Flooded Creek Farm Goat Cam. Weighed the babies...WOW!!!

[fortheloveofgoats]

Good morning all. Well, I had a day yesterday. First off let me explain that the camera was off most of the night because we had a heck of a lot of a lot of wind here last night and lost our internet signal and phone service around 8pm and it didn't come back on til after 8 this morning. So, after a really long day at the hospital, which I will tell you about next, I spent a reeealllly long night going back and forth to the barn to check on Elsie. She, of course, slept peacefully and soundly most of the night, and pretty much gave me the stink eye whenever I woke her up. She is pretty much the same this morning as she has been for a week now. I swear, if it wasn't for those little noses, (or butts) that jump out of her sides every once in a while, I would say she was just kiddin.

As for my hospital visit, let me tell you, I think they search the world to find the MOST obnoxious tasting junk they can find to make you drink before a cat scan. OMG it was gross. 3 great big glasses of orange creamsicle flavored semi liquid 45 minutes apart before they even start the test. Which adds up to a whole lot of sittin around doing nuttin but wondering how my goat was doing. The scan went well, and they found the rupture I have in my surgical scar from 2010, and I am scheduled for surgery on March 5. Because of the blood clots that went through my lungs in 2010, I may have to have a filter put in first to keep clots from going there again. I will know that next Monday when I go to see the hematologist. I take coumadin, so I will have to take shots in place of that for a few days before and after my surgery also. I have to have some blood work done again tomorrow morning because I take diabetic meds and metformin interacts with the injectable dye that they also used for the scan yesterday. That will only take a couple hours first thing tomorrow morning to get there and back. I had 4 appointments yesterday, and was at the hospital going from place to place from 10:45am until almost 5pm last night. Man that makes a long day. I was more tired than if I had cleaned the chicken coop.

Thanks for all your prayers and good thoughts, and also, thanks for watchin out for my girl yesterday. I am sure she could tell you were watching and held off because of it. I mean.....she is a goat after all.

Good morning Mamaboid! Sorry to hear that you had a heck of a day, and one heck of a night. If only Elsie knew what all you do for her. Although, I think I should say if only the kid(s) knew what all you do for them. I hope that it won't be so stormy for you today.

I know what you mean about that obnoxious tasting junk! That crap is horrible. I don't know about you, but it sure made me have to pee. They told me to hold it. Wow, so sorry to hear that you are having to go through all this. Know that I will be sending God a lot of prayers. I hope all goes well for this morning. I hope it will only be the couple hours. I am sure your more tired then when you clean out the coop, the chickens don't take your blood, and I am sure they don't stress you out. Take care. Know you have lots of people checking in on Elsie. You have such a beautiful girl. What is she like?

 

[Mamaboid]

Elsie is a sweetheart. She is very gentle and loves kisses. She is even FAIRLY tolerant of me checking for ligs and looking at her girlie parts. She is polled, but with the other goats she will definitely stand her ground, which is why she is in the kidding pen for so long. I just didn't feel safe with her initiating the head butting contests in her condition. Because she was a newbie to the herd, she has not yet established her place. After she has her kids and is ready to rejoin the herd, we have to do some moving around of goats, and she will be alone with her kids and just one hornless nubian doe who hopefully will be kidding in May. As the other does get closer to birthing, they will be moved in with her so hopefully it will all work out. This weekend, we are going to be putting our two bucks together for the first time. I am kinda scared about that and not really looking forward to the jostling for position I know they are going to do. Here are pictures of the bucks. Dude is the black tri=color, 1 year old. Eli is the White and cream colored. 3 years old.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

Elsie is a sweetheart. She is very gentle and loves kisses. She is even FAIRLY tolerant of me checking for ligs and looking at her girlie parts. She is polled, but with the other goats she will definitely stand her ground, which is why she is in the kidding pen for so long. I just didn't feel safe with her initiating the head butting contests in her condition. Because she was a newbie to the herd, she has not yet established her place. After she has her kids and is ready to rejoin the herd, we have to do some moving around of goats, and she will be alone with her kids and just one hornless nubian doe who hopefully will be kidding in May. As the other does get closer to birthing, they will be moved in with her so hopefully it will all work out. This weekend, we are going to be putting our two bucks together for the first time. I am kinda scared about that and not really looking forward to the jostling for position I know they are going to do. Here are pictures of the bucks. Dude is the black tri=color, 1 year old. Eli is the White and cream colored. 3 years old.

