04/22/12, 01:44 PM
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Show us your teats!!
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Northeast Tennessee
Posts: 721
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Possibly Inattentive Mom?
The best looking LaMancha doe I have gave birth to 2 super cute bucklings. She is a FF and initially seemed like a pretty good mom. As I always do, I shut her in the stall with her boys for 48 hours for bonding time. They are almost three weeks old and I am not sure she is being so attentive. She rarely calls for them and I rarely see them out with their mom when she grazes. I have found one of her boys shivering and obviously hungry in the corner. I had to force feed him and give him some Bovi Sera to pick him up (both worked). She knows that's her son and will smell him and is not rejecting him, but she seems unconcerned about him. His brother is more proactive in seeking out mom for nursing, so he is doing better. Another thing that leads me to question all this is that her udder is full when I go to milk her every time. What should I be looking for and should I be concerned?
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Rechelle - Wife and mother to 2 girls ages 4 and 6. Caretaker to 9 goats (Saanens and LaManchas), countless chickens & ducks, 7 Kahtadin Sheep and 6 turkeys - whew.
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