March Kidding--Anyone due and want to wait with me??

[SillyChicken]

Sorry you lost Cami.. she could have easily spun around to avoid him and broke her own neck. I can't believe how aggressive goats can be with each other some times, yet they can't bear to be apart.

 

[Missy]

It amazes me too. They bunt each other, yell at each other, ram each other, block the doorways so each other can not get inside or outside. Then they turn around and scream bloody murder when they are 10 feet away from each other.

 

[Missy]

With Sunday out of the way, That puts me down to 1 week before kidding begins (that is counting if Ginger goes at 147 like before) If not then it will be a week and a few days. She either has a really active pair of twins, or a full litter in there, I am not sure which I still can not feel anything in Duecey but she was in heat 1 week after Ginger and WAS bred, and has NOT came back into heat so I am just not sure. Tippy is also getting quite large, I am praying for a doe from her, especially after the loss of Cami. Tippy's baby(ies) is/are quite active as well, and she is not due till the 26th-ish. I thought it was a week earlier, but I counted on the calendar and that is where it put her second time around...Unless she really did get bred the same time as Ginger and it was some kind of false heat the second time...

Other exciting news is within the next week-week and a half we will also have two litters of beagle puppies. The first one due, this is her first litter, the second one due, was NOT suppose to come in heat when she did. We missed her cycle(on purpose) and then 3/1/2 months later she went back in heat, never bled or anything, Since wasn't due to come in heat again for about 2/1/2 months, She was enjoying playing with the other dogs. Unfortunately her and my male had different plans. She is an excellent mother and has nursed other dogs puppies as well as kittens, she gets milk when ever there are babies around. We brought in a couple cocker spaniel mix puppies from a rescue that we 2 days old and the mother had died, we were planning to bottle feed when Apple spontaneously adopted the puppies and developed milk. She was 3/1/2 at that time and has done it ever since. But she was suppose to be retired. She is 7 years old now, and had an appointment in February to be spayed. Unfortunately that was to be postponed until after this litter is gone.

 

[Missy]

No baby goats yet, but my first time momma beagle had her puppies. As of right now, there are 7 puppies, 5 girls/2 boys. I wasn't expecting her go for a few more days, so unfortunately I was not home I came home to find 6 puppies out, 3 were wet, 3 were dried off but cold all were screaming and the 7th puppy was half out. Now they are warming up and all dry. Prayers for the little babies. She is trying to be a good mommy.

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Congrats on the puppies! How are they doing now? I bet they are cute. Photos...please?

 

[Missy]

We had a rough night and lost one of the little males. The other little male is also struggling, but holding on. I moved them to a transport kennel for now as it helps trap in the heat better than the whelping box. I will get pictures soon. The father is mostly black with some white and has tan markings and ticking. The mother is black, tan and bluetick. So far it looks like "possibly" 2 of the females are going to be dark tri colors 1 female is going to be a lighter tri (possibly bluetick) and the other 2 females and male are going to be black, tan and bluetick. I could be completely wrong as bluetick colored beagles and traditional tri color beagles are both born black and white with slight tan markings. However 3 of the puppies are mostly white(which occasionally is a good indicator of a bluetick colored adult. However, the mother was mostly dark colored as a newborn but turned out to be a high black colored bluetick, so you never know. By three weeks old, I should know, or at least start to know.

 

[Sweetened]

Sorry for your loss

 

[SillyChicken]

I bred Cane Corsos for a while.. hated most dealing with the "type" of some of the customers attracted by the breed...so I got out of it. I still have CC's and one of my pups left. It's tough to lose the little ones when they haven't even had a chance yet. Hope the rest of the pups do well for you.

Speaking of pups, I put my old puppy video/audio camera in the goat shed last night to monitor their activity in the house. These are my wether boys, but this back area will be divided by a panel and the doe put back there to keep her where I can watch her. This is the image in the total darkness, so I'm going to put in an led bulb, and keep it on so I can see her better. I may also move the camera so I can just see the whole shed area, sheep and goats together. It's old, but it works and hardly cost me anything. (got it on clearance, monitor, 2 cameras and 4, 60ft cables for like $50.. how can you pass up something like that!) I plan to invest in better equipment later.

 

[.✴BlueBell✴.]

My goat is due march, can't wait

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

My goat is due march, can't wait

Welcome to BYH!! You have just joined a thread of crazy goat people who can barely see straight waiting for their does to kid!