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These babies are good medicine for my soul! I’m currently just sitting in the pen. Nellie is chewing her cud. Babies are in heater barrel. DH is nearby working on a pen for a pig. Human kids are in the house acting goofy after cough meds.

Jewel wants to be near Mom!
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Gunner
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Sweetheart
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Flower
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Nellie and her does from this set. Flower-L, Sweetheart-R
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Flower
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Sweetheart
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Gunner in the heating barrel
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The other three laying in the back
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I’ve decided to retain the does and see how they grow!

I failed on a naming theme this year. Since I’ll only be freshening a few does, I’ll just let the kids have fun with choosing names.
 

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Awesome! Glad to hear.
Do you think the later CMT could have been off- maybe she was building up her colostrum and threw the test?
 

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@Goat Whisperer I’m definitely considering that as a possibility! I truly think everything points toward the fact that she was pregnant. I expected an extended lactation and her production dropped about the same times as the “mastitis” started. I didn’t end up doing a culture. I talked to our vet and they said that it’s quite expensive where they send them to and she raises Nubians with several contacts with large dairy herds. She decided to do Excenel. I only gave two doses. Her being bred clicked and I couldn’t find info on using it during gestation. I opted to leave her alone, preserve colostrum, and reevaluate several days after freshening.
 

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I thought so but I wasn't sure. My English Shepherd is the sweetest and so full of energy. I can't leave the porch unless he gets a hug.
 
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