Baymule
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Congratulations on the twins, doeling’s even better! Love their colors, a little eye candy is a feast for the eyes.
Blessedfarmgirl's 2025 lambing/kidding journal
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blessedfarmgirl
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Thank you.
Yes! That's one of my favorite things about Nigerians and crosses. The variety of color.
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blessedfarmgirl
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Raven kidded late last night. It was very traumatic for me and her. She had been laboring all day and my gut told me something wasn't right. Sure enough, she wasn't dilated fully. By the time I figured that out she was already actively pushing out a kid so I had to keep pushing the kid back in while trying to follow the instructions to manually dilate her. Thankfully the baby was small and she was able to push her out despite still not being fully dilated. She had a second kid a few minutes later, which I also had to help pull. They were both small and should have been easy to push out. She was exhausted, confused and in pain and it was freezing cold. She cleaned her kids half-heartedly but did not want to let them nurse. I decided they probably wouldn't make it, so I brought both in to bottle feed. Mom got pain meds, Tums, molasses water and grain. This morning I milked out over a cup of colostrum from her. She did not want to eat her grain or alfalfa this morning and is calling for her babies, but it's still really cold and I don't want to risk losing both her and the kids, so I won't put them back with her unless I think it will save her life.
I'm going to drench her with fluids today and hopefully she'll start eating. She got a B complex shot and more pain meds (aspirin) but I think I'm going to call the vet and see if I can get some banamine. If she's not in pain she'll be more likely to eat.
I'm exhausted, but the upside is we have two more DOELINGS! I'm so glad she didn't have a big single buck.
Both babies are taking the bottle well thankfully. Less stress on me.
It's so funny, the black doe is the spitting image of her dad and the chocolate doe like exactly like her mom. Two little mini me's.
Birdie
And Wren!
I'm going to drench her with fluids today and hopefully she'll start eating. She got a B complex shot and more pain meds (aspirin) but I think I'm going to call the vet and see if I can get some banamine. If she's not in pain she'll be more likely to eat.
I'm exhausted, but the upside is we have two more DOELINGS! I'm so glad she didn't have a big single buck.
Both babies are taking the bottle well thankfully. Less stress on me.It's so funny, the black doe is the spitting image of her dad and the chocolate doe like exactly like her mom. Two little mini me's.
Birdie
And Wren!
Baymule
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Love the doelings, I hope their mom gets better soon. I know it won’t be for a lack of care and love.
