Trying to learn and prepare myself

[KellyK]

We have more babies arriving. 3 so far from Daisy and it looks like another one is coming. She has yet to reject any of them. Has been cleaning and grooming and if they make a peep she investigates. Smallest one I put a goat sweater on. Looks to be 2 girls and a boy.

Oh and we were wrong the first one was a girl. Both of us swore it was a boy, but apparently we have a girl. Keeping our fingers crossed that we have more soon.


Will post pictures as soon as my internet lets them up load from my phone.

 

[luvmypets]

Congrats! Don't forget pictures! LOTS of pictures

 

[KellyK]

Congrats! Don't forget pictures! LOTS of pictures

Like anybody here would let me forget for very long. lol

 

[KellyK]

Here they are

 

[Hens and Roos]

Congrats!!

 

[Latestarter]

That is AWESOME!! Congrats! More girls than boys!! And mom is doing just right by/for the kids also. Thanks for the update and the pics!

 

[KellyK]

We were not really caring about boys or girls. We want healthy kids more than anything else.

Mom has had kids before so we knew she would do good by them. Or at least the best she could with them. I will be going out every few hours over night to check on them. Until they make it a few days I will be out there every few hours to check on them.

 

[KellyK]

We have one that we are trying to bottle feed. She does not like the bottle, but has tried to nurse off me. Nobody told me that was a possibility. She is stronger than when I brought her inside last night. Her cries have gotten louder and she is up more.

Not sure if I should just bottle feed her or try to see if Mama will take her back.

 

[Latestarter]

You could always try to put her with mom. If that doesn't work, you should try to milk some colostrum from mom so baby gets the good stuff to start out with.

 

[KellyK]

You could always try to put her with mom. If that doesn't work, you should try to milk some colostrum from mom so baby gets the good stuff to start out with.

We did that last night. Plus I got a bag of the Goat Kid Colostrum. When my husband gets home we may just take her out to see if Mom will take her. Just she was very weak last night and I wanted to give her a bit more attention to see if we could get her a bit stronger. Also did not help that Mom was laying on her when I went out last night. Not sure if she had been nursing and mom laid down not realizing she was there or if Mom is rejecting her.