Baymule’s 4th Lambing

[Baymule]

I didn't see Ewenique at the hay bale this morning, so I ran out to lay eyes on her. Nope. No babies. I've seen her swell up, bag up and look like that for 3 weeks!

 

[Latestarter]

Dang Bay... Have any fingernails left?

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Got me excited for a nano second...but better to wait for all healthy lambs, hope she goes before her belly gets to dragging .... have a good weekend Bay

 

[Rammy]

Dang Bay... Have any fingernails left?

 

[Bruce]

A watched ewe never lambs.

 

[Baymule]

Ewenique’s pictures for today. She’s just got to pop soon! Definitely twins!

 

[Ridgetop]

I always heat treated my goat colostrum as well as blood testing each year for CAE. Since heat treating takes a while, I kept heat treated colostrum from the previous kiddings for the new kidding year. I ran 3 pasteurizers every morning, one heat treated as well as pasteurized which the others were pasteurizers only. I used to heat treat with a thermometer on the stove but when the heat treating pasteurizers came out I immediately invested in one! There is no point in raising kids on pasteurized milk if you give them raw colostrum! Anyway, it is always a good thing to keep some colostrum in the freezer if possible.

However it can be anyone's colostrum. I wouldn't bother trying to get it from Miranda! Even hobbling a kicking milk goat to the stand doesn't make the milking easy. And an uncooperative goat or sheep doesn't let her milk down easily either. I say let Miranda range free and milk someone else!

 

[Baymule]

I think Ewenique may be a little more receptive to milking so I can get some colostrum for the freezer. She used to bounce off the walls if I even got near her, now she will follow me for belly rubs. Poor swollen thing.

 

[Dani4Hedgies]

Hey Dani! Haven't seen you in a while. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Things were crazy for awhile had to change jobs and then with no spring and straight into 100 degree days life was just plain crazy here didn't have time to get on here but things have slowed down a lot and yep so now have time to be on here. Have Unibun English Angora ready to kit any day now so excited for that and raising up a bunch of Heavy breed chicks to use for making my new Toad line in the Spring.

 

[Baymule]

Hanging out at the hay bale.

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