Kidding Kits

[mydakota]

What's in yours? I have my first doe of the year due on Saturday. I have already moved her into the kidding stall, and today I assembled (or rather checked and refilled) my kidding kit. I use a 5 gallon bucket. In it I have some Betadine, Iodine, Lube, dental floss, towels, a snare and a booger ball/nostril suction thingy. (not sure what you actually call those, but I know what they are for). What do you all keep in yours? I like keeping mine in a bucket with a lid beside the back door, because it is handy to grab on my way out the door, everything is in one place, and it stays clean. I have another one with basic first aid stuff in it. What is on your list of stuff to have on hand??

 

[poorboys]

I also keep those things, plus vit-e, bo-se, thermometer, weight measuring tape, paper and pen, and i use newspaper, if the doe is slow cleaning the film off the kids its better using newspaper than towels. It comes off easier and just throw it away,

 

[mydakota]

Newspaper, huh? I may have to give that a shot. I like being able to throw it in the burn barrel when we are done!

 

[20kidsonhill]

we keep a roll of throw away shop paper towels for cleaning off our hands and the kids. then I don't have to wash towels afterwards.

A halter or lead

3 cc syringe (for feeding kid, if mom things aren't going well)
and a coffee cup(for milking some milk into it)
corn syrup(for quick energy for the kid, if kid isn't getting on mom with in the first 30 minutes)
molasses
colostrum( I save some and keep in fridge from past kiddings, otherwise I would buy some colostrum replacer and have on hand.

bo-se Rx



Other things that I have used on occasion
a bottle of oxytocin Rx
calcium gluconate 23%
penn G with needle and syringe
injectable iron for pigs

One thing I wished I had on hand but have never gotten
nuflor Rx
dexamethazone Rx
Lactating rings Rx

 

[goats&moregoats]

@Southern by choice& @babsbag : Need to put together a better kidding kit. What do you keep in yours?

 

[jodief100]

OB Gloves. Lots and lots of lube. If you think you have enough, then triple it and you might. Bo-Se which is RX. Weak kid syringe, a syringe with a tube on it for tube feeding.

 

[Southern by choice]

@goats&moregoats missed answering when I saw this... it's that "oh there's a chicken" syndrome... they are called my children!

My kit is simple

Towels (for drying)
Nasal Aspirator (For suctioning)
Iodine (umbilical dip)
Dixie cups (for iodine dip)
Paper Towels (for all the "messy")
Dental Floss (to tie off the umbilical cord)
Scissors (for cord snipping and excess floss string)
Gloves ( sterile gloves for those times when assistance is needed)

Most of the time I start our with gloves but lose them... Sometimes if I go in the field and one is kidding I holler and ask someone to go get the bin and my hands are there anyway. I don't worry about it much.

We do give the doe some drench and warm water afterwards.

Forgot... COFFEE! That's for me

 

[goats&moregoats]

coffee. That is for sure. Thanks for responding. Mine almost matches. I have to ask about your drench?, I was told to add a bit of molasses to the warm water. I didn't do the iodine last year on my kids and I didn't cut the cords last year either.

 

[Southern by choice]

None ('cept some of our new girls) of our goats will touch molasses... they hate it. So if we were to put it in the water they wouldn't drink it. Hench the "forced drench"

If they kid and we aren't around we leave the cord the way it is unless it is really long. For the most part we tend to cut the cord shorter if it is really long if not then we just tie it off and dip- that is when we are present for the birth. wow that was redundant

This year we are pulling all the kids so I imagine we will be cutting and tying more off. Dipping is a good idea but if I had a huge herd that kidded in the fields I wouldn't dip.

 

[SheepGirl]

I don't have goats, but for my sheep I have:

• Iodine - dipping umbilical cords (we don't cut them)
  
• Towels - drying off babies in the cold
  
• Thermometer - check to see the temp of a baby suspected of hypothermia
  
• Bulb syringe - to get gunk out of the nose and mouth
  
• Feeding tube - if a baby takes too long to be born, their head will swell and they can't swallow. Use the feeding tube to give them their colostrum so they're off to a good start. Also used for sick or injured babies.
  
• Bottles/nipples for bottle babies
  
• Milk replacer for bottle babies
  
• Halter for tying or restraining ewes on occasion
  
• Docking/castrating equipment and supplies
  
• Tagging equipment and supplies