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Ready or Not....... Shouldvknwnbetter- Fall
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- especially today with Ellie being 1 day out of surgery. The pain meds are making her out of it so to speak and very much in need of comfort.![love[1].gif](/data/attachments/7/7532-137d5718e3c509b6c7ec466d468ce675.jpg){kind=small}
Goat Whisperer
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Congrats on your new boy! SOOOOOO CUTE! 
So sorry about Ellie
Hope she has a fast recovery!
So sorry about Ellie
Hope she has a fast recovery!- Thread starter
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Hens and Roos
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So we weighed Rascal today. He is 5 lbs 14 oz
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So here is Melanie- she's the one who started this all! My DH walked into our shop and busted her.....
Her hay feeder is about 2 feet off the ground and her closest climbing piece is 3 feet away- still not sure how she ended up here...
Her hay feeder is about 2 feet off the ground and her closest climbing piece is 3 feet away- still not sure how she ended up here...
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Guess we are in a holding pattern these days so to speak(less excitement is ok by me)- next doe isn't due until 1st part of April.
Rascal is doing well- will weigh him later today to see where he is at weight wise. He sure loves his bottle! Lets us know about 15-20 minutes before he is due for a bottle....doesn't want us to forget him in all the craziness here!
Have to get him dis-budded in the next couple of days.
Ellie is on crate rest with a cone to prevent licking as she opened up a couple of places between her stitches yesterday morning just as the kids were getting ready for school. Took her back to the vet, added antibiotics and medicine to keep her quiet to what she already is getting. Probably will have to stay pretty quiet until the stitches come out.
Makes getting all the chores done a little bit of a challenge as she must be watched per vet orders. I think I need a nap 
Rascal is doing well- will weigh him later today to see where he is at weight wise. He sure loves his bottle! Lets us know about 15-20 minutes before he is due for a bottle....doesn't want us to forget him
in all the craziness here!Have to get him dis-budded in the next couple of days.
Ellie is on crate rest with a cone to prevent licking as she opened up a couple of places between her stitches yesterday morning just as the kids were getting ready for school. Took her back to the vet, added antibiotics and medicine to keep her quiet to what she already is getting. Probably will have to stay pretty quiet until the stitches come out.
Makes getting all the chores done a little bit of a challenge as she must be watched per vet orders. I think I need a nap 
bonbean01
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Poor Ellie...poor you! You'll get through this and somehow I missed what happened to Ellie and just caught up...sorry that happened, but glad she is home recovering from surgery. Rascal is adorable and Melanie just looks like one typical goat...I see where our neighbour's goats end up and you have to wonder how they managed that??? hahahahahaha!- Thread starter
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So Rascal was weighed this afternoon.....6 lbs. 15 oz., he is a week old. Is this a typical weight gain for kids?
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So at what age does one offer availability to hay for the babies?
Rascal has started checking out and chewing on his bedding/sides of the pen, so we added some hay for him to check out.
Rascal has started checking out and chewing on his bedding/sides of the pen, so we added some hay for him to check out.
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I have kept fresh hay in since i had them because i also noticed bedding nibbling. The 5 week old wont drink water, wont touch hay, wont drink from a bowl, but will pick up and chew on every little dust spec and piece of wood around the wood stove and it drives me INSANE. I have noticed the babies munching on straw bedding but not checking out water or hay. They are like.. 5 days old?
