New Baby girl

[FreyasMom]

Okay so I woke up to this beautiful little girl yesterday morning. At first I had some trouble getting the mother (Freya) to nurse. Now that I've got that under control I have a question. I have been reading and I've seen some people talk about the utter/bag and teats being hot to touch and somethign about infection. So my question is how warm/hot should her bag be to the touch? How do I know if she is getting infection? What do I do if its happening? How do I prevent it? I just want my momma and baby to be as healthy as possible!

 

[FreyasMom]

 

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[Farmin' Girl]

Aw! sooooo cute!

 

[goats&moregoats]

Cute, you can definitely tell the difference between a warm utter and a hot utter. As long as baby is nursing all should be fine. Problems usually arise if nursing/milking is not being done for what ever reason. Mastitis can set in, doesn't always though. I read everything I can about goats in general and then even more on my specific breed/breeds.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

She is adorable! Congratulations!

 

[FreyasMom]

Tinker Bell will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. How long should momma have bloody discharge? It is dark red in color, and smells terrible. Of course she is covered in gnats.

 

[OneFineAcre]

It can go on for a few weeks to a month. We always clip our girls backsides before they kid to minimize how much gets matted in hair. You may try to do that now, or at least clean her some.

 

[cindyg]

For sure it can go on for a few weeks, but I never noticed that any of my girls discharge had a terrible smell. Might want to look into that as it could be an infection.