OMG! Toally not prepared, but what a surpise!

[crazyland]

We bought Valentine and her daughter when she was only 8 weeks old.
This evening we found 3 little kids with Valentine!
We are totally not prepared for them, but what a precious miracle they are!
I had been thinking she looked a little round but was just thinking she was eating good as she wasn't THAT round. We had dewormed all 3 of our goats last week. Lucky me on that atleast. But now to find out what needs to be done for caring for Valentine and her 3 new daughters.
On a side note before some total cuteness pictures, the little girl that is brown hyper-flexes her rear leg. I asked a local friend and we are up in the air as to splinting the leg now or waiting to see if she gets stronger and it fixes on its own. I don't have a picture of her leg at this time. She doesn't constantly keep it hyper-flexed but it is way to frequent that she does it. I am sure some of you have some ideas on what to do to help her.

This is Valentine a month ago.

Valentine with her 7 month old daughter.

The new girls!

 

[elevan]

Wow! Congratulations!

 

[helmstead]

They are PRECIOUS! Congrats!

 

[Roll farms]

Congratulations!

If you're in a selenium deficient area, it could be that a shot of BoSe (usually 1/2 cc for kids) will help her leg *but*, if not severe, they usually 'fix' themselves in a few days.

We give our does a shot of BoSe 5 and 2 wks pre-kidding and it has greatly reduced the amount of 'wiggy legged' kids we have....but since you didn't know she was bred, how could you give pre-kidding shots?

Read up on CDT vaccinations, that *should* be the only thing you need to do for them.

Adorable babies!

 

[crazyland]

When we lost one of our does a few months back I asked the vet about the BoSe and he said we were not deficient in this area. They do get loose minerals along with BOSS, goat pellet, medium grade hay and alfalfa cubes. Plus as much pasture as they want and we make sure they have fresh limbs as snacks too. They have a lot to choose from to eat for a well rounded diet (hence my thinking she was just eating well).
I did notice this week her hips seemed to stick out but there were no other signs of kidding from her.
LOl You are right about the how would I know what to do prekidding if I didn't even know she was bred!

Thanks for the complements. I think they are adorable too, and all so different! None are even like their older sister or brothers. Their older brothers were all black with no spotting what-so-ever.

The black girl is the largest and the loudest. Phew! She is going to need a strong name. I am thinking Thistle. Hmmmm
The brown one is the smallest and came quickly to us to investigate who we were.
The grey girl is more reserved although she did come to say hi once.

 

[terrilhb]

They are so adorable. Congratulations.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

my golly those are adorable babies!!!

 

[freemotion]

Wow! And three DOELINGS too!!!! Good girl, Valentine!

 

[Goatherd]

Surprises are great. You didn't have the stress of waiting and watching for kids and boom, there they are! Very nice kids!

 

[jodief100]

They are adorable! Lucky you, what pretty girls.

I would take a wait and see approach about the leg.