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Thanks! Yeah, really didn't know what caused them to die. They were "full-grown" ... same size as the others so it happened either right before birth or right after. Thing is, the mama didn't even try to clean them so I'm thinking they were stillborn and she knew it was a waste of time to...

Thanks for asking, Glen. Here are the two girls that CC had on Friday. We call them white doeling and brown doeling! Didn't take pix of or examine the 2 stillborns (so yeah, she had 4). In this second pic are the 2 kids born yesterday to Honey. She had a boy (polka) and girl (dot ... she has...

She finally kidded! CC did, I mean. When I went out there, she'd just given birth to the last. Total 4. Two born dead (very sad) and 2 girls born alive and looking good. I'll take pix when I can. Now waiting for the second doe to kid. Any day now. Pre-selling if you're interested. The mamas...

Seriously, I think these girls are doing this to taunt me. I bet their whole pregnancies are fake! No difference to today from yesterday, but my kid had an EEG this morning so I haven't spent much time with them. Then, when I went out to check on everyone, found a 2 month old cuckoo maran stuck...

The older doe has been heaving and panting for the last 6 hours or so. She's claimed the hay-tub in the 6x10 dog kennel as her own, and has laid in there most of the day. I had to coax her out to get some water. Also gave her (and the doeling) a nice portion of sweet feed, oats and sunflower...

I very much WISH i could write that we have goat babies but nope. Nada. Zip. These girls are refusing to give birth! At least, that's how I see it. The doeling's mucus drip and the doe's blood spot are gone. Guess those were false alarms. They both seem ravenous today. Could be because we're...

The doeling has a mucus drip this morning, but they shouldn't kid for another week. And my kid has a seizure this morning PLUS it's supposed to rain all day so I'm really stretched beyond my limits. If they kid today or tomorrow, they'll have to do it without me.

Just took another look at her and it does look like her teats are slightly turning outward, toward her legs. I'll just chill, and peek out of my window from time to time.

I know it's been a while since I posted on here about my goatie girls, but I've just been working and waiting. I just recalculated the dates CC was with bucks, and it had to have been with the second buck, either in December or January. So ... here's a picture I took today: I was concerned...

NO!!!! Can you believe that she still hasn't kidded? MUST have been the 2nd time she was with the buck, and that was for 2 weeks so it could be any time up through 2-3rd week this month. She's huge! If she has only 1 or 2 kids, I'm gonna have to wonder! She's also been scratching her butt a...

I'll try again later. Woke up to a few inches of snow on the ground. The goats are quite less than thrilled, as are the chickens. Well, me too because I don't drive on the snow and had planned to make the trip into town.

Yes, I've checked her, and one day we did think she'd lost them but we rechecked a few hours later and there they were! I just figured I'd done it wrong so it's good to know that I'm not alone.

Thing is she paws the ground all of the time, but usually before she wants to lay down. She broke out of the kennel when we put her in too early but we haven't repaired it yet. When I fed them this morning, she got up on the milking stanchion (which she hates!), turned around, and rubbed her...

Thank you so much. We are starting to relax a little bit. It's nice to know we miscalculated her due date. It's obvious it was the second time she was with the angora that she got it so now we have another 2 weeks or so. Enough time to make more adjustments to the "kidding pen" we're setting up...

Thanks for asking! She still shows no (gross coming ...) slime so I think she's pregnant from the second time she was with the angora. That means it will be another 2-3 weeks before she kids. She's HUGE tho ... she had 4 last time so since she's so big, we're thinking she's gonna have 4 this...

My responses in your quote are bolded. Quote: ======= Thank you so much. We were up most of the night with her. She's outside right now, on a lead, with another doe nearby. Food (sweet feed), water (with vitamins), alfalfa pellets, extra-large dog kennel with hay in it. Mostly laying down...

I have all of my stuff purchased and put in a big ole tub. Only thing still to get is a sharp pair of scissors ... have lots of dull ones so if she kids before I get back to the store, we have at least something. BUT she's been coughing for the last 3 days. None of the other goats are...

Quote: ======== This doe doesn't like to be milked but I have my equipment from last year's milking doe. I might give it a try. Did recently have someone tell me he'd buy all the colostrum milk I have. For his calves. Decided I want my goat kids to have it all! But ... wonder what he would...

Quote: Paper towels or old towels Nutri-Drench Gloves K-Y Jelly or other lubricant Iodine Sterile thread or dental floss (for tying umbilical cord) Bucket or pot to milk the doe into ==== Just curious ... why do I want to milk the doe? I don't plan to bottle feed. Made notes for the rest of...

Call her C.C.! Great info. I'll feel her up tomorrow and hope to feel something "loose". I'll also feel the doeling who, if she IS pregnant, is still 6-7 weeks away. Comparison thing so I'll know what I'm feeling for. From what I understand her litter last year was her first, and she had no...