Khaleesi & Aaliyah's Kidding Thread

[thailand]

Thanks friends . Just been and checked on the little guy and he's warm and happy. He has his mother's personality and LOVES cuddles. Comes to me immediately looking for face rubs . Trying not to love him too much just yet....never know what Aaliyah might have, and if she has a buckling too then we'll have to choose between the two. Aaah...choices!

Aaliyah is still preggers with no signs of imminent birth happening this morning.

Here's a photo from yesterday afternoon's events.

 

[Goatgirl47]

What a handsome buckling! So glad he's doing alright.
I can't wait to see Aaliyah's kid(s)!

 

[norseofcourse]

Congrats on the buckling, and sorry about the girl I hope everything goes well with your other goat (and soon!).

 

[thailand]

Hey guys....just a quick question if I may. Khaleesi has huge teats really full of colustrum/milk, and as she now only has just one kid, are there any precautions I should be taking with her to keep her udder healthy? What I mean is, should I be concerned about one kid not being enough to drain her supply sufficiently? I am trying to avoid mastitis or any other issues from surfacing. Maybe I'm overthinking/worrying too much?? Thanks.

 

[Goatgirl47]

I would probably try to milk Khaleesi if I were you. Is her buckling only nursing from one side? Or even if he can't completely empty her out I would just go ahead and milk her most of the way, still leaving some for her buckling.
I'm not sure, but it looks as if Khaleesi's teats are really inflated. Is her buckling having trouble nursing on them?

And is there anything new with Aaliyah?

 

[thailand]

Nothing new on Aaliyah this morning. She is very 'touchy' and won't let me feel her tummy or check her ligs. She's been that way all through her pregnancy. I did manage to feel her tummy last night though and there is 100% a live baby in there

Khaleesi...hmmmm, I might try milking her a bit then. Yes, her teats have been inflated like that the last couple of days. The buckling seems to be happy, not crying for food at all and I've seen him peeing. I've seen him try to suckle and yesterday he appeared to be doing ok with getting fed. I think he's slowly figuring it out. He is trying to suckle both teats. Thanks Goatgirl, I will attend to milking Khaleesi after I get back this morning from picking up some more hay.

 

[Goatgirl47]

Oh, good! As long as Khaleesi's buckling is happy and bouncing around he's getting enough milk.

 

[thailand]

Just milked her. Her teat on the right hand side was very firm....got some out. I'll be keeping an eye on things. Hey - another question....how soon do you let your kids outside? I'm worried about cocci etc. I don't usually give cocci meds until the kids are around 4 weeks old.

 

[Goatgirl47]

I usually let my kids outside when they are only 1-2 days old. But that is mainly because I don't have a great set-up, like a nice stall for the doe and new kids to be in for a week or two. I would let them out for a few hours each day though, until the buckling is a little older (maybe 2-3 weeks old?).

 

[thailand]

Urgent help needed please! Just noticed the new baby has rattly breathing. He is fine in every other way - eating really well and often, peeing, pooping, jumping around like a lunatic. I have realized I've made two very stupid mistakes in his care

Mistake no. 1 - I decided it would be a good idea to put linoleum down on the wooden slat floor of his birthing pen because unfortunately the wooden slats are two far apart and I was worried his feet/legs would get trapped. I had hay down over top of this. This was the situation for the first 1 1/2 days until I realized what a dumb idea it was cause the pee had nowhere to go and was pooling on the lino under the hay.

Mistake no 2 = fixed the above problem and totally removed the linoleum. Put tons of hay down and inserted stripped tree branches in the gaps between the floor boards to close up the gaps. Also put down some hard plastic slatted 'jigsaw' livestock panels (don't know what this is called). This has worked very well so far, however, this is where I slipped up next.....I put a towel down on the hay in one corner for him to lie on. He seemed to love this idea.

But, this morning I've noticed the towel is very wet with urine and he's clearly still been lying on it.

Help please - what if any medication can/should I give him. He's only 3 days old today. I've had him outside in the sun for a bit today and as I said above, other that a wheezy rattle he seems absolutely fine. I am aware though that kids can go downhill very fast and so I'm hoping for some urgent advice please. (There are no goat vets here that I'm aware of/have been able to find....so it's up to us guys). Thanks