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I feel the same as goat whisperer... I wish you could load them up and drive em down... we'd make the room.
Just so heartbroken for you.
Just so heartbroken for you.
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woodsie
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that's so hard….so sorry for your losses. How terribly heartbreaking. 
Praying the weather turns better for you soon.
Praying the weather turns better for you soon.
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I am so sorry you lost kids. It is so very hard as each one is precious.
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jodief100
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Thank you all so much. It helps to know you understand.
The weather is improving. Above freezing for a few hours yesterday and stayed in double digits overnight. Getting warmer today and over the weekend. It is hard to predict, on Saturday night the Weather Channel said it was -3 degrees in my zipcode but my weather station at the house said -17. Tuesday the Weather Channel said it was a high of 8 and a low of -3 but my weather station at the house said high of 3 and a low of -16. So the weather patterns down in our little valley differ from what we have around us. Not to say it hasn't been cold everywhere, the ferry across the river to Ohio is shut down because the Ohio River has frozen over in spots.
Nefer had her kids in the barn yesterday and they are fine. Twin boys. This is the first time Nefer has only had two, It will be a good break for her. We lost the two in the bathroom and there is one more in there that is very touch and go. The other is doing great on a bottle. I hope to have her back in the barn this weekend when it warms up to the 40's. Everyone else looks good. The problem here seem to be cold causing kids to pile under the lights and they didn't want to leave the warming pen so they didn't nurse as much as they should have. The weaker ones then got stuck at the bottom of the pile and squished. We also had a few who choose to snuggle with their mommies but the does were huddled very close as well and when the big does got a little one between them and the wall them they didn't have a chance. The does are having difficulty bonding with their kids with them spending so much time in the warmer pen.
I still haven't figured out all the numbers, after a certain point I was running on autopilot just trying to keep them alive. I think we have 33 in the barn doing well, one in the bathroom doing well and another in the bathroom that I am not sure will make it. One freezing, one drowning, five squished, one I know was stillborn (saw it born) and two more I think were stillborn but may have froze.
I have never been in weather this cold, never dealt with this kind of cold and hope I never will again. Our January kidding is usually the most successful and uneventful. We deal with too wet in March and parasites in May.
I got six consecutive hours of sleep last night, first time in a week. 5 more does to kid (I think, still figuring things out) and there will be 7 more in March and 4 more in May.
The weather is improving. Above freezing for a few hours yesterday and stayed in double digits overnight. Getting warmer today and over the weekend. It is hard to predict, on Saturday night the Weather Channel said it was -3 degrees in my zipcode but my weather station at the house said -17. Tuesday the Weather Channel said it was a high of 8 and a low of -3 but my weather station at the house said high of 3 and a low of -16. So the weather patterns down in our little valley differ from what we have around us. Not to say it hasn't been cold everywhere, the ferry across the river to Ohio is shut down because the Ohio River has frozen over in spots.
Nefer had her kids in the barn yesterday and they are fine. Twin boys. This is the first time Nefer has only had two, It will be a good break for her. We lost the two in the bathroom and there is one more in there that is very touch and go. The other is doing great on a bottle. I hope to have her back in the barn this weekend when it warms up to the 40's. Everyone else looks good. The problem here seem to be cold causing kids to pile under the lights and they didn't want to leave the warming pen so they didn't nurse as much as they should have. The weaker ones then got stuck at the bottom of the pile and squished. We also had a few who choose to snuggle with their mommies but the does were huddled very close as well and when the big does got a little one between them and the wall them they didn't have a chance. The does are having difficulty bonding with their kids with them spending so much time in the warmer pen.
I still haven't figured out all the numbers, after a certain point I was running on autopilot just trying to keep them alive. I think we have 33 in the barn doing well, one in the bathroom doing well and another in the bathroom that I am not sure will make it. One freezing, one drowning, five squished, one I know was stillborn (saw it born) and two more I think were stillborn but may have froze.
I have never been in weather this cold, never dealt with this kind of cold and hope I never will again. Our January kidding is usually the most successful and uneventful. We deal with too wet in March and parasites in May.
I got six consecutive hours of sleep last night, first time in a week. 5 more does to kid (I think, still figuring things out) and there will be 7 more in March and 4 more in May.
Hens and Roos
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Sorry to hear about the losses, hope the weather keeps improving for you! Hang in there!
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jodief100
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I got caught up on sleep and it was 65 degrees yesterday 
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is going on with the weather?
Cleo kidded a single huge boy, Sunshine kidded twin bucks, no problems, no blow dryers and no losses.
Three more in this group to go. I am having an issue with the three remaining pregnant does nursing any baby that walks up to her. Any idea what is with that? Will they have colostrum when their own babies are born or do i have another issue on my hand? I was way too busy this week to get any more colostrum, I am down to three cubes in the freezer.
The rain today is taking out all the snow so it is now a muddy, mucky mess everywhere. Better than freezing at this point. The creek has lost a lot of ice with the rain so you can't walk across it anymore. I haven't checked but I think the ice is mostly gone from the Ohio River but the Licking River still has a lot on it.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is going on with the weather?Cleo kidded a single huge boy, Sunshine kidded twin bucks, no problems, no blow dryers and no losses.
Three more in this group to go. I am having an issue with the three remaining pregnant does nursing any baby that walks up to her. Any idea what is with that? Will they have colostrum when their own babies are born or do i have another issue on my hand? I was way too busy this week to get any more colostrum, I am down to three cubes in the freezer.
The rain today is taking out all the snow so it is now a muddy, mucky mess everywhere. Better than freezing at this point. The creek has lost a lot of ice with the rain so you can't walk across it anymore. I haven't checked but I think the ice is mostly gone from the Ohio River but the Licking River still has a lot on it.
elevan
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I don't know the answer with 100% certainty but I would be concerned too about the pregnant does having colostrum since they are nursing any kid that walks up to them...
Goat Whisperer
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I don't think she will make more colostrum for the new babies. Have you checked to see if she has any left? If you can't separate her, I would tape her teats. Do you know anyone that you could buy some colostrum from?
So glad things are starting to look up
So glad things are starting to look up
norseofcourse
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I'm glad your weather has warmed back up and Cleo and Sunshine kidded with no problems. I'm so sorry for the losses you had, that's got to be heartbreaking 
