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  1. firefighter9208

    HELP! My goat gave birth! REALLY BAD NEWS Post#77 Need Answers

    bheila, I'm sorry for your loss. I understand the feeling of nursing a baby goat back to "health" and then finding it dead the next morning. Often , as helmstead said, it is difficult to get goat kids to survive after being severely chilled. My thought is that they probably got pneumonia...
  2. firefighter9208

    HELP! My goat gave birth! REALLY BAD NEWS Post#77 Need Answers

    Quote: Front feet first is the normal delivery position for a baby goat. I have attached a link to an article that shows the different types of delivery positions and how to help if a goat is in distress. http://www.boergoats.com/clean/articleads.php?art=285 . In 5 years of having boer...
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    HELP! My goat gave birth! REALLY BAD NEWS Post#77 Need Answers

    Quote: Sounds about right to me. She'll have colostrum for a couple days and then really start to make milk. Just keep an eye on her. I have Boer goats and stall them to kid. I agree with the other person that said to put mom and the kids in a small stall (mine are 4'x6') with the kids...
  4. firefighter9208

    HELP! My goat gave birth! REALLY BAD NEWS Post#77 Need Answers

    Quote: Sounds about right to me. She'll have colostrum for a couple days and then really start to make milk. Just keep an eye on her. I have Boer goats and stall them to kid. I agree with the other person that said to put mom and the kids in a small stall (mine are 4'x6') with the kids...
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