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All, What a beautiful day it was just a few hours before this posting... My other Doe, who was born on our farm a couple years ago gave birth to a very healthy kid! We have one more Doe, the mother of the Doe who gave birth today...is also pregnant and we expect her to give birth to two. We...

Knowledge is power my friend! Thank you so much for the educational informational information. We will start milking her tomorrow and as you instructed. Thank you!

Please help me understand what harm can come about if we don't milk her out. This is interesting and we certainly don't want harm to come of her...she's already lost two of her kids... Thank you so much!

Thank you.... No, we have never vaccinated our goats. I have taken an approach that I don't want to push vaccines in them until I feel they have a need for it. We have had goats for the past 4-years and have never vaccinated them. We have had one birth on our farm as well from one of our...

I did see the post... So, if I milk the Doe out, does that mean I will need to milk her every day/other day? This is what we don't want to deal with. We have had goats with us for the past 4 years. We actually did have one successful birth happen 2 years ago. We made the mistake of putting...

Yes, please do post up your kidding kit. There have been some very supportive responses and are welcome.

Well...I truly want to thank you all for your support through this. I learned that I was ill prepared for tending to kids upon birthing who require intervention. I do have one other doe that is ready to give birth as well. I moved her into an enclosed wood shed with fresh pine shavings and...

No molasses. I did give her some corn syrup. As we pick up her head she will open her mouth with a faint cry. Again, most worrisome for me at this point is that she's lost mobility in possibly 3 of her legs.

All I could find...is Light Corn Syrup with Real Vanilla. Don't know if I can use that?? I'm in Fredericksburg, VA. We've used the blow dryer on her...and yes, we confirmed it is a girl. The mouth does feel cool. We've checked all her legs and it appears only one of her front legs are...

Update... It's still weak. We pulled it out of the warm water bath after 40-minutes. She did make a few attempts at crying, but they were very faint. While my wife continues to massage the kid and keep it warm...I went out and milked the mother. Wanted just enough to have on hand to...

Yes, we were VERY hesitant to do the bath...but then I see we should use a bag. Now that made sense and we felt more comfortable doing it. We were ill prepared for this... We don't have a any other thermometer but one that is taken for use through our ear canal. We don't have one for a...

Great info! Update... As we were wrapping baby in the trash bags...it did try to cry once. We also noticed she pooped just a bit. These seem like good signs.... She's now in the sink with warm water and her eyes are opening every now and then.

No, it's been too cold and weak to move around on it's own.

Update... Mom is doing very well. Yes, she did pass the placenta. Baby is still not up and walking around yet and is weak. We did not put the baby in warm water, but rather we are alternating warm towels out of the dryer about every 20 minutes. So far, it's body is feeling warm, but the...

Thank you for the quick response... We have the kid wrapped up in a fresh warm towel now and I'm going to head back outside to check on mom and to prepare the bedding. Mom seems to be doing good from what I can see before heading back outside... More to come. Thank you again!

Ack! Well, we are still new to goats and have a kid who was just born hours ago. We don't know exactly when, but when we went out to feed our animals, we found the kid laying in the melting snow barely breathing laying on its side. We quickly picked it up and brought it indoors. We've...

Completed a big project for me.... Trenched out nearly 200 feet, installed a 1" water line with two frost free yard hydrants, installed a 100 amp cable with a sub panel and 8 outlets. Plenty enough power to work with. For the past five freezing winter seasons...I have been filling up five...

Thought I'd pass on these resource nuggets to those in the same situation as mine...with limited knowledge on high tensile fencing: http://www.kencove.com/fence/4_Why+Build+High-Tensile+FencesF_resource.php http://www.powerflexfence.com/category_s/108.htm...

We have owned goats for the past 3 years and we recently became owners of a miniature Donkey. We also have chickens, ducks, turkeys and rabbits on our little farm. We have two large goat pens where we keep the males and females separated. About 2-weeks before deciding we would purchase our...

Thank you. He's a bit of a character, and really a treat for us. Gotta work on understanding how to work on his hoofs though. I know he doesn't need to be shoed, but I need to learn how to file them down for best practices.