LHF kidding 2012 PHOTOS AFTER THE STORM

[jodief100]

Keep posting all the pictures you want. I enjoy them.

Hubby loves your barn layout. He wishes we had the facilities here for that.

Alas, we have a tobacco barn someone converted to a cattle barn that we converted to a goat barn.

 

[Chicks&Feathers]

Beautiful girls!! Can't wait to see baby pics!! You definately do need some wide load signs!

 

[20kidsonhill]

No babies yet. I thought Nova may have been in early labor this morning, but i guess she was just stretching. I couldn't sleep, Kept thinking about needing to go out to the barn and check on everyone, I did closed up the barn at 10:30 and then checked on them a 3 am and then at 7am. We have been closing them in the barn at night, because of all the mud, and some of the more timid does get run out of the barn from the big does. But during the day we have been running them up to pasture and not letting them in the barn, to give it a chance to dry out, otherwise I think some of those big does would just lay in the barn all day and make it a mess.

 

[20kidsonhill]

First Kid :/
Well, heard a kid crying in the field, rain to see if snowball had started kidding, and all I find is a big 8 or 9 lb kid laying by himself, with afterbirth next to him, and no mom to be found. Laying on his side, barely alive.

I have been working with him for 30min. know. Still alive. But can't hardly move and ice cold. Still trying to get him warm and some sugar in his system.

Husband searched through the does and came up with Star. I have no Idea what happened, why she kidded, She barely has a bag on her, I was able to get a little milk out of it, doesn't even seem think like the first milk should. But the kid seems mature, but weak and cold.

I don't expect it to live.

then I look up in the field and snowball is laid out flat on her back, back legs spread out, like she is stretched out on a surgery table. I run up the field and find her wedged in a low spot, like a small ditch. She appears stuck and can't roll herself out of it. So I grab her legs on one side of her body and flip her back over. she seems dazed, but gets up pees and poops and walks towards the herd.

Very weird day.

Not happy about loosing probably another doe out of the count.

 

[jodief100]

I am sorry. What a rough start. I know you are doing your best and I hope she pulls through. We are thinking of you.

 

[Erins Little Farm]

OH WOW you have had a rough start hope they doe and kid are okay

 

[Chicks&Feathers]

I hope things will get better for you! Thoughts are definately sent your way! Hang in there.

 

[20kidsonhill]

He died, and when I inspected him, he had signs of decaying hooves, the placenta looked normal and not decayed. Overall his entire body was very healthy and muscled, had his teeth, they were nice and white. Lots of nice thick hair. He was pretty big. Have no idea what just happened. Decaying hooves does not seem like a good thing. I am not liking farming right now. But I am still hopeful the rest will go better. She is kind of low man on the totem pole with the group she was in, maybe she took a hard hit. The doe is acting like nothing happened, she did try to tend to him, but gave up when he wouldn't respond.

 

[jodief100]

 

[fmizula]

sorry for the loss. i just lost three kids a few days ago so i understand. hope the rest go as planned. an old farmer once told me that if you want to keep livestock you are going to have to deal with some dead stock.

dont beat your self up over it as i did.