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Old 03/17/13, 07:50 PM
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Red discharge

Folks,

It's been 12 days since Ruby kidded. Tonight at chores I noticed she has a gob of red discharge coming from her. Normal? What's up?
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Old 03/17/13, 07:52 PM
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Yes Normal.
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Old 03/17/13, 07:53 PM
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Oh thank God. So, what is it? Just... normal post kidding stuff?
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Old 03/17/13, 07:56 PM
 
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It's entirely normal. Your doe is just cleaning out from kidding. Women do the same thing after child birth.
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Old 03/17/13, 07:58 PM
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completely normal.....it's okay

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Old 03/17/13, 08:07 PM
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Thank you my lovelies! I wasn't expecting anything this late.
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Old 03/17/13, 08:20 PM
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Yep...my doe that gave birth on the 6th is doing the same thing
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