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Congrats! They are adorable! Love the names. 
Wehner Homestead Kidding Thread 2018
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Dani4Hedgies
Loving the herd life
WAY to go for you and Diamond 3 beautiful kids to spoil and love on 
Mike CHS
Herd Master
They are truly adorable.
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Wehner Homestead
Herd Master
Did anyone else notice that Diamond kidded on her due date??
I worked today and was a nervous wreck worried about my babies! I was afraid that they may not eat while I was gone. DH made sure they ate this morning and I went out as soon as I got home since he got off late. I found them all curled up in their heat barrel.
I got Miss Tiny Jasmine to nurse first so she’s not competing with the bucklings as much. Poor thing is probably going to have it rough until we wean her two BIG brothers. Anyway, she was a little sunken in and found where she was supposed to latch with minimal guidance. I really don’t know if she nursed while I was gone or not but I’ll go back out every few hours tonight and all day tomorrow to make sure she’s on the right track.
Jericho had a full belly when I went out so he’s figured the nursing thing out.
Jackson latched for a second but didn’t act very hungry. His belly was only very slightly sunken so I’m wondering if he’d eaten a little earlier than Jericho.
I’m off the next two days and DH is off the weekend so it’ll be several days before at least one of us isn’t here around the clock to keep an eye on the kids and help as needed.
Pics from DH this morning and one of DD1 from her getting a few minutes with just me to check on the babies.
Jericho
Jackson (leaning toward him for our keeper buck)
Jasmine
DD2 and Jasmine
I worked today and was a nervous wreck worried about my babies! I was afraid that they may not eat while I was gone. DH made sure they ate this morning and I went out as soon as I got home since he got off late. I found them all curled up in their heat barrel.
I got Miss Tiny Jasmine to nurse first so she’s not competing with the bucklings as much. Poor thing is probably going to have it rough until we wean her two BIG brothers. Anyway, she was a little sunken in and found where she was supposed to latch with minimal guidance. I really don’t know if she nursed while I was gone or not but I’ll go back out every few hours tonight and all day tomorrow to make sure she’s on the right track.
Jericho had a full belly when I went out so he’s figured the nursing thing out.
Jackson latched for a second but didn’t act very hungry. His belly was only very slightly sunken so I’m wondering if he’d eaten a little earlier than Jericho.
I’m off the next two days and DH is off the weekend so it’ll be several days before at least one of us isn’t here around the clock to keep an eye on the kids and help as needed.
Pics from DH this morning and one of DD1 from her getting a few minutes with just me to check on the babies.
Jericho
Jackson (leaning toward him for our keeper buck)
Jasmine
DD2 and Jasmine
Baymule
Herd Master
Nothing like a little girl and her goat. Adorable. That's one that should be framed and hung on the wall.
Goat Whisperer
Herd Master
Love all the pics! Congrats! That last pic made my heart happy
Mike CHS
Herd Master
Love all the pics! Congrats! That last pic made my heart happy
I agree with the others on the picture with that awesome young lady smile. My grandmother used to say "that makes my heart smile" but I guess it had the same meaning.
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Wehner Homestead
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Edit to above post: that’s DD1 not DD2. I didn’t catch it until now. I think I somehow hit the wrong number on my phone. Still love her smile and love for her animals.
DD1’s goat is Snowflake. Please pray we get at least one doeling from her so we can keep it. She will be heartbroken if she doesn’t get a doe. She keeps telling us how much she loves Jasmine and we have to insist that she’s DS’.
Snowflake’s back end was a tiny bit loose for her last night and she’s got the tiniest pouch to her udder. Her due dates could be different times from separate exposures so I’m leaning toward the end of February right now but only time will tell.
DD1’s goat is Snowflake. Please pray we get at least one doeling from her so we can keep it. She will be heartbroken if she doesn’t get a doe. She keeps telling us how much she loves Jasmine and we have to insist that she’s DS’.
Snowflake’s back end was a tiny bit loose for her last night and she’s got the tiniest pouch to her udder. Her due dates could be different times from separate exposures so I’m leaning toward the end of February right now but only time will tell.
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Wehner Homestead
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I’m favoring the Doeling!
Jasmine got help nursing this morning because we hadn’t caught her yet and being smaller, we wanted to insure she was getting a full belly. Well I ended up catching her nursing on her own a bit later!
I’ve also seen her pee last night and this morning so I think she will be just fine. I’ll be monitoring her weight to be sure though.
Both bucklings seem to keep full bellies but are getting their weight monitored too. They look like such brutes next to Jasmine!
Pic of Jasmine from this morning and if I can figure it out later today, I’ll post a video of Jericho being born.
Jasmine got help nursing this morning because we hadn’t caught her yet and being smaller, we wanted to insure she was getting a full belly. Well I ended up catching her nursing on her own a bit later!
I’ve also seen her pee last night and this morning so I think she will be just fine. I’ll be monitoring her weight to be sure though. Both bucklings seem to keep full bellies but are getting their weight monitored too. They look like such brutes next to Jasmine!
Pic of Jasmine from this morning and if I can figure it out later today, I’ll post a video of Jericho being born.
AClark
Loving the herd life
Congrats on the triplets, same as we got, 2B/1D. My doeling was born first and the strongest, followed by the second born, and the third one is definitely a little behind. I have them in my bathroom right now, starting on the bottle feeding routine.
Yours were a lot bigger than my babies, as far as I could tell with my kitchen scale, my two boys are only 1 1/2 lbs and the girl 2 oz shy of that. Not from a lack of feed to Mom either, she's still pudgy after delivering.
Yours were a lot bigger than my babies, as far as I could tell with my kitchen scale, my two boys are only 1 1/2 lbs and the girl 2 oz shy of that. Not from a lack of feed to Mom either, she's still pudgy after delivering.
