Babies, babies and MORE babies!

[samssimonsays]

I forgot to mention that I still have 5 more does potentially due? What in the world happened?! I went from 0% litter rates and now I am at 4 of 9 does due the 21st have delivered, another IS pregnant but I have another due date for monday for everyone as well.

 

[samssimonsays]

Wow that's great- what colors are in that nest- black and blue?

Yep two blues and a black, she had three blues and 2 blacks but two DOA. I love me some blues! and their daddy is a grand champion, their mom's dad was as well so these three will be held back a bit longer

 

[Hens and Roos]

Looks like you will need more space for them!

 

[samssimonsays]

Looks like you will need more space for them!

Hahaha! a little bit... I have 8 open cages in there now... and 9 out in the yard... :/ but I am selling four adults as well so that adds 4 cages. and that is 21 cages bahahaha! dang that is perfect! but I can leave a couple together until the pets go to homes and such. So I am not in as much of a bind as I thought I was

 

[Hens and Roos]

that's good- I told my kids this morning that they need to decide who they were be holding back as far as the FA kits for fair so that we can see about getting a few sold.

 

[samssimonsays]

You do have to sell some... sadly! I sell waaay more than I keep back now. But I also sell to keep back better now as well. Good luck on choosing LOL!

 

[samssimonsays]

Lilly welcomed 7 babies yesterday. Sadly there were 3 dead, not sure if they were DOA or not, one barely hanging on and 3 very cold but feisty babies. I removed the 3 live ones and Placed them with Colby's litter of three in hopes they have a chance, even a small one, at surviving. Poor Lilly is so sad my heart breaks for her. My nicest show quality AND temperament/personality doe and she can't figure out how to be a mom... this was try #5. Usually it is something different each time with her and yet again, it was. Heavily weighing retiring her and petting her out as she is such a sweet and loving girl with a character that'll keep you laughing to boot. Then the few babies that have survived thanks to fosters and/or bottle feeding have her disposition and personality as well as her type so it sucks because I am torn... This time she is just so broken up over the losses that I don't want to put her through it again. That and I have no one to breed at the same time as her if I did rebreed her... I just think it was a sign that she is done.


Lilly's babes are the ones about half the size of Colby's that were born only hours before Lilly's...

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Congrats on the new babies!! So sorry about your loss too! Dear Lilly... she sounds so sad.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Sorry about the difficult choice you have to make, hope that the kits do good with the foster doe

 

[samssimonsays]

Thank you so much. We ended up losing all of Lilly's babies. They were well cared for but I found them out of the box Saturday morning. Just not sure what happened. All 21 others are thriving and healthy at the moment though.
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