Penny kidded! Pics / long story page 2

[helmstead]

LOL Kim, I have TWELVE bucks right now, stop yer plainin...

Oakmarsh - yep, thats Scorch, Flame x Aspen. Hope you get babies today!

 

[swest]

Congrats Kim! Big Handsome Feller!

 

[Roll farms]

Kate, your 12 are lil fellers. My bigguns equal 2.378 of yours, LOL.

 

[rebelINny]

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

OH my gosh!!! Poor girl!! 12 lbs Glad they both made it through that ok...thats a loooonnnggg time in labor!!

I just went through that torture with Nora...thankfully it was twins and not "gigantor the toggie buck"

Best of luck with her recovery after that!!!

 

[GrowURown]

OMG! I just read this and your MONSTER baby DWARFS my monster baby! All I can think is....OUCH! That's awesome though that things turned out okay! and still I just keep thinking in my head "WHOA!" That big right at the start....WHOA! Poor, poor Penny....

 

[PattySh]

Wow he's big! We had a big un last year a 10# out of a 100# (if) doe, vet delivery also. We pulled and pulled and his legs buckled something terrible for a couple of days. He turned out fine and as a yearling wether isn't really that big. Glad both doe and buckling are fine! My doe Sasha had huge twins this year 8# each stuck vet delivered again. Going to breed her to my daughter's Nigerian buck this season.

 

[Zanzabeez]

DANG he is HUGE!!! Beautiful but HUGE. Wow, Penny really does grow them big.

Thank God you were able to get him delivered without needing a c-section and wow that he is alive after all of that! All I can say is kudos to you and your vet!

Tracy

 

[country freedom]

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.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/kritter11/Pennybuck.jpg

For perspective's sake, here's a shot of me holding him...

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/kritter11/Pennybuck2.jpg

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?

Can you post a pic of Mama and son together for size comparison?

 

[Livinwright Farm]

"gigantor the toggie buck"

I vote that this is what you name him!!! How many of you agree?