Poppy Popped! (Long)

[CarolT]

Stayed up night before last because she's a FF and likely to do the unexpected. This girl is DH's Princess (even has Princess Poppy on her collar) and didn't want to take chances and she was acting like she might be starting something and her ligaments were gone.

Spent the day watching her as signs were good for go. Nope.

By dark though, she was pawing, stretching, etc, so I set up for another night. About midnight, she gave a few halfhearted pushes. Never got any better with them, so after arguing with myself, I washed up, lubed and went in. Wasn't really sure what I was finding, but sure as shooting wasn't hooves and a head. Crossed my fingers (figuratively) that it wasn't shoulders and managed to hook my fingertips on 2 bumps and teased if towards out. Yep. Looked like goat butt to me LOL And boy 1 was on the ground.

By the time I cleaned him and got to looking at her again, their was a bubble pooching out. Poppy got the head out but legs were back and she wasn't really trying to push well. This one was easy to tease out from outside, though, and we had girl 1 on the ground. After she was cleaned, I still didn't see afterbirth, so bumped her... Sure felt like something else in there. Waited a while and she actually pushed enough to get another breech halfway out and quit pushing. Got it teased out and girl 2 was on the ground

I went to get oxytocin this am from the vet because the placenta was still hanging and she still wasn't pushing very well. I imagine breech babies discourage pushing She's working on it now, though.

She wasn't really interested in cleaning them and it took a while to get her to let them nurse, but she's into the nursing thing now. I still have to convince her that "air guitar" may be ok, but "air baby bathing" isn't. She licks about 1/2" away LOL and yes, I'm sure.

And, since we all know it doesn't happen without pics:

The last baby




the other 2. The boy has the frosted ears.

[glasshousegoats]

They're adorable! Are the new kids purebred nubians or cross-breeds? We have a nubian thats looking like shes ready to go any minute now and I'm so tired of waiting! We crossbred her with one of our Boer bucks. Can't wait to see the new kids. Here is a pic of 2 of our other Nubian-Boer crosses.

These 2 girls are from a nubian doe/boer buck cross



This is Tex, he got his name from the mark on his head because it looks like the texas longhorns! He is out of a boer doe/nubian buck cross

[eclipchic]

cute!

[CarolT]

Pure nubians Though a friend's boer broke out and got in with my Nubian buck and she wound up with a cross that way LOL

[Backfourty,MI.]

Very cute babies both of you. Congratulations on the healthy triplets & it sounds like it was a good thing you were on your toes or Poppy could have had some problems by herself.

[RedSonja]

Oh, well done Poppy! Triplets first time around! And two of them doelings. Adorable babies too. Glad you waited it out to help her, too.

-Sonja

[CarolT]

I don't think life would be worth it if anything happened to DH's Princess. I didn't get nearly the sympathy when _I_ was in labor... Of course _I_ only had one at a time...

[Oat Bucket Farm]

Great job Carol in getting them situated to come out right. Very cute babies! Congratulations!

[CarolT]

Thanks! I have to admit, it was almost my worst imagining. The other 2 deliveries my girls have had went without a hitch. Michael would be sad (he really likes the goats), but, like I said, this is his baby... I think he's decided she won't be bred next year

[Cheryl aka JM]

Congrats on the new babies Carol! Too cute! And I would definately give hubby some trouble over that not having Poppy bred again because she hurt too much....after all.....you had TWO before that was too much for you!

[CarolT]

Ahhh but it's just "not next year" LOL Gives him more time to recover

[Minelson]

Great job!!! Darling babies! and can't wait to see more pictures