St0rmyM00n
Ridin' The Range
Malina and Kuzco love cactus it grows wild here and they eat it like mad.Livinwright Farm said:
Penny kidded! Pics / long story page 2
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Mo's palominos
Chillin' with the herd
thinking lotsa of pink for penny !! 
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Roll farms
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The plot thickens...
The fella who delivered the hay....guess I better take you back to the beginning...We agreed to 'hire' a goat / chicken buying customer of ours to deliver hay b/c my dh's back is getting bad and that's one less time we have to handle it. He brought some 'test bales' and we agreed on a price, etc. Got 100 bales and used them w/ no issues.
Fast forward to the next batch, left during a snow storm, unloaded quickly and unchecked until we were ready for it...I was TOLD it was the 'same hay'...same cutting, same farm, etc.
Today I found out it most certainly was NOT...it was 1.5 yr old 1st cutting someone had left over in their loft that he bought for .50 EA!!! I won't tell y'all what I paid him for it....but BOY am I ticked.
Ya know, I remember opening these crappy bales and going, "How can this be the same hay??" but dumb old trusting me, he said it was, so ...it must be, right...? grrrrrrrrr.
The fella who delivered the hay....guess I better take you back to the beginning...We agreed to 'hire' a goat / chicken buying customer of ours to deliver hay b/c my dh's back is getting bad and that's one less time we have to handle it. He brought some 'test bales' and we agreed on a price, etc. Got 100 bales and used them w/ no issues.
Fast forward to the next batch, left during a snow storm, unloaded quickly and unchecked until we were ready for it...I was TOLD it was the 'same hay'...same cutting, same farm, etc.
Today I found out it most certainly was NOT...it was 1.5 yr old 1st cutting someone had left over in their loft that he bought for .50 EA!!! I won't tell y'all what I paid him for it....but BOY am I ticked.
Ya know, I remember opening these crappy bales and going, "How can this be the same hay??" but dumb old trusting me, he said it was, so ...it must be, right...? grrrrrrrrr.
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Roll farms
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Pink...w/ black polka dots, LOL.
Livinwright Farm
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Why that downright mean rotten so n' so!!! he deserves a GOOD 
elevan
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The old bait and switch! What a low thing to do!
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Oh my DANG.
It's been 8 yrs since I've called a vet to assist w/ a kidding. 8 years. I thought I had this 'kid pullin' thing licked.
Guess not...
Penny tried, I tried, we tried...and tried...and tried to get this kid out...for 1.5 hrs....her on her own for 45 mins, then me and her for 45 mins. Then I called the vet. It took them 30 mins to get here and by then I was sure the kid was toast.
I was also sure by that point that just by his size / hornbuds I could feel, that it was a HE. And that he looked Togg, I could tell by the white legs / chin I could get out...but nothing else.
I was just sure he was a goner, I hadn't felt any movement for a while, and I was trying to keep her vulva opened so there was an airway, just in case...but I was pretty sure it was a lost cause.
The vet got here and tugged and tugged and pulled and asked, more than once, "WHAT THE HECK IS IT HUNG UP ON????" because neither of us could feel anything causing him to be hung up, she's just narrow in the pelvis.
(She was on the milk stand during all this, locked in.)
He tried putting one leg back in and delivering a shoulder, then the head, etc....back in, back out, nothing worked. Finally he just squatted down on the floor and gave a mighty tug w/ Penny bellowing like she was dying and FINALLLLLLYYYYYYYY....he came out.
All 12 pounds of him! That'd be a huge kid for a boer, much less an Ob!
And he's 37" long! THIRTY SEVEN INCHES LONG! THREE FEET!
I was so relieved b/c I really didn't want to put her through a C-section but when I saw the kid was alive / breathing...I WAS ELATED.
For perspective's sake, here's a shot of me holding him...
I'm not sure how the poor boy's front legs aren't now about 6" longer than the back ones...they're pretty weak and buckle-prone, but good golly after having them yanked on for 1.5 hrs I don't blame him. He's alert, standing on the back legs, trying to get up on the front legs, has eaten 2 times and acts fine.
