Angela kidded this afternoon!!!

[20kidsonhill]

they are so adorable.

One of the reasons I have found that an older doe will have kids or a kid that doesn't position is due to her system getting a little older. I have found increasing her calcium before she kids can help with this. Alfalfa hay, alfalfa pellets, Mollasses drench or a little extra poured on her feed can help. I have even given Calcium Gluconate 23% a couple times, injected under their skin to boost their calcium, or mixed it into a drench. I have heard of people adding a tums tablet or a couple of them crushed up and mixed into their feed on a daily basis.

A doe that I had problems with a couple years in a row received extra calcium on a regular basis last year before she kidded and she was able to position the kids and have them on her own. She was 8 years old last year.

I realize sometimes things just happen, but just giving you something to consider.

Again, they are sooo Cute.

 

[PFSfarmer]

Nice! Good job.

 

[cindyg]

they are so adorable.

One of the reasons I have found that an older doe will have kids or a kid that doesn't position is due to her system getting a little older. I have found increasing her calcium before she kids can help with this. Alfalfa hay, alfalfa pellets, Mollasses drench or a little extra poured on her feed can help. I have even given Calcium Gluconate 23% a couple times, injected under their skin to boost their calcium, or mixed it into a drench. I have heard of people adding a tums tablet or a couple of them crushed up and mixed into their feed on a daily basis.

A doe that I had problems with a couple years in a row received extra calcium on a regular basis last year before she kidded and she was able to position the kids and have them on her own. She was 8 years old last year.

I realize sometimes things just happen, but just giving you something to consider.

Again, they are sooo Cute.

This is interesting 20Kids, I didn't realize. As I said, Angela is older, perhaps 7 and I decided this was it for her, but she makes such beautiful kids, and is the best Mom to them, but she would be at least 8 before I bred her again. I will probably not breed her again but will keep this in mind. Thanks.

 

[fiddleman94]

Those two are soo cute! Congrats!

 

[that's*satyrical]

Awww, congrats!!!

 

[20kidsonhill]

they are so adorable.

One of the reasons I have found that an older doe will have kids or a kid that doesn't position is due to her system getting a little older. I have found increasing her calcium before she kids can help with this. Alfalfa hay, alfalfa pellets, Mollasses drench or a little extra poured on her feed can help. I have even given Calcium Gluconate 23% a couple times, injected under their skin to boost their calcium, or mixed it into a drench. I have heard of people adding a tums tablet or a couple of them crushed up and mixed into their feed on a daily basis.

A doe that I had problems with a couple years in a row received extra calcium on a regular basis last year before she kidded and she was able to position the kids and have them on her own. She was 8 years old last year.

I realize sometimes things just happen, but just giving you something to consider.

Again, they are sooo Cute.

This is interesting 20Kids, I didn't realize. As I said, Angela is older, perhaps 7 and I decided this was it for her, but she makes such beautiful kids, and is the best Mom to them, but she would be at least 8 before I bred her again. I will probably not breed her again but will keep this in mind. Thanks.

We have a 10year old kidding this year, But we did retire 3 other 9 year olds after last kidding season. AFter around the age of 6 is when we are starting to see more kids that aren't falling into position. We have enough experience between my husband and I that we are able to go in and get the kids ourselves without having to call a vet. That really helps us beable to take a chance with the older does.

 

[cindyg]

Experience does make a difference. If I had been able to see a kid "crowning" as it were, I might have tried on my own, but with absolutely nothing showing I wasn't brave enough to risk it. Of course, also, if the vet hadn't been able to come right out I think I would have tried. Lucky for me they are so close, and also, had just been out the week before to do vaccinations and we had talked then about it. I am sure she was in there up to her elbow! I have three ff's due in about a month, so hoping it will go smoothly but am keeping the vet on speed dial.

 

[cindyg]

Better pics of the girls taken today. Angela has them back in the main barn now, she's keeping the other goats away from them tho.

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[Pearce Pastures]

Those are just about the cutest kids I have ever seen!!! Look at those spots!!!

 

[BrownSheep]

Oh my.....