05/19/08, 08:44 AM
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Living in the Hills
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 4,534
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First for me
And this is why I stayed home. I was supposed to go to Denver this weekend but had a bad feeling. At about 2:30 my dogs started throwing a fit. I stepped out to quiet them & heard newborn kid. I yelled for help, grabbed a flashlight & went to check. My matriarch had twins on the ground, mostly clean. No trouble. I turned to go into the house and noticed Button. Button is a yearling. She was in labor but not acting to distressed so I watched her. Finally at 6:30 I decided to go in & see what was going on. She had kept pushing & nothing was happening. I checked her. There was a head, there were feet. But even with me helping I couldn't get that baby out. Then I sat back & looked. The back legs of the second goat was coming out with the head of the first. I got the legs back in and delivered the first baby, grabbed the second baby & delivered it too. I think she might have a third but I am giving us both a break.
I was almost in tears trying to pull both those kids at the same time. She was screaming, I was frantic. But the twins seem to be fine. She is cleaning babies and I came in to warm up & drink some tea to settle my stomach. Between that experience & 2 hours sleep, my tummy is revolting. I have delivered goats for three years. I help with difficult births for my neighbors. But I had never had two try to deliver at once! I hope she will be okay, It looked to me like she did some minor tearing.
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