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She seems to be wearing out. We had to tube her tonight and now we are having trouble keeping her temp up. She is wrapped up with warm rice bags. She seems to be resting peacefully and not struggling. If this kidding is a complete loss, what do we do with the doe? Do we try again or cull her?

If she makes it through the night, I will go see the vet. She is still alive, for now.

She has a strong sucking and rooting reflex. My main concern has been her respiratory rate. She was clearly distressed through the night, but has seemed much better today. However, I know from having a newborn on a ventilator, that if the baby is tachypnic for a prolonged period of time, it will...

We've been getting about an ounce of colostrum in her every couple of hours. Is this too often? The last time, she wasn't very interested and is now quite lethargic.

She has no teeth. My daughter says that it appears HoneyBees has taken a turn for the worse. I doubt she will be alive by the time I get home in a couple of hours. I don't know what to hope for. If she is premature, is there much hope for survival? I hope our next doe doesn't have so much trouble.

Here she is. Honey Bees is her name (thanks to my 7 yr old and 10 yr old). My 7 yr old really is responsible for her immediate rescue, he worked on warming her for a very long time while my older daughter worked on the weaker of the 2. She is just under 4lbs, on a pretty big frame.

She seems to have a rather rapid respiratory rate. She hasn't been able to stand yet, but has tried many times and seems to want to. She gets cold very quickly when I unwrap her and let her just lie on the floor. She has no teeth, and her hooves are pretty soft. Her legs are also about 14...

We've caught a skunk doing exactly what you've described, but they were 3 week old chicks

By the way, rice bags are great for heating a cold kid.

She is too weak to go out. I will try tomorrow, if she survives the night. I haven't been up with a newborn for quite awhile. Should be fun.

Must be someone else. Although we will have more kids probably tomorrow. She took a power nap and is awake and wiggling around trying to find something to suckle.

OK, Oreo doesn't seem to have much milk. She was bagging up nicely earlier today, but since she has delivered, she almost seems to have sucked it all back up. I was able to get about an ounce and half of colostrum out of her, and once the baby was warm she sucked it right down. This baby is very...

Well, there's good news and bad news. Oreo dropped kids today around 6:15. Triplets. One was DOA, not sure of the sex. One died about an hour later after my daughter did everything short of a defibrillator. She said it was very gooey, lots of mucus coming from her mouth. The last one, also a...

That is a good long while to bottle a calf. Why so Iong? We have always gone 2-3 months. I know some herdsmen that will wean at 5-6 weeks. Way to soon IMHO.

So far nothing today. I hope to make it home long enough to check on them. I need to plan better for next year's kidding. Right now I am in the last two weeks of one musical production, and tonight marks the first rehearsal of a new one. Ugh. I often ask myself, what was I thinking?

I don't have sheep -allergic, but I have heard that same saying about jersey and holstein calves.

I love my nubians too! In fact, my avatar pic is of our last batch of kids, almost 2 years ago. Oreo and Baby are in that picture. Nothing today, a little more goo, a little more udder development. I'm ok with that. I have to work tomorrow, so if they can just hold off for 24 more hours...

That's good to know about the iodine. I have 8 children, and have never, in 22 years of parenting, needed iodine! The stuff at the farm store was about $30 for 16 oz! YIKES! It better last me a very long time. I am going to inquire about the minerals at our feed store. They tend to be more...

We should be having kids in the next day or two. Grammy goat (suspected kinder) was marked on Sept 30. I swore I wrote that down somewhere, but of course, I can't find it. Oreo, my Nubian FF is looking like she is very close as well. I don't have a marking date for her, but she is bagging up...

These both said for cattle and horses. So do I get the one with selenium or without?