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

[Missy]

Adorable!!


On a Sad note for us, the little doeling died this afternoon. There were no signs of distress at all She was up and half hopping around, more active than her brother who was a little smaller than her. Then I noticed the little guy wasn't moving around as much. He is inside wrapped in a blanket in a box. Nice and warm but not attempting to do anything. Both had/have full bellies. I am not sure what happened

 

[SillyChicken]

oh no missy! Sorry you lost the girl and I hope the little guy is ok... wish I could help.

congrats to the others with new babies... I noticed the ligs in my girl have softened a little and I could really feel baby parts... I am worried that she may have them earlier than expected. but then again..... waiting for them to come is killing me! LOL!

 

[Missy]

And.....We lost the other one He was doing great this morning, up and hoping around. He would not take a bottle so I brought him out at 230in the morning for a feeding from mom. He ate and ate and was doing great. I brought him back inside and he went back to sleep. This morning before work he was up and crying again. I brought him outside and again he ate and ate. I decided to leave him with momma as she was so happy to have him back. I came home from work at 1130am. He was all good. Just went out side about 5 minutes ago and he was dead.

 

[AshleyFishy]

I'm sorry

 

[MissFitFarm]

Bambi kidded quads at 6am this morning; 2 bucks and 2 does. Will try to post some photos later.

Can they feed 4? Just asking cause I really don't know.
Congrats.
I'm still waiting.......................................................

 

[MissFitFarm]

o wow. I'm so sorry

 

[Goat Whisperer]

@Missy I am so sorry for your loss. That is just heartbreaking.



@Pioneer Chicken and @AshleyFishy - Congrats on your babies! I hope all goes well!

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Can they feed 4? Just asking cause I really don't know.
Congrats.
I'm still waiting.......................................................

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. :/

 

[SheepGirl]

Not goats, but I had a ewe have a single ram lamb on March 4. He's so cute! She was the first lamb born last year and the first on my property. All of my sheep from 2012 and before we're born at my neighbors.

 

[Missy]

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.