Milk-N-Honey Farm (was Olive Tree) Kidding Watch--New Pictures

[Livinwright Farm]

More kids on the way!

My father in law woke me up to tell me the goats were loose (we've had an ongoing issue with some neighborhood kids letting our animals out in the night, and I had been padlocking the gates but had not locked the kidding pens so I could get in and out easily all night long checking them...so they all got opened!) and I went to put them back in and Flora was laying in the yard streaming goo. Hopefully this is a faster labor than Gracee's.

First, Congratulations & Lets Go FLORA!! Praying for DOELINGS
Second, have you set up any security cams? If not, I would put at least one up focussed on the main gate, and post signs that you have "them" & they are running 24/7.

 

[Ariel301]

We have considered security cameras, but can't afford to right now. I want a camera for kidding season that hooks to my computer so I can watch them at night from bed and not get up and go outside every two hours. My husband agrees that would be nice, and he wants a camera mounted on the side of the house that we can control by computer and zoom around to look at various things...he can set one up, we just don't have the cash at the moment to get it unless we find a great deal on a used one.

We normally padlock all the gates at night and when we aren't home. I left the kidding pens unlocked because it's hard to find and operate the keys at 3 am on very little sleep lol. We were going to get a Great Pyrenees dog but my in-laws who own the property said no dogs. I normally leave some lights on in the pens at night to help deter the kids, as well as a sign that said we had a security camera and a guard dog, but it seems they figured out that wasn't true. :/

At least our goats don't wander if loose. They go straight to the hay stack or the back door!

 

[rebelINny]

Can't wait for baby pics from Flora!!

 

[Ariel301]

She's taking a breakfast break.

I thought maybe she had another couple of weeks because she hadn't filled her udder. She apparently dumped a bunch of milk into it overnight. Uncharacteristic for her, but oh well.

 

[poorboys]

congrats!!!!! glad she delivered fine.

 

[Ariel301]

Twin boys, born at 12:15

One chocolate brown with a dorsal stripe, the other black and white. Super cute, but more bucklings! The first one was born with a foreleg back but came out fine with a little pulling. (I seem to get a lot of foreleg-back deliveries.) The second bubble came out with a tail in it, so I dropped my camera and was washing up to go in and reposition, and he just slurped out butt first.

Pictures coming soon.

Kid #1, 8.7 pounds. With an escutcheon that wide at only two hours old, I do believe this kid is going to keep his buck parts.

Kid #2, 5 pounds. He's kind of skinny and wobbly, but I love the coloring! WHY is this not a doe?!

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Kid #2 would have beena beautiful doe! what a shame!
perhaps with the next kidding you will get at least 1 girl.

 

[helmstead]

 

[Ariel301]

One more doe left to go, and she's starting to bag up nicely. My husband says she'd better have five girls in there.

 

[rebelINny]

Nice looking bucks and I agree the first one has a great stance but the coloring on the second is to envy!!! Congrats on an easy kidding!