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Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal
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StinkerBelle exploded!!!! 
We have 2 girls and a boy!
One brown and two blacks, with a little white and I think they all have blue eyes as well!
She had them about 9:30 or so tonight. We were just getting ready for a late dinner (compliments of the kids market wethers escaping their pen causing a late hour store run and modifications.)
I heard her yelling and figured we were starting. I knew something was wrong right away as every time she pushed, the whole back end bulged but her opening wasn't enlarging at all. I found an ear and the top of a head stuck in the canal. I had to shove the baby back to tip her nose up and get a leg over the pubic bones. While I was working on helping, poor Stinker freaked and went into all out panic mode, flipping completely over. Within 5 minutes of the first one coming out, we had all three on the ground.
I am really wanting Reese to go tonight too. Just so I can stop worrying. I almost loss Reese a couple years ago when one kid was positioned improperly and we didn't know she still had one left until the next morning. Reese doesn't even really like kids and she is terrible on the milkstand, but I love her. She was a gift from my husband when he was in a very indulgent mood. That and the fact that she is my best typed girl who always gives me beautiful babies!
Tonight I was giving Stinker some souped up grain to help recover and Reese REALLY wanted some of it. I kept blocking her so she would go around me the other way only to run into new babies on that side...she would snort and swing wide in the opposite direction! Silly girl! She is sooooo not going to go by "grandma" I can bet a million dollars on that one!!! Such a Barbie Girl!!!
We have 2 girls and a boy!
One brown and two blacks, with a little white and I think they all have blue eyes as well!She had them about 9:30 or so tonight. We were just getting ready for a late dinner (compliments of the kids market wethers escaping their pen causing a late hour store run and modifications.)
I heard her yelling and figured we were starting. I knew something was wrong right away as every time she pushed, the whole back end bulged but her opening wasn't enlarging at all. I found an ear and the top of a head stuck in the canal. I had to shove the baby back to tip her nose up and get a leg over the pubic bones. While I was working on helping, poor Stinker freaked and went into all out panic mode, flipping completely over. Within 5 minutes of the first one coming out, we had all three on the ground.
I am really wanting Reese to go tonight too. Just so I can stop worrying. I almost loss Reese a couple years ago when one kid was positioned improperly and we didn't know she still had one left until the next morning. Reese doesn't even really like kids and she is terrible on the milkstand, but I love her. She was a gift from my husband when he was in a very indulgent mood. That and the fact that she is my best typed girl who always gives me beautiful babies!
Tonight I was giving Stinker some souped up grain to help recover and Reese REALLY wanted some of it. I kept blocking her so she would go around me the other way only to run into new babies on that side...she would snort and swing wide in the opposite direction! Silly girl! She is sooooo not going to go by "grandma" I can bet a million dollars on that one!!! Such a Barbie Girl!!!
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Congrats! 
Our Ewe is gonna pop any second.
Our Ewe is gonna pop any second.
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Reese had her kids tonight!
Quints!
I got home from work to one kid on the ground. The next one was trying to come out backwards so I had to shove her back to the side and guide the next one out. Good news is we have 3 live babies, sad news, we lost 2. Totals are 3 boys (2 that didn't make it were buckskin and one was a chocolate buckskin), 2 girls, one brown and one black. The little chocolate girl is tiny....I think she is staying here... I was wanting a light chocolate buckskin girl to take Denalis place.
Oh and I think we have blue eyes! on most if not all kids.
I had a rough couple days though....Wednesday night I blew my radiator just as I got home from work!
and we were supposed to be loading up the truck with animals and supplies first thing in the morning for farm day..... Friends came to rescue us and haul the trailer, animals, stuff and us to the fairgrounds, though the tow truck was late of course!!! Normally they come within 20-30 minutes...I called at 6am and they got there at 7:30, right when we were supposed to be setting up at farm day! Farm day went well, my 4H kids were awesome!!! 
The kids that came for presentations seemed to have fun. RavioliAnna came with, she insisted. I wasn't going to bring her after my truck broke, but when we grabbed the nubian girls, she came running. She actually came out for the kids to pet her and was mostly cooperative though she really didn't like when the swarmed us. Not that I blame her at all, but I think Farm Day is the whole reason most of my goats run when short people visit the farm! Spelly and her kids came and were the best part of the whole presentation so we saved them for last.
Our mechanics were kind enough to meet us after hours so I could pick up my truck! The tow truck guy had asked me why I wanted my truck towed there specifically since it is a city over. They are they guys we have been using for 12 years.....Fair, honest and great customer service! I have frequently had to have vehicles towed out after hours and I can leave the key in the box, leave a message about what is wrong and they will call me once they check it out with the estimate and time she will be ready. We have older vehicles so we usually need more repairs than normal humans.
My printer wouldn't print last night, out of ink. That was a problem because I had to send out an order of Lavender Sebastopol eggs today.... and I had a headache today...all day, came home to Reese, then had to take a nap (felt like a migraine)..... now I think I am OK.... LOOONG WEEK!!!! Glad it is over. I was so worried about Reese kidding....no more worries, safe babies, safe mama.
