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

[autumnprairie]

Good morning all. As you can see from my answer above, we still have no babies. Although I am kind of glad we don't. It is all of 8 degrees here this morning. Elsie is happily munching on her breakfast with basically no changes. Tonight it is supposed to warm up, but it also supposed to rain, sleet and snow. As I am typing this, I have the camera up on screen, and I see the dh go into Elsie's pen, fluff up and put clean bedding down, and he is telling her while he is doing it " here is some nice fluffy bedding, see how comfy your bed is to have babies on. We have resorted to blackmail and or bribery, the only thing we have not tried is to offer to let her come in and have them on the couch. I am afraid that is next. Hope everyone has a great day.

BJ

Bambi walked in this morning pretty as you please and wandered around for a bit. fyi Bambi is my avatar that is her when she was 8 weeks old

Elsie is being stubborn

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

I hope all is well on your end. Give Elsie a bog hug for me. I can't wait for the day to get on here and see her babies.

 

[Mamaboid]

Good morning all. Quick update on Elsie....no babies.....no changes. Now, I have a question about one of my other does. Background: I "took the weekend off" and the dh took care of the goats and chickens. This morning when I went down, I find things pretty much ok, pens not quite as fresh as I like em, but you know how it is, nobody can do things exactly like you do. Anyway, we have a single chicken with a young chick that she raised that are spoiled rotten and have their own hut in the goat field. This morning, I found a bunch of corn on the ground where apparently my dh had put HANDFULS of corn down for these chickens. ggrrrr. I also found my doe Brandy with a messy butt. She has very soft (pudding) stool. She is eating hay, seems to feel fine, no temp, still begging for her hand fed corn treats (which she did not get) and doesn't seem to be ill at all. My question is, should I just watch her close, or treat her somehow. I am not sure how long she has been this way, since dh didn't notice anything. She does normally get a couple handsfull of corn as treats every morning, but never more than a couple mouthfuls
Do you think it is too much corn? The buck that is in with her has no signs, and he does not like corn and won't eat it, which adds to my suspicion that it is the corn that did it.

 

[doxiemoxie]

I agree that it is reasonable to suspect the corn. I would take Brandy off any other food than the hay until her poops return to normal. I would also make her a couple baking soda boluses (boli?) : make a thick paste of baking soda and water, about the size of a walnut or a little smaller, and get her to swallow them. Watch her carefully for any bloating or acting like she's got a bellyache. (I know this post is over a day later. I hope she's well)

 

[mek]

she just had a thing pop out !
... I cant tell bad angle the camera is at but I swear I saw something

 

[Mamaboid]

Good morning all. Well, Elsie is doing good, still no babies, but I think she is close. Of course, I have thought that before. She has quite a bit of discharge this morning, and is totally without ligs. She is doing a lot of side watching, a little side talking, and a LOT of laying around. Her sides feel different this morning also, They are more firm? for lack of a better way to describe. Yesterday, I could almost feel the individual babies in there, today it just seems round and firm with no little noses or butts protruding. I am thinking that maybe this means the kids are getting in better position to be born. This may also be wishful thinking on my part, I realize.

As for Brandy, she is doing better also. She is eating good, hay only. No more pudding poop, although I have not seen her drop any pellets either. I watched her for over an hour this morning, and she is acting totally normal with good appetite. I did give her some probios and will continue to watch her very closely. She does not act like she has any pain or discomfort at all, and was BEGGING for grain this morning when I fed the goats on the other side of the fence. I distinctly heard her say "No fair, Mama".

All the other goats are fine, Dusty and Stephanie continue to try to figure out where they stand since we moved the herd queen to Eli's pen and they are not with her right now. They head butt constantly, but most of it is more like play with only an occasional serious confrontation. I have made the decision that I am going to band Dusty's horns. They are short and sharp and we have been unable to stop her from using them, so they have to go. I will probably be banding them this weekend. The dh is still trying to talk me out of it, but he isn't here to see it all the time like I am. She has gone from being a sweet little spoiled girl to being a real brat sometimes. She has also grown to the point that now instead of being the smallest goat, she is in the middle of the herd with only Eli the buck and Elsie being larger. She is now almost as big as Elsie.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day. Later..
BJ

 

[Queen Mum]

BABIES, BABIES, BABIES! Thinking Babies. Tonight is the night of BABIES!

 

[fortheloveofgoats]

I will be watching her today! I hope it's today What a great birthday present. Tell Elsie I would love that.

 

[Mamaboid]

I will be watching her today! I hope it's today What a great birthday present. Tell Elsie I would love that.

Happy Birthday

She was really uncomfortable all night long, kept shifting from side to side and getting up and down. She looks a lot looser this morning, so keep your fingers crossed.

I will tell her that she has to give you a birthday present.

 

[daisychick]

The guineas are on a roll today , that is all I can hear on the camera.

She keeps laying down and twitching her tail and looking at her belly, I hope that means something .