Wehner Homestead Kidding Thread 2018

[Devonviolet]

Aw, what beautiful little girls. Twin doelings! That’s a true blessing! You did a great job. Kidding is so stressful! But, ah the rewards make it all worth it!

 

[Devonviolet]

I hated to hear your reflux dilemma, and your coffee ban. I thought abt peppermint tea because I use it in winter when congested, but you said its off limits. What abt Chamomile tea? It soothes me. Hoping you can find a substitute that works for you besides just broth.

I have had a lot of trouble with refulx, over the years. Nothing truly worked, until I hit on taking baking soda in water. 1/4 tsp of baking soda in a half cup of water does the trick. It causes some burping and the pain is gone.

Occasionally, I will have chest/back pressure, from excess acid. The first time it happened, I thought I was having a heart attack. I decided to try baking soda, and after burping, the pressure went away. YAY!

After changing my diet, leaving out acid causing foods, and eating more alkaline foods, I don’t have problems with reflux anymore. A simple thing like lemon squeezed in my water, helps make my body more alkaline. Also, eating greens is alkalizing for the body. Carbonated beverages, sugar, fried foods, coffee and alcohol, are among the worst acid forming foods.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Have you seen that? That is how my doe was before she died.

I’ve not seen a doe sit like that before. That’s the main reason why I went ahead and checked her. I don’t regret it. It would’ve bothered me to sit and watch her any longer.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I have had a lot of trouble with refulx, over the years. Nothing truly worked, until I hit on taking baking soda in water. 1/4 tsp of baking soda in a half cup of water does the trick. It causes some burping and the pain is gone.

Occasionally, I will have chest/back pressure, from excess acid. The first time it happened, I thought I was having a heart attack. I decided to try baking soda, and after burping, the pressure went away. YAY!

After changing my diet, leaving out acid causing foods, and eating more alkaline foods, I don’t have problems with reflux anymore. A simple thing like lemon squeezed in my water, helps make my body more alkaline. Also, eating greens is alkalizing for the body. Carbonated beverages, sugar, fried foods, coffee and alcohol, are among the worst acid forming foods.

@Devonviolet I know you aren’t on here enough to stay caught up on everything but I have bile reflux, not acid reflux. The restrictions are much stricter. I’m sure you’ll come across my post about it eventually.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

We’ve weighed the babies at least once a day. I think it’s ingrained in me from all of the triplets earlier this year.

They are gaining weight and have full bellies. Caramel’s udder was lopsided so I milk out just shy of a pint of colostrum this morning!

I’ll try to do another post tomorrow with weights and pics.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

These are more pictures from Sunday. Since the kids were born just after midnight, we were out there with them a lot.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I weighed the kids yesterday. They would’ve been close to 48 hrs old when I weighed them. Both weighed 3.5# so both are gaining since their Birthweights were 2.8# and 3.0#.

I’ve been milking Caramel each morning. It started because her udder was lopsided but I’ve kept it up to help with her production, keeping her udder even, and to help her cooperate with me. (She was a nightmare on the stand for me after I bought her in milk.) I’m actually feeding her a bit in the pen and milking her right where she is.

Yesterday morning...
Rapunzel

Snow White

This morning:

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Also took a pic of Snowflake’s udder this morning. She’s a FF, kidded 4/7 with trips, only the Doeling (Ariel) is still nursing but pulled for 8 hrs at night, I get about 2.5 cups once a day.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Congrats on the kids! They are so adorable. Good job on saving kids & dam! Hate it when they get tangled.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Hey! @Goat Whisperer is mail running normally down there? I need to mail in some registrations to ADGA and hated to risk it during the hurricane and flooding.