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Aww, well can you give her some kisses for me when you get a chance? What a good girl. I understand that, I would have done the same thing. I understand you not wanting the whole head butting contests too. :bun More babies! Do you have any pictures of your other does? I hope it all works out as well. I hope that the boys won't do too much jostling for position. Most of all, hopefully they don't do anything to hurt each other. Wow what handsome boys you have. Which one is the daddy of Elsie's kid(s) Thank you for telling me about Elsie and thank you for the pictures.

 

[Mamaboid]

This is Brandy. She is 2 yrs old, Nubian/Kiko. She has horns but is pretty good about not using them. She is our herd queen and rules with a strict hand. She had a single baby her first time. She is in heat as we speak and in the pen with Eli.

This is Stephanie. She is 1 1/2 year old Nubian. She is dehorned. She is hopefully bred for a May birth to Dude.

This is Dusty. She is a year old messed up little brat. Her Mama was a ND/Alpine and her Daddy was a Fainter/Angora. She is hopefully bred to Dude for a May birth, but she is kind of acting like she is in heat today, so it may be a bit later for her. She has these little tiny horns that are really sharp, and she has a nasty habit of using them on the hornless goats. I am seriously considering banding them.

And of course, this is Elsie. Elsie is a polled full blooded Fainter, 3 years old and had twins last year.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

:bun Thank you. What a great looking herd. I love Elsie's colors. She is so beautiful. I like Brandy's colors too. Stephanie looks like sweetheart. Dusty looks really ornery. So who is Elsie bred to?

 

[Mamaboid]

:bun Thank you. What a great looking herd. I love Elsie's colors. She is so beautiful. I like Brandy's colors too. Stephanie looks like sweetheart. Dusty looks really ornery. So who is Elsie bred to?

Elsie is bred to Eli. We just got both of them the week before Christmas, which is why I am so unsure of her due date. They were raised together from the time they were bottle babies. They both came from Amish country PA, but from different farms and unrelated. The lady I got them from had a problem with zoning laws that changed and made it impossible for her to keep them, so we got what I thought is a really great deal on them. I am in the progress of paperwork to have them registered with the Myotonic Goat Registry. The registry will register anything that has at least 50% myotonic bloodlines, which will make ALL of my babies registerable since my bucks are both full blooded Fainters.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

:bun Thank you. What a great looking herd. I love Elsie's colors. She is so beautiful. I like Brandy's colors too. Stephanie looks like sweetheart. Dusty looks really ornery. So who is Elsie bred to?

Elsie is bred to Eli. We just got both of them the week before Christmas, which is why I am so unsure of her due date. They were raised together from the time they were bottle babies. They both came from Amish country PA, but from different farms and unrelated. The lady I got them from had a problem with zoning laws that changed and made it impossible for her to keep them, so we got what I thought is a really great deal on them. I am in the progress of paperwork to have them registered with the Myotonic Goat Registry. The registry will register anything that has at least 50% myotonic bloodlines, which will make ALL of my babies registerable since my bucks are both full blooded Fainters.

That's great that you can register the babies. I am sure they are going to be cute, and beautiful. Can't wait!! Hope all goes well with the paper work.

 

[Mamaboid]

I have been watching Elsie pretty closely today as I have been kind of lazy and not doing too much. I just have one question. HOW MUCH HAY CAN ONE GOAT EAT IN A DAY?

I swear, I never saw anything eat like this. Even when she is laying down, she is munching on the hay she has pulled out of the rack. She is gonna bust.

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

I have been watching Elsie pretty closely today as I have been kind of lazy and not doing too much. I just have one question. HOW MUCH HAY CAN ONE GOAT EAT IN A DAY?

I swear, I never saw anything eat like this. Even when she is laying down, she is munching on the hay she has pulled out of the rack. She is gonna bust.

I have been trying to look at her, but it's just a black screen. So thank you for the update!

 

[Mamaboid]

Camera is on, should be working. Try shutting the link down and starting all over again. Sometimes my shockwave pitches a fit and I have to do that to see her from the house computer.