norseofcourse
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You sure are getting a lot of really good experience with assisting birthings! Congrats on the two does, and I know you'll do all you can for Virgil, I hope he makes it.
Sweetened's 2015 Kidding thread (Last arrival 2/23)
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bonbean01
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Hoping Virgil will make it!!! And congrats on your girls 
Am worried here too with neighbour's little teeny tiny born in this stupid cold freezing rain weather...a tiny little goat baby girl and she is precious...think I may go steal her and bring her in the house and have a bottle baby! Have never had a goat, but this tiny girl has stolen my heart with her will to live. I am not a big fan of letting mother nature take her course...she is not always very kind 
Hens and Roos
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This stupid cold weather is why we now have a bottle baby-wasn't going to wake up to find he didn't make it. Good Luck
bonbean01
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Except this isn't MY baby...hoping my neighbor takes me up on my offer
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Sweetened this is killing me 
They are beautiful
Im like drooling right now
All your kids are precious! Im just waiting waiting waiting..., When this lamb/lambs comes I will finally be at peace... Ok getting off topic. Can I please take a visit to where you live and take all your doelings
They are beautiful
Im like drooling right now All your kids are precious! Im just waiting waiting waiting..., When this lamb/lambs comes I will finally be at peace... Ok getting off topic. Can I please take a visit to where you live and take all your doelings- Thread starter
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Sweetened
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Yes! Wait a minute... no.
I made the heart wrenching (for me) decision and pulled all the babies. Gladys was spending all her time charging the cats, trying to get through the fence after the other kids and so on. She stomped on the babies several times and when they would try and nurse, she would keep backing away to clean the already dry babies. It will be a very cold night and they had already started to shiver.
Edith is by far the strongest. She took to nursing quickly (finger trick! Thanks!). Virgil got his first drink in, but ethel is struggling. She tries to nurse (great bump reflex) off edith, will take our finger but not a nipple (we have the red screw cap as well as the black, neither).
I made the heart wrenching (for me) decision and pulled all the babies. Gladys was spending all her time charging the cats, trying to get through the fence after the other kids and so on. She stomped on the babies several times and when they would try and nurse, she would keep backing away to clean the already dry babies. It will be a very cold night and they had already started to shiver.
Edith is by far the strongest. She took to nursing quickly (finger trick! Thanks!). Virgil got his first drink in, but ethel is struggling. She tries to nurse (great bump reflex) off edith, will take our finger but not a nipple (we have the red screw cap as well as the black, neither).
HoneyDreameMomma
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Congrats! Triplets with two girls - that's impressive. 
What a save! Hoping the little guy makes it. Sounds like you're doing a great job with everything.
What a save! Hoping the little guy makes it. Sounds like you're doing a great job with everything.
bonbean01
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You are doing great!!!! Helping with birthings and knowing when to pull them...I have no doubt at all that you are going to be such a great Mommy and really hope my next visit to my Dad will include getting to meet you!!!
babsbag
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What a busy day you had and what a long legged little boy; I hope he makes it. Good job going in, once again, and setting things straight. And about the nursing...grrr. Sometimes they are just so slow to catch on. If she won't take the bottle can you hold her dam and see if she will nurse from her?
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Sweetened
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Virgil is doing so well, takes a bottle on his own now and they finished a full liter of colostrum last night and this morning between the 3 of them. I will go out and milk gladys again this morning.
Ethel finally got a couple ounves in her this morning after much protest.
I have a couple questions. Edith has been raspy since she was born, her lungs just never seemed to clear despite pulling the mucous from her mouth and nose and rubbing her vigorously. She was up and alert the moment she was born so we didnt swing her (in fact, ive only ever swung... swinged? Virgil trying to get him to live). Has anyone encountered this? Thoughts on what to do? Its very noticable after she drinks but she is not aspirating her milk from what we can tell. Nothing is brought back uo and she does not lose any out her nose or even bubble.
Another question would be, has anyone encountered this skin and bones thing? I could not believe how thin and weightless virgil was and he really seemed to have very little muscle mass. He maybe, maybe weighed 2lbs literally soaking wet.
Thanks everyone for your help and encouragement. One of these years my kidding threads will be uneventful!!
Ethel finally got a couple ounves in her this morning after much protest.
I have a couple questions. Edith has been raspy since she was born, her lungs just never seemed to clear despite pulling the mucous from her mouth and nose and rubbing her vigorously. She was up and alert the moment she was born so we didnt swing her (in fact, ive only ever swung... swinged? Virgil trying to get him to live). Has anyone encountered this? Thoughts on what to do? Its very noticable after she drinks but she is not aspirating her milk from what we can tell. Nothing is brought back uo and she does not lose any out her nose or even bubble.
Another question would be, has anyone encountered this skin and bones thing? I could not believe how thin and weightless virgil was and he really seemed to have very little muscle mass. He maybe, maybe weighed 2lbs literally soaking wet.
Thanks everyone for your help and encouragement. One of these years my kidding threads will be uneventful!!
