He was 2lb at birth. The other two were a few oz over 31/2lbs. I was planning on wethering him because he would make a great pet and based on his development at the moment think he shouldn't be bred. The placenta would make sense, I keep thinking he wasn't "cooked" all the way, but didn't...
Lily's kids are almost a month old. Everyone is doing great, but the little buck is still tiny. He has been bottle raised, is eating hay and grain like his siblings, but looks quite different. Not only is he smaller, but he has tiny legs and feet and his coat is still fluffy like a new born...
My little guy had the same problem with his front legs. Knees were bent, bowed out, shoulder blades stuck out. As he used them they straightened out, took a few days. Now they look pretty normal. The tendons were tight and needed to stretch out.
The red one Bity is wearing and Girlie's are doggie shirts. The one Big Boy is wearing I cut out of some fleece. It's warmed up now so they don't have them on anymore :(
Thanks everyone! They were worth the wait!
Does he have any discharge coming out his nose? Coughing? I would keep trying dribbles of milk from Mom and give him lots of stimulation. Get him up and walking, rub his body. Is he with his brother?
Lily's kids are doing great! Bity boy is using the bottle now and starting to hop around.
Mom and baby girl
Super goat! Leaps blades of grass with a single bound
Bity boy
All tired out!
You need to go slow with the syringe. I used a 3cc syringe on Lily's weak baby and gave him 1/2cc at a time. Give him time to swallow before giving more. He will wear most of it, but you will get some in him. Try every hour. Keep him very warm. When he's a little stronger you can work on...
I can help with this one! We got our 3 goats from a friend that was moving. Lily was pregnant, her sister Rose was not. A week and a half later Rose started to grow a small utter. I was thinking "hummm, that's weird." Started doing research, not finding much. 3 days later I was hanging out...
Ok, back from the Vet. Lily had small vag tear, just irritating no biggy, giving pen. 2 big babies are looking good, need to be warmer at night. Tiny boy continuing to syringe feed, work on suck reflex, bring in at night to keep warm. Legs should straighten out with time. Said probably would...
I've milked Lily and bottle feed the tiny boy, he looks a little better. I forgot to mention his front legs are very bent, especially the left. We'll see what's up tomorrow.
Well things seem questionable here. Lily still has thick stringy stuff coming out of her and is not eating. Tiny boy is not as active as other two. I milked Lily to give him some from a bottle and he got a little. When he nurses from her he is barely putting her teat in his mouth and looks...
The whole family
Boy blue eyed beauty
Girl brown eyed beauty
Bitty boy eyes look hazel? Is that brown? He's a little more than a pound and a half smaller
Lilly kidded last night. Of course I was watching her and decided to watch a show on TV for a hour and when I checked on her after she had 3 kids walking around and was expelling afterbirth.
Now I have a question. She had hard contractions for a couple hours after. I bounced her and thought...
Lily was due mar 26 (says her breeder) she may have been off a couple days. She just lost her ligs. So if the 26th was right it would put her at 164, so I'm guessing she is probably around 160 days. I keep thinking I should get her looked at, but she acted completely normal, so I waited, and...