WhiteMountainsRanch Kidding/Journal Thread; Summer Update

[Mossy Stone Farm]

Hope everything is OK.....

Not like you to take this long to post your babie pictures!

Hope your just catching up on your to do list

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Ok finally got pics! Sorry to keep you all waiting. Yes catching up on my to do list, plus I'm still fighting this cold. We think my DBF cracked a rib too so I have been picking up all the slack while sick. :/ I think it's keeping me from getting better... been trying to rest in-between chores!


Ghiselle got severe mastitis within 12 hours after her kidding, but I'm treating her aggressively with a full 5 day round of penicillin and it's almost completely 100% gone now. It was the WEIRDEST thing ever. (I milked her out right after she had them, and again every 6 hours). Within 6 hours of having the babies a long skinny "lump" developed in her left udder and over the next 6 hours it grew and grew until I can only describe it as a "snake" in her udder, about as big around as my ring finger. In the mammary tissue right above the nipple. WEIRD. Then within another 6 hours the whole bottom of her left udder was ROCK hard and the nipple was becoming hard too, making it nearly impossible to milk her. As soon as I noticed the hardening she got her first dose of pen-g. Within 6 hours the whole thing had softened up and every 6 hours it just kept getting better. Now the snake is almost completely gone.

I wanted to show her udder. I think it's a very nice udder for a FF.

Before (kids):

After:

Also, all the milkers got clipped and bathed today. They look much nicer if I do say so myself!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I know I know, we're getting to her babies! But I had to show a pic of Camille. I love this goat. AND she's a spittin' image of her grandpa! Kastdemur's Time in a Bottle.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I'll get better pics later. The little rascals wouldn't sit still for nothin'!!!

First baby girl: Brown Doeling (Need a name!)

Second baby girl: Aurora. She has some faint grey moonspots. More on her other side, but of course she wouldn't hold still. LOL.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

And lastly, poor Joline. She didn't get pregnant so she hasn't been paid much attention to. It was super nice out today so here she is soakin' up the rays.

 

[GLENMAR]

Very nice.

 

[Missy]

Beautiful babies....And adults. Your Joline looks like she is snubbing you more than soaking up the sun. lol

 

[TGreenhut]

I know I know, we're getting to her babies! But I had to show a pic of Camille. I love this goat. AND she's a spittin' image of her grandpa! Kastdemur's Time in a Bottle.

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/6210_sam_1980.jpg

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/6210_time.jpg

My goat Sasha looks very similar to your Camille! And I think they might have similar lines. I know Sasha has a lot of Kastdemur's in her lines, and I think Kastdemur's Time in a Bottle's grandpa (Kastdemur's Audacity) is Sasha's great grandpa.

Not the best pictures, and they're a couple months old, but here's my Sasha:

 

[meme]

All of them are gorgeous! Rachel's grand sire is Kastdemur's King of the Hill, and we plan to breed her to Time in a Bottle next year. Looks like we are all related!

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Beautiful babies....And adults. Your Joline looks like she is snubbing you more than soaking up the sun. lol

LoL it DOES look like that!!! I swear she just plopped down and was enjoying the sun, I swear!