Hykue
Chillin' with the herd
I don't post on here a whole lot, but it's my place to go for questions. I asked one a few days ago about my knuckled-under kid, and realized that I should really post some cute pictures as payment for all the great answers I always get here. Especially since my girls are kidding so late, so probably most of you don't have new baby kids anymore?
Anyway, my FF, Dash, kidded by herself the other day, I checked them in the morning, she looked fine and normal and ate hay like there was no tomorrow. I got very busy working on our new greenhouse, didn't check until about 6, and there were two dried-off kids in the barn! I was very proud of her and felt a bit sheepish for missing my first-ever kidding. Oh well, she did just fine on her own. She was tired, so I gave her some water and grain and fresh hay, and she ate and drank and then licked her babies some more. They both nursed okay on their own, the only problem was the little boy's knuckled under leg. Splints and BoSe (equivalent) did the job, and he's fine now.
Now I just have to remember how to post pictures on here, and you can see little Splash and her brother Sprig.
This is Splash. She looks a lot like her mom, but with elf ears instead of cinnamon rolls, and a bit of a white vee on her left side.
This is Sprig. He was the one with the contracted tendon in his left front, but he jumps around just fine now. He's almost all white, with a tiny spot of black hairs on his spine.
Splash is very proud of her climbing abilities and loves to climb on the hay when I lay it on the milkstand for my does to eat.
Sprig also likes the milkstand, but he likes to stand behind the head gate, as you can see.
This is a very goaty picture. That's Dash, the mom, in the middle of the milkstand, Sprig is sticking his head through from the wrong side of the headgate, and Splash is falling off the milkstand . . . as per usual. How did baby goats live when they were born on mountainsides? If it were up to Splash, she would have fallen to her doom within two days.
Finally, I figured I should post a picture of their dad, Marbles. He was on loan from Dash's breeders - free, no less. They are very good, helpful people. Here he is. He's just young, so he's not huge and bucky yet.
Thanks for all the help so far, I'm sure I'll be back for more.
Anyway, my FF, Dash, kidded by herself the other day, I checked them in the morning, she looked fine and normal and ate hay like there was no tomorrow. I got very busy working on our new greenhouse, didn't check until about 6, and there were two dried-off kids in the barn! I was very proud of her and felt a bit sheepish for missing my first-ever kidding. Oh well, she did just fine on her own. She was tired, so I gave her some water and grain and fresh hay, and she ate and drank and then licked her babies some more. They both nursed okay on their own, the only problem was the little boy's knuckled under leg. Splints and BoSe (equivalent) did the job, and he's fine now.
Now I just have to remember how to post pictures on here, and you can see little Splash and her brother Sprig.
This is Splash. She looks a lot like her mom, but with elf ears instead of cinnamon rolls, and a bit of a white vee on her left side.
This is Sprig. He was the one with the contracted tendon in his left front, but he jumps around just fine now. He's almost all white, with a tiny spot of black hairs on his spine.
Splash is very proud of her climbing abilities and loves to climb on the hay when I lay it on the milkstand for my does to eat.
Sprig also likes the milkstand, but he likes to stand behind the head gate, as you can see.
This is a very goaty picture. That's Dash, the mom, in the middle of the milkstand, Sprig is sticking his head through from the wrong side of the headgate, and Splash is falling off the milkstand . . . as per usual. How did baby goats live when they were born on mountainsides? If it were up to Splash, she would have fallen to her doom within two days.
Finally, I figured I should post a picture of their dad, Marbles. He was on loan from Dash's breeders - free, no less. They are very good, helpful people. Here he is. He's just young, so he's not huge and bucky yet.
Thanks for all the help so far, I'm sure I'll be back for more.
