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So we are home from the vet. She checked both umbilical cord and pronounced them good. Cosmo got disbursed, Caper is naturally polled. They both got a clean bill of health!

I gave each kid's umbilical cord the sniff test. The buckling definitely had a smell that I could not detect on the girl. His umbilical cord looks good though. No swelling, redness, discharge, streaks, etc. We see the vet at 9:30 am and I will be sure to ask about it.

will do! thanks. I have an appointment with the vet tomorrow to disbud the buckling, I thought I would take the doeling too so neither would be lonely. They both smell dreadful. I do have an overactive nose, so I hope it is just that.

I have a strange question: is it normal for kids to have a strong smell? Oreo's kids are 9 days old and smell terrible. The don't have messy bums and they look clean, but the smell like they've rolled through really raunchy barnyard. They are on clean bedding. Is this normal?

We made the mistake of studding out our boer buck when he was younger. When we finally got him back, he was so skinny and sickly that we were sure we would lose him. He is fine now, but we have not let him go back. I wouldn't do it. Not only are you subjecting him to unknown organisms, but...

Babies and mom seem to be doing well. We really struggled getting some clostrum in them. My daughter brought over some of lickaroo's clostrum. I think lickaroo's is part Holstein! Sunny milked 6 cups of clostrum from her. We were lucky to get 6 tablespoons from Oreo. Oreo's clostrum was about...

Well, she finally did it! Oreo kidded at about 9 tonight. An hour earlier, Sunny and I noticed contractions every 3 minutes. Another daughter and I checked at 9:30 and she had 1 kid on the ground and was struggling to deliver another. After donning gloves, I reached in and discovered that...

these are great pictures!

They are great. Best grandkids ever!

Any news to share?

The buck is our younger buck, Captain Jack. He has always been a sweetheart. We grafted him onto Oreo last year after she lost her triplets. He is not the buck that bred her. He is in with her now, because we have 2 does that we want him to breed, and they are in with Oreo. Our big buck is in...

Oreo is still holding out. She is such a tease. This morning her ligs were softer than they have been. However, tonight they are firm and easy to find. Ugh. I had a bit of a run in with our yearling buck, Captain Jack. Apparently, he is the king of his pasture, and wanted to be sure that I know...

We have 4 boer does, 3 are bred, and Grammy's girl from last year. We think she is bred, but she is in with a young buck, so we are not 100% sure that he has done his job. Our next girl, Cupcake, should kid on or around april 24. She was hot to trot the day we put them in with the buck...

A mid spring kidding sounds great. That is what we will shoot for next year

Nope. She is really playing out this doe code thing. Two days ago her ligs were softening. Yesterday, they were easy to find and firm. My daughter's (sunny Searle) goats haven't gone either. I think we are way too excited and anxious. A large part of the anxiety comes from the weather. When...

She has no milk at all. That's one reason we didn't think she was bred. All of the other girls are due at roughly the same time. Grammy hasn't developed a bag at all, not before the delivery, or since.

Tractor Supply store is essentially the same type of store as CAL ranch and D&B. They are just farm supply stores.

If you can't get the kid to take the pritchard nipple, I've had good luck with a regular baby bottle.

I am thinking that Oreo, Lickaroo, and Lucy are all going to kid on the same day! ***A little backstory- these 3 girls were all born on the same day. They are 3 of the 6 in my profile pic. Lickaroo and Lucy are sisters and Oreo is a cousin. Their moms were all in the same pen and all dropped...

Oreo's ligaments are nearly gone, especially on the right side. It is just a waiting game. At least there is no school again tomorrow, so all of my helpers are around if I need them!