Quints!
I got home from work to one kid on the ground. The next one was trying to come out backwards so I had to shove her back to the side and guide the next one out. Good news is we have 3 live babies, sad news, we lost 2. Totals are 3 boys (2 that didn't make it were buckskin and one was a chocolate buckskin), 2 girls, one brown and one black. The little chocolate girl is tiny....I think she is staying here... I was wanting a light chocolate buckskin girl to take Denalis place.
Oh and I think we have blue eyes! on most if not all kids.I had a rough couple days though....Wednesday night I blew my radiator just as I got home from work!
and we were supposed to be loading up the truck with animals and supplies first thing in the morning for farm day..... Friends came to rescue us and haul the trailer, animals, stuff and us to the fairgrounds, though the tow truck was late of course!!! Normally they come within 20-30 minutes...I called at 6am and they got there at 7:30, right when we were supposed to be setting up at farm day! Farm day went well, my 4H kids were awesome!!! The kids that came for presentations seemed to have fun. RavioliAnna came with, she insisted. I wasn't going to bring her after my truck broke, but when we grabbed the nubian girls, she came running. She actually came out for the kids to pet her and was mostly cooperative though she really didn't like when the swarmed us. Not that I blame her at all, but I think Farm Day is the whole reason most of my goats run when short people visit the farm! Spelly and her kids came and were the best part of the whole presentation so we saved them for last. Our mechanics were kind enough to meet us after hours so I could pick up my truck! The tow truck guy had asked me why I wanted my truck towed there specifically since it is a city over. They are they guys we have been using for 12 years.....Fair, honest and great customer service! I have frequently had to have vehicles towed out after hours and I can leave the key in the box, leave a message about what is wrong and they will call me once they check it out with the estimate and time she will be ready. We have older vehicles so we usually need more repairs than normal humans.
My printer wouldn't print last night, out of ink. That was a problem because I had to send out an order of Lavender Sebastopol eggs today....
and I had a headache today...all day, came home to Reese, then had to take a nap (felt like a migraine)..... now I think I am OK.... LOOONG WEEK!!!! Glad it is over. I was so worried about Reese kidding....no more worries, safe babies, safe mama.
Hens and Roos
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Congrats on the babies and sorry about the ones that didn't make it 
Glad your farm day went well despite the truck problems
Glad your farm day went well despite the truck problems
norseofcourse
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Oh my gosh what a week! Glad you got there in time to help with the quints, sorry for the loss of two but that's great that three made it. I can't imagine five... wow.
Farm Day sounds fun and your mechanics sound great. Here's to a better week to come!
Farm Day sounds fun and your mechanics sound great. Here's to a better week to come!
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Thanks!
I can't seem to get good pictures as the lighting in the garage is really dim and the heat lamp gives that weird red color...but heres what I got.....
StinkerBelle is a really good mama so far. She lets her kids nurse for forever!!!
Reese doesn't talk to her kids much....stays quiet even when they call to her the little jerk! But she seems to be keeping their bellies full so I am crossing my fingers
that she continues to do so. She isn't really fond of kids nursing or of having to be milked either so she tends to cut her kids off early (at least that is what it looks like to someone that is not a goat herself ).
I can't seem to get good pictures as the lighting in the garage is really dim and the heat lamp gives that weird red color...but heres what I got.....
StinkerBelle is a really good mama so far. She lets her kids nurse for forever!!!
Reese doesn't talk to her kids much....stays quiet even when they call to her the little jerk! But she seems to be keeping their bellies full so I am crossing my fingers
that she continues to do so. She isn't really fond of kids nursing or of having to be milked either so she tends to cut her kids off early (at least that is what it looks like to someone that is not a goat herself ).- Thread starter
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More pics....
Reese and her 3 kids, the two in the back with white polls (the brown and black) are Stinkers kids
Stinkers 3 kids and Reeses Black (or brown ) kid
Reese and her three
Reeses buckling with the bell bottoms
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Her doeling that I can not decide if she is black or brown...in person she looks black, but around her eyes and in some pics, she looks like a really dark brown...like she has a tint to her face.....
This little one is just too precious! I love her already! She is tiny, has almost blue eyes, kinda grey at the moment.
Reese and her 3 kids, the two in the back with white polls (the brown and black) are Stinkers kids
Stinkers 3 kids and Reeses Black (or brown ) kid
Reese and her three
Reeses buckling with the bell bottoms
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Her doeling that I can not decide if she is black or brown...in person she looks black, but around her eyes and in some pics, she looks like a really dark brown...like she has a tint to her face.....
This little one is just too precious! I love her already! She is tiny, has almost blue eyes, kinda grey at the moment.
babsbag
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Darling kids, you should be proud. Really sorry you lost some, that is never easy and those little ND having multiples like 5 is just crazy as they are so small already; makes no sense to my little brain. But boy are they cutie pies.
