Green Family Farm's Boer Kid Watch 2011 - "It's Finished!"

rebelINny

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I have a doe that is due in 3 weeks and she has that look already. Been watching her close. She kidded 5 days early last time with twins. She is known for holding her tail like that for a week or two before she kids though. :/
 

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Alexis' udder is the biggest udder I have seen on a Boer goat - it looks like a first-time Dairy goat udder. :fl for babies today.

Pictures taken 8:30 this morning:
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I WIN, I WIN!!!

Not sure why I'm so excited (other than I WIN!) :gig

Just joking - I'm happy to hear your doe had a healthy delivery with two girls!
 

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I'm SUPER excited both of these are girls! She had twin girls last year, so this was a great surprise!

I went out around 8 this morning and told her I was going to go buy my books I need for my classes (which is an hour drive one way). Of course, today is rainy and cold.

After I went in the house, I declare she went to pushing. I could hear her inside the house, so I ran back out just in time to see her water break and watch the babies being born. That was the coolest experience ever! She had the first one laying down and the first one standing up. Of course, the second one came a lot faster than the first, but the whole birth didn't last more than 15 mins.

The first girl is having a little trouble getting on her feet, but after a dose of Vitamin B Complex, she's getting up and at it. The second girl is a fireball - as soon as she hit the ground, she was trying to get up and was sucking.

She's a great mama. She's talking to them and hasn't stopped licking. She used her nose to help them get up and lifts her leg when they start to nurse.

Oh and, boy, do I stink! :lol:

Doeling #1
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Doeling #2
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With Mama:
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