3:19 Farms 2023 kidding thread!

[Youngfarmer2019]

I can officially start a kidding thread! Yaayyyy!
First up this year is Notre Lee, just went into labor this afternoon. First appearance of discharge right now, just a teensy Weensy little bit. She hasn’t started pushing yet but is having contractions about every minute.

 

[Mini Horses]

Well, don't doze off or you'll miss it. Once they start, so long as things are right, it's pretty fast.

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

I set timers on my watch for every five minutes that way if I doze off itll wake me up

 

[Mini Horses]

When I raised mini horses I had cameras in stalls and a monitor by my bed. The mares had a small device hooked onto their halter. When they laid out to foal it would set off an alarm at my site and I could look to see if they were foaling or just laid out sleeping. Goats don't lay out like that. . It's rare that a horse doesn't.

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

We’ll Notre Lee never gave birth that night

Buuuut now her udder has popped and her ligaments are gone, there is colostrum in her tears and no discharge as of right now. First pics are the other night, second pics are now.

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

Y’all, what the heck, she keeps randomly standing like this…

 

[Mini Horses]

She's feeling pressure and thinks it's pee time. Kids probably positioning -- hope it's soon and things are ok. I know your anxious and excited.

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

Here’s some more pics of her today…she look close? Her udder is turning pink now and I feel movement on both sides

 

[Baymule]

Getting closer, but looks like she still has some time to drive you nuts. Or she could kid in the next 30 minutes.

 

[Youngfarmer2019]

Getting closer, but looks like she still has some time to drive you nuts. Or she could kid in the next 30 minutes.

we’ve left the house for the next hour and she had a tiny bit of discharge when we left.
She was up and down all day today, pawing at the straw constantly