How much longer? 8/18-triplets, one stillborn.

[sevlep1]

 

[started*with*chickens]

PLEASE tell me this means soon! We of course have plans for tomorrow so she'll either keep me up all night or wait for me to leave...lol AND my husband is working a night shift (after being off for a week...doe code! lol)

For some reason the straight on, best, picture that I got isn't loading and saying it's not a jpg. It is a jpg, I've tried to figure out what's going on but I can't get it fixed so the best I can do is a side view...

She's talking a lot and is eating so I don't know what to think. My daughter said she keeps squatting (well, about 3 times in the last 20 minutes) like she's going to urinate but isn't doing anything...

 

[started*with*chickens]

I had to delete the better picture and upload it again but I think it's working now!

 

[sevlep1]

SHE'S HAVING A BABY!!!!! CONGRATS !!! Post pics soon!

 

[started*with*chickens]

Just in case anyone is up waiting on their doe(s) to kid too I thought I'd drop by with an update...nothing yet but I'm 99.9% sure she's in early labor going into an active stage. I told my daughter I don't expect anything to really happen for another hour or so (12:30 our time) but I seriously have no idea what I'm talking about and I thought she would have kidded 2 weeks ago...

Her udder had gotten large today but it's doubled in about the last hour. She keeps making little noises and some up and down. She spends a lot more time down, that's for sure. The mucus string is so long now it's only a couple of inches from the ground. I don't ever remember anyone saying 'once labor starts it usually lasts X amount of hours' so I have no idea how long this might be. (and there's probably no X amount of hours and it's just like humans when we have babies and can vary...lol) I had to leave my teenage girls out there with her (14 and 16) because they were driving me CRAZY with updates on EVER SINGLE noise, movement she makes, did I mention I was sitting right next to them?! lol

 

[chicken pickin]

Yay cant wait for some updates and some pics. I hope it goes smooth and you have kids soon

 

[started*with*chickens]

They are here! She had triplets but the first one (a girl) was still born and my husband said the other 2 are a boy and girl. (The previous owners said the same thing happened her FF, we thought that maybe she didn't know what to do and didn't get the baby cleaned up in time the first time. Now I'm starting to wonder if it 'means' something). We were with her from 8:30 until 5 this morning and she kidded sometime between 5 and 8...We knew something wasn't right when we went to bed but we didn't really have anyone to call at 5 am on a Sunday. Around 2:30 she started showing signs of really starting to go into labor but on a scale of 1-10 she never seemed to go above a 4 as far as pain. She was doing a lot of sleeping and was actually pretty calm. We noticed what I think were hoofs but it looked like the bag I've seen in videos was behind them, so she would dilate a little, about the size of a golf ball with a big tennis ball bulge behind it with a little body part showing behind a thin bag but no fluid. She kept having strings of the same mucus come out, at least 7 or 8 times. It would get long enough to almost touch the ground, break off and start again. We honestly went to bed expected the worst. I couldn't feel any movement but I was trying to leave her alone. She wouldn't dilate enough for us to feel like we could step in and help.

We were surprised this morning when we went out to 2 babies standing and talking. One was pretty wobbly on his feet. The little girl was obviously older and was doing pretty good. They've both nursed. The stillborn was over in a corner and you could tell she hadn't even tried to clean it. She looked the same size as the other 2 and didn't show any outward signs of deformity. We are wondering if maybe her bag ruptured while still inside?

I have a couple of pictures. I can't wait until I can get better pictures, I figured everyone had been through enough and they needed some quiet time. Well, as much quiet time as they can get w/both of our mini-heifer and all of the kids, chickens and dogs sitting there watching them in the pen...lol


Boy, I think...lol

That would mean this is a girl...

Ok, this is a silly question...what are the dangly things under their ears/on their necks/throat? The momma has one under each ear, one larger than the other.

 

[Southern by choice]

The dangly things are wattles.
Congrats!
Kids can be wobbly... they have been crammed in there for awhile...please do not rush them to the vet for a Selenium injection!
Sorry about the stillborn. It can happen. Was the that one larger than the others?

Giving momma some extra nutrition... goat drench will help boost her and you can give 2 cc's to the kids also.

 

[sevlep1]

Sorry about your stillborn. They are beautiful ! Congrats!! .. thanks for the details I will watch Aubrey and see if anything similar occurs.

 

[elevan]

Congratulations!