Doe in Labor/kidded C-section...Pics added

[Aped]

glenolam, I also couldn't figure out how they were do the c-section, I was thinking people-wise and couldn't believe that they might cut through that full udder. But when it was explained it made total sense. Now I imagine that's how they were c-sect any ruminant.

The kid's father is black and white so that's where his color comes from.

the breeder I got my first goats from had that sort of feeder set-up but made out of the fence outside their pens. I thought it was a great idea. It's cheap and works great. I've had to replace the wire once already from the leaning on it. I could probably avoid that by using woven wire but it's not worth the cost for the two corners where I have it.

 

[ksalvagno]

That is the same place that they cut for a C-section on alpacas which are also ruminants. It heals pretty quickly in alpacas so I would think it should heal well in goats too.

Glad everything went ok for you and you have a nice healthy cute little kid.

 

[Ariel301]

I am glad they both made it, that had to be scary! Congratulations on your cute new baby.

C-sections on large livestock are always done on the side like that. If it was done on the underside, there is more strain on the incision site from the weight of the organs (especially with a huge full rumen on a goat/cow/sheep etc) and more possibility of the sutures coming loose, allowing everything in there to spill out--obviously not a good situation. There is less strain from gravity and the weight of the organs if it is on the side.

It is true that first timers are more likely to have a single kid and then start having multiple births after that, but there is not predisposition towards the first being a male. The gender of the baby has nothing to do with the mom, and is decided by the sperm that fertilizes the egg. So you have an equal chance of her first baby being male or female, just like with any later births...although sometimes you get a weird year like I have had, where you get way more of one than the other...I have had absolutely no doelings born this year.

 

[glenolam]

C-sections on large livestock are always done on the side like that. If it was done on the underside, there is more strain on the incision site from the weight of the organs (especially with a huge full rumen on a goat/cow/sheep etc) and more possibility of the sutures coming loose, allowing everything in there to spill out--obviously not a good situation. There is less strain from gravity and the weight of the organs if it is on the side.

This is where I was thinking "the strain would be more on the side because of the weight pulling down...thus pulling on the sides of the body..." but I see now how the force pulling down would probably pull the bottom apart more than the sides.

I learn something new every day!