One Fine Acre - 2023 4H Steer Project Update

[Southern by choice]

Love all the pics!

Lil' girl is a cutie pie! I see spoiled written across that sweet face!

The pups are growing so fast! They will be so happy to be out now... of course we are having the temps plummet... they should be fine.

So sweet!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Love all the pics!

Lil' girl is a cutie pie! I see spoiled written across that sweet face!

The pups are growing so fast! They will be so happy to be out now... of course we are having the temps plummet... they should be fine.

So sweet!

Angel is very happy with the new set up for sure
Gimger and Rosie who are in stalls adjacent were not so happy at first but have settled down

 

[OneFineAcre]

So we had a late night and a busy day
Thought I would update
Rosie's two little kids are in a playpen in the house for now
They are alert and taking a bottle well
Weird they were so small
We weighed again today and the buck was 4 lbs and the other buck and doe were 1-15
Just don't understand how that happens
Gingers kid Blondie is doing well
Splint is working great
That joint right above the hoof is just not working
I don't think it is dislocated she didn't get pulled by her hoof
Now as to the kidding
We have been doing this for a while now and know a fair amount about what we are doing but Mairine and I were both scared last night
Amazed that kid is alive and doing pretty well
Almost surprised I'm not burying Ginger today because we had switched to save the doe mode

We had 2 feet presented that didn't match up so we thought there were two kids
But there weren't 2
It was a front leg and back leg
I don't know how that was possible
So Maurine pushed the back leg back in
The bad thing is I can't give anyone any advice about how to handle the situation because we aren't sure what we did to get her out
It is so tight in a goat it is so hard to reposition one that is so bad
As it went on MIaurime was panicking a bit
I was too but I'm pretty good at staying calm on the outside
Ginger has never had a problem kidding
We gave Gimger banamine and antibiotics
She seems to be doing fine

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Sorry about Ginger having a rough time, the tiny kids and the one with the issues.

Sometimes you just have to do anything you can and get through it however you can. Sounds like you did. Congrats on the kids and moms being OK. Hope they all continue to thrive for you.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Sorry about Ginger having a rough time, the tiny kids and the one with the issues.

Sometimes you just have to do anything you can and get through it however you can. Sounds like you did. Congrats on the kids and moms being OK. Hope they all continue to thrive for you.

Thank you
That was nice to say
Maurine was so upset last night
She was saying " why are we doing this, "I don't know what the heck I'm doing "
I told her this morning that we have really so far only lost one kid due to birthing complications
And we have never lost a mom
And we have never had to call a vet out for a kidding
She knows what she's doing

 

[frustratedearthmother]

It is an awful feeling when you just can't get a handle on what's going on inside that goat. Sometimes you really want to give up...but you know you can't. Congrats to Maurine for sticking with it and getting the job done!

 

[babsbag]

Fortunately I have never had two different feet, how did she do that? I have had front, back, upside and downside, but never what you faced. There are times that I wonder why I am doing this too, it comes mostly in those moments of utter terror; I really do understand your feelings. I always throw a dose of feeling useless in there too. As much as I love baby goats I don't enjoy the kidding part of it.

I had two doelings born this year where one looked like a standard sized goat and the other like a nigi. I didn't weigh them, but a huge difference in size.

 

[sadieml]

OFA, so glad you two persisted and things worked out alright. I can imagine your feelings helpless, but you brought that doeling into the world ALIVE and saved her mom. You really deserve a lot of credit for that. Great job! Beautiful babies are worth the effort, in the end. Congrats.

 

[norseofcourse]

Great job with Ginger's kidding, and glad everyone is doing well!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Never posted a pic of Gingers other
doeling
Blondie is getting around great