Eggplant had twins, a buckling and a doeling. The buckling had a cute little heart on his leg :)
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
May 6-17
May 11
Eggplant had twins, a buckling and a doeling. The buckling had a cute little heart on his leg :)
Eggplant had twins, a buckling and a doeling. The buckling had a cute little heart on his leg :)
April 28-May 5
April 28
I drove back home after my last exams and went straight to the goat pen to see the new babies! As I was checking everyone Yearling started pushing, and she gave us a doeling and a buckling!(Cassie)
Then as soon as Yearling finished, Peaches laid down and had two bucklings and a doeling! What a great momma she is :). We are supplementing the doeling as Peaches doesn't seem to have quite enough milk for all three babies. (Kadeja)
April 30/May 1st
11:40 P.M. T found a mom cleaning off a doeling and started hunting around the pen for more; she found another doeling (tiny little thing) alone by the feeder. Upon returing to the "Mom" Terryl realised that this 'Mom' had not actually had any babies yet! T and Mil searched the pen and found that Cat and Black Goat had both given birth. Cat was given the large one, Black Goat the small one as she is part pygmy. (Alex and Kiwi)
By the time I got to the farm the new moms were already penned up with their babies, however Black Goat did not want anything to do with her baby. We took Kiwi, covered her in Cat's placenta and put her with Cat and Alex, hoping that Cat might adopt her.
While all of this was happening the "Mom" from before (Pepto) went into labor; she gave us triplets! One buckling and two doelings. The second doeling (last baby) was in backwards and needed to be pulled a bit. (Shirna and Sophie). This all ended around 2:15a.m. -Sadly Sophie died due to a twisted bowel-
May 1 continued
Around 10 a.m. after feeding Kadeja, and Kiwi (Cat also rejected her) T and I found Polly with a buckling. We like to say that we have trained our goats to have their babies on command because only 10 minutes before Polly had her baby, I said "Polly's bag is distracting!" and T replied sarcastically "She isn't anywhere near ready yet!". We waited about 10 minutes after the buckling was born and then decided to check for a second baby; T reached in and pulled out a doeling, who was sadly dead on arrival (we were unable to revive her). As soon as we were certain the doeling was dead, I ran over and grabbed Kiwi and T and I covered her in placenta/fluids. Happily, Polly adopted Kiwi as her own :)
May 2
Paz had triplets; one buckling and two doelings! All the babies are incredibly healthy, and Paz has more than enough milk to go around :). (Chica and Sanchesca)
May 3
Swan had a single doeling. Swan is Paz's daughter, and we were expecting more from her, but one healthy doeling is better than none :) (Billie)
Cal 2 had twins, buckling and doeling. The buckling looks like he has a lions mane I think. (Charlie)
May 4
Mishka had twin bucklings, they are both big and healthy.
Weeble had a single doeling, and it was a terrible birth. T had to pull incredibly hard. The doeling was coming out head first, so T had to push her in and grab her legs. Then she was coming legs first (which is fine), but her head was back so T had to push her back in once again and straighten everything out. (Annabelle) -Sadly annabelle died when she was a few days old, she had so many health problems so this was probably for the best-
Oreo had twin bucklings, but sadly one of them was not cleaned off quick enough so he suffocated.
May 5
Dawn had twins, a buckling and a doeling. The buckling looks just like her and is massive! (Dusk)
I drove back home after my last exams and went straight to the goat pen to see the new babies! As I was checking everyone Yearling started pushing, and she gave us a doeling and a buckling!(Cassie)
11:40 P.M. T found a mom cleaning off a doeling and started hunting around the pen for more; she found another doeling (tiny little thing) alone by the feeder. Upon returing to the "Mom" Terryl realised that this 'Mom' had not actually had any babies yet! T and Mil searched the pen and found that Cat and Black Goat had both given birth. Cat was given the large one, Black Goat the small one as she is part pygmy. (Alex and Kiwi)
While all of this was happening the "Mom" from before (Pepto) went into labor; she gave us triplets! One buckling and two doelings. The second doeling (last baby) was in backwards and needed to be pulled a bit. (Shirna and Sophie). This all ended around 2:15a.m. -Sadly Sophie died due to a twisted bowel-
Around 10 a.m. after feeding Kadeja, and Kiwi (Cat also rejected her) T and I found Polly with a buckling. We like to say that we have trained our goats to have their babies on command because only 10 minutes before Polly had her baby, I said "Polly's bag is distracting!" and T replied sarcastically "She isn't anywhere near ready yet!". We waited about 10 minutes after the buckling was born and then decided to check for a second baby; T reached in and pulled out a doeling, who was sadly dead on arrival (we were unable to revive her). As soon as we were certain the doeling was dead, I ran over and grabbed Kiwi and T and I covered her in placenta/fluids. Happily, Polly adopted Kiwi as her own :)
Paz had triplets; one buckling and two doelings! All the babies are incredibly healthy, and Paz has more than enough milk to go around :). (Chica and Sanchesca)
Swan had a single doeling. Swan is Paz's daughter, and we were expecting more from her, but one healthy doeling is better than none :) (Billie)
Mishka had twin bucklings, they are both big and healthy.
Dawn had twins, a buckling and a doeling. The buckling looks just like her and is massive! (Dusk)
April 20-27
April 20
Our first babies have arrived! 492 (Momma) had twin bucklings, and they are beautiful!
April 24
Rub-a-Dub had triplets! We had been worried about her because she had been pushing herself out, but she delivered all three babies safely and is doing well :). Two doelings and one buckling! (Betty and Wilma)
April 25
Chipmunk had a single buckling. Silly girl, you're suppose to have two babies!
April 26
Lightning had a single buckling; she was huge so this is quite a surprise for us. T checked for another baby inside of Lightning, but didn't feel anything.
April 27
Today we have some good news and some bad news. Good new: Cocoa had her babies, bad news: only one of the three bucklings survived. It appears that Cocoa didn't get the other two cleaned off fast enough so they suffocated.
April 27 continued
Lightning was found pushing this afternoon, it appears that she did have another baby in her after all. T and MIL had to tag team pull the baby out, it was very rotten and fell apart as they were pulling (sorry if this is too graphic for some, but this is life on the farm). Lightning is now on antibiotics, the vet also prescribed some pain killers for her.
Our first babies have arrived! 492 (Momma) had twin bucklings, and they are beautiful!
Rub-a-Dub had triplets! We had been worried about her because she had been pushing herself out, but she delivered all three babies safely and is doing well :). Two doelings and one buckling! (Betty and Wilma)
Chipmunk had a single buckling. Silly girl, you're suppose to have two babies!
Lightning had a single buckling; she was huge so this is quite a surprise for us. T checked for another baby inside of Lightning, but didn't feel anything.
Today we have some good news and some bad news. Good new: Cocoa had her babies, bad news: only one of the three bucklings survived. It appears that Cocoa didn't get the other two cleaned off fast enough so they suffocated.
Lightning was found pushing this afternoon, it appears that she did have another baby in her after all. T and MIL had to tag team pull the baby out, it was very rotten and fell apart as they were pulling (sorry if this is too graphic for some, but this is life on the farm). Lightning is now on antibiotics, the vet also prescribed some pain killers for her.
Lets Get Caught Up
Alright, so Spring Kidding 2011 has almost completely finished for us here at Flat Lake, but I'm going to go through my records and let you know what all happened (this could take a while). I'm going to do a post for each week, so that I don't end up having to make 30 posts to get everyone all caught up. Hope you enjoy :).
-H.T.
-H.T.
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