing I learned the most from this birth, is that every goat is different. Just like woman all deliver different, so will they. My first goat acted in labor for weeks before she finally delivered, and this doe never showed a single sign! LOL We are done for this year and it was a wonderful experience. Cannot wait for next year :0) We ended the year with 3 girls and 2 boys!
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Congratulations! Gotta love those does that act like they're having a lovely day at the park as they calmly push out the kids. This is why somebody needs to be there when they have three or four. Even if you have 30 minutes between #1 and 2, a third or fourth often shoot out very quickly, and there is simply no way that a doe can get three or four kids cleaned up before one or two suffocates in the sac or gets hypothermia. I am not aware of any other animal that has this issue. It's kind of sad that sometimes people assume we need to be there for the does because they're not good mamas or because they have birthing difficulties. The reality is that they're too good!
Congrats!! I can't wait for babies. I'm getting TIRED of not getting them. lol