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12/24/13, 08:15 PM
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Ahhh, the Best Laid Plans
As many of you know, we've been converting an old calf barn on our new farm into our goat barn. The first set of stalls are all set up and ready, all we needed were four our three does to go into labor.
The plan was to recognized labor and place the doe into a readied stall - what could go wrong?
Well, they started in reverse order. Our youngest, and last bred kidded a week early with a single buckling.
Now I'm sure the other two will not want to be left out, and they will start popping in the next 24 hours.
More photos to follow!!!
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12/24/13, 08:16 PM
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The goats watch you, meet in secret, and plot against you.
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12/24/13, 08:46 PM
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There's a bit more to the story.
The doe had the kid in the pasture near dusk - with temps around freezing. Our two LGD's laid down next to the kid surrounding the kid to keep him warm and wouldn't let the other goats near it. When I came over, they let me know something was up - moved so I could see the buckling - which stood up and made some noise.
I brought the buckling into a stall, then went to figure out which one had him...placed her into the stall - and she took over the cleaning. He was drinking off the teat like he owned the place within an hour. I searched the pasture to make sure she didn't have two kids - we didn't think so, she was very small and were only feeling one kid.
Tonight he's dry, strong, feeding well, has lots of straw, we do have a space heater on near the stall just to keep the residual temps up tonight (we expect a low of 24 overnight).
We'll see what the other two does have in store for us, they are both huge and we are expecting triplets from each.
My notes showed the kidding should have started on the 26th.
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12/25/13, 01:27 PM
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"Our two LGD's laid down next to the kid surrounding the kid to keep him warm and wouldn't let the other goats near it. When I came over, they let me know something was up - moved so I could see the buckling"
What great LGD's!!
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12/25/13, 04:30 PM
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Oh, how lovely! And the LGDs did their job - yay!
Good pictures - for a start. You better keep the batteries on hand, though, for when the other girls kid out!
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12/25/13, 04:37 PM
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Oh, re: the heater
If you have any concern about fires (I am ALWAYS worried about them), you can heat the stall by using old laundry soap bottles filled with hot water. Wrap them in towels if you're concerned that the water is too hot.
We've enjoyed a good success rate using the bottles. They hold heat for a few hours, and no worries about fires in the bedding.
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12/26/13, 10:07 PM
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Nice warmer day out on pasture. Mama and the Ice Man (our 8 year old son named him) enjoying a little sunshine. He's awful big for such a little doe, but both are doing fine.
Today is day one of my projected due dates for the other two. They spent the day bawling - even while eating on pasture, so it seemed the time had come. At the end of the day, still no new kids... So we are checking the barn every couple hours. Good thing it's warmer these next few days.
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12/27/13, 06:55 AM
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Congrats on the new buckling & what a great story! Love his name too, tell your son it sounds like the perfect name.
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12/27/13, 08:16 AM
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Pictures will follow later today, but, both remaining does did their kidding at 4:00AM this morning. At this time coffee comes first!!!
Our older doe had two large twins, and her daughter had triplets on her first kidding.
So, by sunrise this morning we had 5 new members of the herd!
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12/27/13, 09:17 AM
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Congrats. There's nothing quite like kidding season.
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12/27/13, 10:34 AM
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Here's the 5 new additions. The two on the left are from one doe and the three on the right are from her daughter. Only one doe between the 6 additions.
One of the little bucklings has this issue going on with his hind leg. If positioned property he stands fine, but once he moves on his own it turns like this. It feels very cold despite my warming it with my hands a couple of times. He was already on the ground when we got to the barn, but mom showed no signs of difficulty in delivery.
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12/27/13, 10:53 AM
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That's a great idea about the hot water bottles Pony! I'm going to save my bottles from now on, just in case.
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12/27/13, 11:42 AM
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I bet his leg will adjust in time. One of ours had a flopped ear (ND) for the first day - we thought it was going to be permanent, and another had a very strange stance on her hind legs, but time has made her perfect! It took her about a week to look 'normal'!
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12/27/13, 01:11 PM
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That leg should be fine in a few days. Keep an eye on it. If it doesn't work itself out by then, go ahead and splint it.
Lovely bunch of bucks. Some years are like that, but at least you got yourself one doe!
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12/27/13, 01:38 PM
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Here's Briscoe keeping a close eye on Iceman - our first buckling from Christmas Eve. It's pretty cute to watch.
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12/27/13, 02:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pony
That leg should be fine in a few days. Keep an eye on it. If it doesn't work itself out by then, go ahead and splint it.
Lovely bunch of bucks. Some years are like that, but at least you got yourself one doe!
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And 3 fresh milkers!
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