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01/28/13, 10:04 AM
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New baby story w/pics
Yesterday I was so depressed. Last year neither of my goats had babies. This year my first doe was 6 days late and wasn't looking very pregnant, nor acting any different. About 9:30 am I did my chores and turned out the girls. My doe Dixie galloped out with the rest and ate her grain and gave everyone a hard time, nothing new.I thought for sure this would be another year without baby goats : (
But Mamabooh, you were right! Dixie was indeed pregnant. About 1:00 I went to the barn to do some work and she was laying by herself in a pile of hay. And she was calling to me. So I run over to find her with two little feet poking out! She was up and down and was willing to walk indoors to the kidding stall. The boy was pretty big and strong and this was her second kidding (the first was by a ND). She appreciated my help and by 1:45 the boy was up and standing and looking for a meal.
I just couldn't believe my eyes. I thought for sure she wasn't pregnant! BTW at 9:30 AM she had no change in her udder, ligs were like pencils, never any discharge, nothing! Go figure : / Here are the pics!
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01/28/13, 10:11 AM
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what cuteness!!
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01/28/13, 10:13 AM
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Cograts. Great looking kids.
I got a new one too!
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01/28/13, 10:26 AM
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Woohoo...congrats!!! She looked just like my girl, Mudge (75% lamancha/25% toggenburg), looked last year. I had the test results that said she was pregnant, but she sure didn't seem very big to me...but she did have a little bump like Dixie did. Mudge kidded without me, because it was my first time and I didn't realize she was that close...she went on day 142! (edited to add...I just looked back at an old thread of mine and saw that it was day 146, not 142)
P.S. Do I see wattles?!?!?
Last edited by mammabooh; 01/28/13 at 01:03 PM.
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01/28/13, 11:00 AM
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Congrats! I am beyond ready to snuggle some goat kids.
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01/28/13, 11:05 AM
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Way to go Dixie! 
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01/28/13, 11:47 AM
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Yes Mamabooh, those are wattles (we call 'em bells). Was Mudge a FF or very young? DH says that when Dixie is older and has had several babies it will become easier to tell if she's pregnant. She sure hid this guy somewhere. I could never feel him or see him move. And he was not a small baby either. She kidded exactly 161 days after being bred.
She has enough milk. But the orafices are quite tiny and the milk doesn't flow as easily or heavy as my other does. So baby nurses mostly on one side, although he goes back and forth trying it out. Right now he seems to be getting enough but I am milking out the other side a bit and keeping it for a bottle. I might have to supplement him as he grows and needs more. Hopefully her milk will flow better as he nurses. Thanks for the well wishes everyone.
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01/28/13, 12:02 PM
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Congratulations on such a cute little buckling & so happy you have at least 1 baby so far this year.
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01/28/13, 12:03 PM
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Look at that attitude! He's adorable! I'm glad you got a goat baby.
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01/28/13, 12:18 PM
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Metal melter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TRAILRIDER
Yes Mamabooh, those are wattles (we call 'em bells). Was Mudge a FF or very young? DH says that when Dixie is older and has had several babies it will become easier to tell if she's pregnant. She sure hid this guy somewhere. I could never feel him or see him move. And he was not a small baby either. She kidded exactly 161 days after being bred.
She has enough milk. But the orafices are quite tiny and the milk doesn't flow as easily or heavy as my other does. So baby nurses mostly on one side, although he goes back and forth trying it out. Right now he seems to be getting enough but I am milking out the other side a bit and keeping it for a bottle. I might have to supplement him as he grows and needs more. Hopefully her milk will flow better as he nurses. Thanks for the well wishes everyone.
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Nope...Mudge was a 3-year-old 2nd freshener. I just think it must be because of her build or something. Her doelings were 7.5 and 8 pounds, so it's not like they were tiny. She's due March 15, and she's not showing much at all this year either (maybe it's a Toggenburg characteristic?). She had twins before I got her too, but I'm sort of hoping for triplets this year. I have someone that wants to buy Vinnie as a milker after she kids (she is one of Mudge's doelings from last year and is due April 4) and another doeling, and another person who wants two doelings. I for sure want to keep a doeling out of Snicket, and I'm hoping for some boys to raise for meat. Both of the people who want to buy will be first-time goat owners, so this should be interesting!
P.S. I love the wattles! I'm sad that we don't have any. Anyone know if wattles can mysteriously show up in kids of non-wattled parents?
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01/28/13, 12:39 PM
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Cuties!!!
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01/28/13, 01:53 PM
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Just gorgeous! Love the fluffy coats, so snuggly. I wont have goat babies to snuggle until September (seasons reversed here).
If he's not having any luck on one of her teats try milking it firmly and see if it's plugged up - it happened when my Salma kidded. I squeezed a thick plug of dried colostrum and the teat exploded milk in my face. Then the kids could nurse it fine.
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01/28/13, 02:07 PM
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OMG look at those eeaarrrrssss! Such adorableness should be illegal!
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01/28/13, 02:22 PM
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He is a darling big boy! Congrats to you!
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01/28/13, 02:26 PM
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So adorable! Congrats.
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01/28/13, 02:51 PM
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He is pretty cute.
I have the opposite problem here it seems. I have these huge bellied does who moan and groan their last month of pregnancy and then pop out a normal sized single. I have only ever had 3 singles here but every one of them was as described above. :P
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01/28/13, 03:20 PM
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Awe!! What a sweet baby!
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01/28/13, 03:32 PM
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You've got a baby to luv on! Yay!
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01/28/13, 04:23 PM
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Awww, how sweet
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