Penny's poor twee is so swollen, I feel so bad for her. He didn't think we needed to give Pen G (neither of us could ever really 'get in' there, there was no room w/ Mr. Big Head holding us back...) so we gave her some Banamine for pain / swelling, oxytocin to help her pass the stuff, and I'm to monitor her for bleeding. Which has stopped.
She gave me a bit over 1/2 gallon of liquid gold (colostrum) and ate a hearty dinner and is being a very sweet doe, considering all we put her through. I'd probably kick anyone who came near me after that, poor kid.
Vet's opinion...Penny just makes big kids.
I asked if cutting back her feed would have made a difference and he said maybe a slight one, but the kid isn't 'fat', he's just long / wide / big framed. Also said since she's a heavy milker, cutting her feed back might not be a good idea b/c of the hypocalcemia angle...
Who wants to let me use their black Nigi buck next year for her?
It's been 8 yrs since I've called a vet to assist w/ a kidding. 8 years. I thought I had this 'kid pullin' thing licked.
Guess not...
Penny tried, I tried, we tried...and tried...and tried to get this kid out...for 1.5 hrs....her on her own for 45 mins, then me and her for 45 mins. Then I called the vet. It took them 30 mins to get here and by then I was sure the kid was toast.
I was also sure by that point that just by his size / hornbuds I could feel, that it was a HE. And that he looked Togg, I could tell by the white legs / chin I could get out...but nothing else.
I was just sure he was a goner, I hadn't felt any movement for a while, and I was trying to keep her vulva opened so there was an airway, just in case...but I was pretty sure it was a lost cause.
The vet got here and tugged and tugged and pulled and asked, more than once, "WHAT THE HECK IS IT HUNG UP ON????" because neither of us could feel anything causing him to be hung up, she's just narrow in the pelvis.
(She was on the milk stand during all this, locked in.)
He tried putting one leg back in and delivering a shoulder, then the head, etc....back in, back out, nothing worked. Finally he just squatted down on the floor and gave a mighty tug w/ Penny bellowing like she was dying and FINALLLLLLYYYYYYYY....he came out.
All 12 pounds of him! That'd be a huge kid for a boer, much less an Ob!
And he's 37" long! THIRTY SEVEN INCHES LONG! THREE FEET!
I was so relieved b/c I really didn't want to put her through a C-section but when I saw the kid was alive / breathing...I WAS ELATED.
For perspective's sake, here's a shot of me holding him...
I'm not sure how the poor boy's front legs aren't now about 6" longer than the back ones...they're pretty weak and buckle-prone, but good golly after having them yanked on for 1.5 hrs I don't blame him. He's alert, standing on the back legs, trying to get up on the front legs, has eaten 2 times and acts fine.
Penny's poor twee is so swollen, I feel so bad for her. He didn't think we needed to give Pen G (neither of us could ever really 'get in' there, there was no room w/ Mr. Big Head holding us back...) so we gave her some Banamine for pain / swelling, oxytocin to help her pass the stuff, and I'm to monitor her for bleeding. Which has stopped.
She gave me a bit over 1/2 gallon of liquid gold (colostrum) and ate a hearty dinner and is being a very sweet doe, considering all we put her through. I'd probably kick anyone who came near me after that, poor kid.
Vet's opinion...Penny just makes big kids.
I asked if cutting back her feed would have made a difference and he said maybe a slight one, but the kid isn't 'fat', he's just long / wide / big framed. Also said since she's a heavy milker, cutting her feed back might not be a good idea b/c of the hypocalcemia angle...
Who wants to let me use their black Nigi buck next year for her?
20kidsonhill
True BYH Addict
Glad after all that the kid survived, and very very happy for you the doe survived.
elevan
Critter Addict ♥
WOWZERS!!!
Congratulations!
freemotion
Self Sufficient Queen
Holy CRAP-ARONI! You need to take that photo again holding a fishing pole. It reminds me of one of those "big catch" pictures! 
You need to take that photo again holding a fishing pole. It reminds me of one of those "big catch" pictures! 
