Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall

[Hens and Roos]

Good luck.

thanks....working on cleaning out one of the pens so we can put her and her kids there once she has them!

 

[sadieml]

Alright, so, ...hang in there Mags...all in good time.

 

[Hens and Roos]

so our day became crazy this afternoon....yep you guessed it! Maggie decided it was time to kid(because DD had softball practice, we still have a quarter of the pen to clean out and we had a 4-H small animal meeting to go to after softball). We knew something was going on based on Maggie's behavior- standing and staring off into space. DH ended up leaving a job to come home and help- told them there was a medical issue at home that he had to go deal with(never mentioned it was our goat; the people were totally cool about it ).

Maggie at least waited to kid until we moved her to the clean pen! She had the 1st kid at 4:20 pm and by 5:30 pm was working on passing the after birth. Our friend and her daughter both stopped in to give us some extra help- the daughter has sheep coming due starting this coming weekend.



1st- boy- came out backwards- 3 lbs 14 oz
2nd- girl- came out normal-3 lbs 6 oz
3rd- boy- came out normal-3 lbs 15 oz
4th- girl- head and legs were turned back, neck was coming first- pushed her back and brought out with head and 1 leg presenting- 3 lbs 6 oz

DH set up the warming barrel, they are going in and out, Maggie is very aware of all 4 kids and doing a good job rotating them for feeding. All seem to be nursing well.

will post some pictures shortly(or tomorrow if I fall asleep)

DS(10 years) predicts that we will end up with at least 7 kids this kidding season....

 

[norseofcourse]

Woohoo great job Maggie!!! Congrats!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Here are their pictures- not the greatest as DH and DS(14 years) had to clean up, other chores to do and it was dark before they had a chance to take some. It's great that DH installed electric in both areas.

1st kid-buckling

2nd kid-doeling

3rd kid-buckling

4th kid-doeling

 

[sadieml]

WOW!!! Lovely babies. 2 & 2 That's great, too. Congrats!

 

[Latestarter]

That is so awesome! Congrats on a great job by momma goat and helpers! They are beautiful

 

[Ferguson K]

That's better than six! Congratulations, they look happy and healthy.

 

[babsbag]

Beautiful kids, so glad it all went smoothly, other than the fact that she picked your busy day. Goats do that often... or else we are all just always busy.

 

[Hens and Roos]

did some checking between Maggie's group of kids last year and this year as far as total weight at birth.
Last year- 13 lbs 2 oz
This year- 14 lbs 9oz