Triple Share Nubians 2019 kids and more

[Daxigait]

It is also time for my lovely and gracious Ebony I'm also greedily hopeful for a daughter from her because this will likely be her last breeding. She broke a bone in her but last year and she's been limping for 2 weeks I'm really hopeful she'll get through this okay and I can relieve some of the pressure on her.
I only have one daughter from her which I'm privileged to have but I love this doe, and would truly truly appreciate more.

 

[Daxigait]

Well, Ebony is really limping now and night I'm so torn. My idea was to loot her tomorrow night she was due Monday the kids Saturday. she has started forming another, but she is nowhere near what she normally does which it has me a bit concerned. I am very sure of the breed dates, but given the fact this pregnancy has been difficult for her I wonder.

 

[Daxigait]

on the other hand, my first freshener latte is filling nicely her ligaments are starting to disappear so she's technically not due till Tuesday having been bred 11/18. I am so excited not just about the line breeding aspect, but since I had to sell all my babies the first year to buy fencing, this is the first one that has my name on it that I have that will freshen.

 

[Daxigait]

Well, it feels like forever since Sunday, and I am beyond exhausted. It makes meme sympathi with @Goat Whisperer
and @Southern by choice though I envy them having more than one of them.. I took a three day weekend knowing I had a high risk delivery and first freshener due. Having given them both dexamethasone on Friday I gave the older doe who was technically due on Monday lute early Saturday morning hoping she would deliver by Sunday afternoon. I've been luted the younger doe Sunday morning. since the older dough was high risk having broken a bone in her butt last year, this was the first time I was going to make use of lute to ensure they delivered when I was home. Well, that's about all that went according to plan.
Sunday day time passed with signs early labor but no progression on my older doe Ebony. Then my first freshener decided she was actually going to go first. Delivering a set of twin doelings on my line breeding
unfortunately wow she appears to be really good at watching over them and hang them she won't let them nurse so more bottle babies for me not cool.


Poppy

Celeste

 

[Daxigait]

And then things got ugly. My beautiful though ebony started struggling around 1 in the morning. I tried everything I knew how to do with the pushing contractions, to aid her, because it appears that the bone that broke down in her butt was thickened and calcified. it became abundantly clear why she's been limping for several weeks because it was right over her pelvic bones thus, I couldn't get with the head and the legs out. I had to put in a call to the vet and at 3 in the morning she was out working to get this kid out hoping we would not have to do a C-section. the Lord was doubly gracious and that she was able to manipulate kid back in after attaching a string to the feet to bring out just the head first with a lot of work on her part and straining on the does part. They both lived
Ebony's final kid unfortunately is a buckling, but fortunately he's alive and well.

 

[Southern by choice]

So glad Ebony came through! Scary!
Congrats on all the kids. I love bottle babies but there are times where we are so tired we are like can't we dam raise a few. lol
We don't have the facilities to dam raise full time here as it is. So bottle babies it is.

What a beautiful buckling though.

We have some wacky FF this year. Annoying

 

[Daxigait]

Today since I have to bottle feed them all there on the truck with me. the photos aret as they took a break and my trailer was unloaded. Then unfortunately, it's back to the carrier

 

[Daxigait]

So glad Ebony came through! Scary!
Congrats on all the kids. I love bottle babies but there are times where we are so tired we are like can't we dam raise a few. lol
We don't have the facilities to dam raise full time here as it is. So bottle babies it is.

What a beautiful buckling though.

We have some wacky FF this year. Annoying

I knew I would have to raise Ebony's, but I don't understand Lattes at all because she was dam raised herself. She cleans them keep her texts then she stays with them but she she won't nurse if it goes towards your back she turns around and nuzzles them some more. not even on the milk stand she just knocks them away.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I knew I would have to raise Ebony's, but I don't understand Lattes at all because she was dam raised herself.

Sometimes if you spend a couple of days "teaching" the doe to let her kids nurse she'll get the hang of it. If her udder is really tight you might relieve some of the pressure first and she'll feel better about it.

But - of course - sometimes nothing works. Good luck!

 

[Daxigait]

Sometimes if you spend a couple of days "teaching" the doe to let her kids nurse she'll get the hang of it. If her udder is really tight you might relieve some of the pressure first and she'll feel better about it.

But - of course - sometimes nothing works. Good luck!

unfortunately I only had yesterday off so I couldn't leave them today to keep trying. I will put her back with them tonight and continue to milk her and try to offer them a chance on the stand. Unfortunately the longer it goes the more they're likely to just take to the bottle.