Wehner Homestead Kidding Thread 2018

[OneFineAcre]

It doesn't have to look good.

We take a little bit off of the back of the legs too.

Shows' good on this black goat. You can even go a little higher.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I trimmed the “fringe” off of her legs but didn’t want to take too much off. It’s supposed to freeze again here so I literally just trimmed.

I like your pic for reference though. Can’t wait to see what you get this year during kidding!

 

[Southern by choice]

In the cold months we don't bald them either... we do skirt them. Warm months a different story.
Pre-freshening udder- skimmed with a #7 blade---- gunky afterbirth wipes right off, udder I skimmed as well. It was February.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

In the cold months we don't bald them either... we do skirt them. Warm months a different story.
Pre-freshening udder- skimmed with a #7 blade---- gunky afterbirth wipes right off, udder I skimmed as well. It was February.
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Hard to tell in the pic, but we also clip some of the hair on the tail (kinda how you do it for s show clip).

I can say, having them clipped makes cleanup so much easier! Last year we didn’t clip a few, big mistake!

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Diamond hasn’t had her tail up in about a week. I think she’s just waddling through her pregnancy. Anyway, I clipped the underside and took a little length off the end too. She actually had some discharge attached to her tail so I made sure all of that was clipped off too.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

I think you did a fine job
Everyone does it a little different.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Thank you! I’m trying to learn.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

DH just reported that Diamond’s ligs are gone. I’ll be going out shortly to check her myself. DD2 decided to fight sleep tonight so she and I are still occupied (abnormal sleep routine secondary to medical issues.)

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Diamond may have just a touch of a left lig but everything back there is squishy. She doesn’t want me messing with her rear at all. I did get to rub her neck, shoulders, and the forward portion of her back. She’s chewing her cud and moving slow. Udder seems a tad fuller and I have no idea how this doe can drop any more. Her teats aren’t full yet and I haven’t noticed a shine. I didn’t see any kid movement and didn’t feel any for the short time I held her collar to check her ligs and belly. Baby monitor is on and working. Time will tell.

 

[Southern by choice]

Is that blood?