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

[AshleyFishy]

My doe, Biscuit, keeps misplacing her baby...

She came screaming to our bedroom window for help around 6 am. She misplaced him last night too so I wasn't in a panic. Found the lil bugger curled up in the run in shed on a pile of hay. He was toasty warm and sound asleep. He woke up and started feeding as soon as momma found him. I've never really had a doe misplace her baby, is this normal or should I be concerned?

 

[MissFitFarm]

I know without a doubt that this doe can not feed more than two kids. I took what I thought were the two smaller kids (only got one smaller, oops. But the other should be fine since she won't have to fight two kids to get to a teat) and brought them in. Milked some colostrum (about 2-3 oz; remember this doe does not have great capacity at all.) from her and bottle fed it to the kids.

You know, honestly, at least in my case, quads are just hard (maybe too hard) for a doe to raise. One of my other does that has a pretty fair capacity udder had trouble taking care of four and she's a good mama too. She was constantly being nursed. She was getting wore out and the two smaller ones finally just couldn't fight well any more. By the time I brought them in, they were set in their way of refusing the bottle. Unfortunately, I lost both of them due to complications I haven't quite found out yet. :/

If I can help it, I will never let one of my does keep quads again. From now on, I'm taking two and getting them on the bottle so I don't have to go through so much stress and trouble.

I'll try working on photos tomorrow. It's been a rough week. :/

sorry about the ones that didn't make it, its hard losing little ones, I get allot from the auctions and lose a few but save so many more and that is what I focus on.
thanks for the info I will take babies in if more than 2.

My doe, Biscuit, keeps misplacing her baby...

She came screaming to our bedroom window for help around 6 am. She misplaced him last night too so I wasn't in a panic. Found the lil bugger curled up in the run in shed on a pile of hay. He was toasty warm and sound asleep. He woke up and started feeding as soon as momma found him. I've never really had a doe misplace her baby, is this normal or should I be concerned?

I know it's not funny but then again it sorta is, poor mom.

 

[MissFitFarm]

Congrats on the pretty little Ram Lamb!

I hope your quads do well for you

Ginger is beside herself with grief. I wish they made some Welbutrin(SP?) for goats. It really sinks to loose babies. This is the first year I have had to deal with loss like this. We lost 3 puppies from one litter leaving us with 4 healthy(and getting bigger) puppies. The we lost one from the other litter-loss isn't quite the right word as the mother intentionally killed him(which she has NEVER done before. He is at the vet getting a necropsy done. We also loss Cami, and now the babies (both of which are also at the vet getting tested.

It seems this year has been a bad one for allot of folks, I myself have lost allot. had to cull my entire flock of chickens. Hope my bad luck don't spill over into my goats.
Sorry for all your loss

 

[rebelINny]

I've had those bad year too. Hugs to you Missy. Hope you find some answers for the deaths.

 

[AshleyFishy]

To all that have lost already this year.

 

[HoneyDreameMomma]

To all that have lost already this year.

x2 I'm so sorry for all of you who've lost babies this year. Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone who's still caring for little ones or getting ready to have them!

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

My doe, Biscuit, keeps misplacing her baby...

She came screaming to our bedroom window for help around 6 am. She misplaced him last night too so I wasn't in a panic. Found the lil bugger curled up in the run in shed on a pile of hay. He was toasty warm and sound asleep. He woke up and started feeding as soon as momma found him. I've never really had a doe misplace her baby, is this normal or should I be concerned?

It might help to keep them in a pen together to bond. I have one doe that is a bit of a clumsy mama. She'll jump up and put her hooves on something and then just plop right down. . . on a kid. Or, she'll walk on them or step on them not paying heed to the poor thing when it cries...and she's still standing on him. She stepped on three of her kids less than an hour after having them. I was almost ready right then and there to take them all from her. She's just so clumsy. My other does are careful to left their legs and watch where they're going. Some does are just a little wacky I guess. I let her have run of the goat hall so she won't be as likely to step on them.

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Finally! Some photos of Bambi's kids.

She had three buckskins in a row. Thankfully, each of their head markings is different and she was kind enough to number them for us. The first little guy had one white splash on his head.


The second, a girl, had two white splashes on her head.


The third, another girl, had a white dash (She's the one in the middle).


And the fourth, a boy is, well, pretty obvious. It's kind of funny. Bambi had quads last year (all boys) and the last one to come looks almost exactly like this one!

 

[Missy]

Beautiful Beautiful babies!!!

 

[AshleyFishy]

Ooo looks like I have a doe that lost her mucus plug and is staying away from the herd