Lilly might give birth tonight!

[TheSheepGirl]

Horray!

Glad to hear it's going well. She's so adorable. I love little goaties.

I hope all goes well with the second kid as well.

Good luck!!

Have you thought of any names yet?

 

[cmjust0]

I had to kick her buddy out cause she didn't want him when the baby was born

That's probably a good sign.. If they care about their babies, they don't usually cotton to letting other herd members get around them because...well...goats can be ROUGH with one another.

In case nobody's mentioned this, probably a good idea to keep mama stalled with her baby/ies for about a week or so unless you plan to bottle feed. Also, handle that baby A LOT in the first 10 days, as that seems to be when they sorta build their bonds.. Handling them a lot as babies makes them much sweeter -- almost like bottle babies -- even if they're dam raised.

Congrats!

 

[helmstead]

Aww she's adorable! CONGRATS!

 

[ksalvagno]

Very cute! Congratulations!

 

[glenolam]

Any more? that little doeling looked pretty dried up - how long can it be in between? My doe spit her twins out less than 10 minutes apart.

 

[Roll farms]

Congratulations!

Usually the more sure I am there's "at least one more"...there isn't....then some skinny doe w/ surprise me with trips or quads.

 

[PureSnowChic]

Congrats! beautiful baby!!!

 

[warthog]

Congrats

 

[elevan]

Congratulations!

Usually the more sure I am there's "at least one more"...there isn't....then some skinny doe w/ surprise me with trips or quads.

Ok - we're still waiting on more (we know they are there because we can see them moving in her belly)...

It's been about 10 hours since the first baby around 8:30am today. We noticed her being in labor about 12 hours prior to the first baby.

She isn't in any distress. She rotates between taking care of "Maggie", eating, drinking and resting.

This is not her first kidding, but I didn't have her when she gave birth prior...so I don't know if this is normal for her or not...what do you think?

Thanks!

 

[Roll farms]

I have been fooled before by seeing the rumen and other innards going back 'home' after the uterus starts to shrink...it does look like more kid movement.

If you truly believe there's another one in there, she will need to see a vet. If there's more than an hour between kids, there's a problem.

If she's acting normal and not in distress, I'm betting she's done.