Softer ligs....the watch begins! Fluffy pic p 2

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Peach is teasing me with softening ligaments this evening. I just checked and she was softer still. I can still feel them, but I will be checking on her through the night. She is a first freshener, and her mother squirted her out between hourly checks. Maybe I should just sleep in the stall with her....

 

[Roll farms]

Ever tried a baby monitor....Mine saved my sanity.

(what there was left of it..... )

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

And I'll second the baby monitor!

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Good luck...hopefully she will go mid afternoon and not in the middle of the night!

The best part is that it should be soon enough anyway!! Love when the new babies come!!!

 

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She's going all doe code on me. Ligs are palpable again, but still soft. She is lying down a lot, off by herself. I think I'll move things along by taking a shower and getting my town clothes on......if she is still holding out, I'll go run an errand. That should get things moving!

 

[ksalvagno]

That baby monitor depends on what you have around you. We have train tracks right next to us and the trains go by a lot. It would keep me up all night if I heard train horns through the baby monitor all night long. So no baby monitors here.

Good luck with your kidding.

 

[PattySh]

Hope everything goes smoothly. This little Nigerian herd my daughter bought has me a bit worried. One doe is due soon but I have no idea when and the other two at some point. I hate not knowing due dates. We put them temporarily into a buck pen that has an open shed and securely fenced area. My adult son last nite helping with chores said,"Your not worried an owl will grab those babies?". OMG! I am now! Hadn't thought of it but they sure are little. Don't leave my dairy babies with their moms. These little girls are 4 weeks, this is gonna be a challege worrying while they are in quaranteen! After that I'll put the doelings into the barn with my doelings, at least when I'm not watching.

 

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Goodness, I thought of that, too. My hens keep getting killed by redtail hawks and bald eagles in the middle of the day, and the baby goats start out smaller than a chicken! I wait a bit before they go out without me, and now they are out with a babysitter doe. All their doys are under a cedar that I lopped the lower branches off of, so that offers some protection, too.

Off to give bottles and check on the doe! Again!

 

[elevan]

 

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Tangled triplets! Saved them all with help from Helmstead!!!!