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Update and question. Update: it's been 3 weeks or so since she injured herself. It healed up, I was milking gently, she seemed fine. Then a few days ago it seemed to open up again, and coincided with some weight loss, liquid diarrhea, and being a bit off her feed (still ate hay and drank...

Thanks for all the input! I have been crazy busy today, and tomorrow is the same, so I may not be able to call a vet anyway. She is still acting fine, not hot, still eating & drinking and walking around normally. It has not opened up again. I milked the other side three times today. I have...

My milk goat, Clementine, injured herself Weds. (posting this Fri am). Somehow she managed to gash open her right teat. The milk leaked out (of the gash), and she had blood on her legs that first day. I have left that side alone (putting Neosporin on the wound twice a day), and have been...

Thanks for asking, they're doing great. Only real problem we ended up with was that the dehorning didn't work. Horns ignored my efforts and are growing anyway. (the two bucklings on the right....I never did the doeling's horns) Don't seem like problematic scurs, tho, from what I can tell...

Is this rat damage? I have several meaties with bites taken out of one or both thighs...some small, some gigantic, some have been rebitten after it starts to heal (like in the pic below). I know we have rats (caught one in my trash-can-water-trap) living under the chicken house. And the...

I'm in northern AZ. Have Alpines (1 doe in milk, 1 freeloader who's supposed to kid in July but I doubt it, one doeling, two bucklings) & 2 older freeloading Oberhasli who are companions to the horse (doe and wether). The horse & Obers just came up from Tucson. Still getting used to the...

wow, she's so beautiful!

What, ME? Overworry? :lol: OK, maybe you're right. :p

Thanks for that, Goat Whisperer. That was helpful. I did see her stand still for them today, only for a few seconds, and all three were going crazy trying to get a turn. They seem kinda skinny to me, but no more than they always have. They're all legs anyway. And they don't cry much, but do...

My alpine doe, who had triplets 3 1/2 wks ago, is not letting them nurse. For the last couple days now, I see them trying, and she always runs away or kicks them (pushes really, not a mean kick). They have been nibbling hay and drinking water for several days now. They seem healthy &...

Lordy that was stressful! OK, so I DID find the right one in town today. Yay for hometown stores that carry the right stuff, when the big stores don't! Bought it, reviewed a few videos, and used it. I think it went ok. The babies are running around acting normal. I had a hard time...

Hopefully someday I can offer help instead of always asking for it! TIA My alpine kids are 10 days old. The two bucklings were born with nubs that are prob a good 1/2 inch tall now, the doeling is just now starting to grow nubs I can feel. I want to disbud them but am having trouble...

Update - after I milked that side that first little bit, I did notice the babies trying it - and she let them some. It's less lopsided now. I milked about a pint from that side today, and she was more tolerant. Hoping we're on the mend with this. She's been oozing red sticky fluid from her...

Hopefully you can see it in this pic. I think all three babies are nursing on only one side. The other side is totally engorged, and the skin looks reddish. Doesn't feel warmer than I'd expect, but I'm new. I did manage to milk her on that side a little - got several squirts. My very first...

I had to check to see if I wrote this! HAHA My alpine doe just kidded two days ago - with triplets. First kidding for us people, third for her. She did just fine. The first guy was really big, and I felt like I had to help a little. But the next guy was easier, and the third (doeling) was...

Following. I'm having the same problem with one of mine.

More pictures. I can't help myself ;)

WE HAVE BABIES!!! :weee Triplets :love Two boys and a girl, unless their newborn-wrinkled-ness tricked me. Mama did great, once she got serious, the whole thing went from grunting-and-goo to finished in a couple hours. !! I did help a little bit with the first one - he was BIG! and she...

Aaaarrrrggghhh! Still no babies! :barnie To distract myself, I went and picked up way-too-many meat chickens at the post office LOL!

Well......today she was acting almost normal, just panting some and pawing at the ground. But now (11pm) she's obviously inching closer. Panting, up & down, stretching, yawning, making little grunty noises. Her poops and back-end-body-structure have changed. Went to check on her a few...