Goat Whisperer's & SBC's kidding thread: kidding storm

[Bruce]

We put one of our security cameras lightly attached to a 7' post. We did not take into account how high Maisy can stretch when she sees something that looks like it need chewing. She was sooooo proud when she showed us her new toy.

I'll keep that in mind Mike!

At least when there fat like that, you know for sure there bred.

Or overfed
Those are some WIDE goats! What are the survival odds if they have 4, 5, or 6?

 

[Hens and Roos]

Our 1 doe had 6 kids in 2015, we pulled the 2 smallest(1 lb 6 oz and 1 lb 8 oz) which were doelings right away and weren't sure they would survive the night but they did, the next morning we pulled the smallest buckling(should have pulled the other smallest buckling too as we lost him to being laid on)and those 3 became bottle kids. Doe raised the 2 biggest bucklings and we raised the other 3. The doe was kind of out of it for 4-5 days after kidding.

 

[Southern by choice]

With Nigerians very good.
@Hens and Roos doe had 6 and all made it. Another Nigerian breeder had 7 and they all made it.

Leah's first litter she had 2 goats extremely tangled. By the time we got them out 1 of the smaller goats died of a compression death it was 1lb 9 oz
Her 2nd litter she had 5 all went well however the 3rd had it's cord pinched during labor and delivery and with that the blood got shunted and essentially the lungs filled with blood.
Leah is a tiny doe. She is matured now and should be ok.

Katie another one of our Nigies has done fine with 4

Most any breed of goat can do well with triplets. It is when you get to quads and up that it is more risk. Yet Nigerians seem to do far better than many other breeds that have quads.

 

[Ferguson K]

Whatever they have, I know you're praying for healthy

 

[babsbag]

Triplets are pretty common in my Alpines; last year I had three sets of triplets. I had a doe with quads but only one made it as I wasn't here to assist and the second kid presented had died in utero weeks before and stopped the birthing process. The last two kids appeared to have died waiting to be born. The biggest challenge is usually getting them untangled during birth.

 

[nstone630]

Holy big bellies!!
I couldn't imagine 4-5 kids!!! Cannot wait for the pictures!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Leah and Ruth look great

 

[Southern by choice]

Silly bottle babies!
So hard to get pics!
Only Emmy and Bingo are bred from the baby group.

Bingo- F-1 bred for f-2's Due March 8th- thinking twins

Just LOVE these girls!

Raina- waiting for her kiss!
You can see Emmy (strawberry mini-nubian beside her) I think twins for her too she is due March 8th

Mariah Blk /wht belted LM (not a baby-lol) I think twins due March 9th

 

[Hens and Roos]

Nice looking group you have!

 

[luvmypets]

Ugh Bingo is just

Im excited to see what the doelings from this year give you