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[3acres]

As always, 3acres, those are wonderful.

But, how did you get kids in January?

Thanks!

Well....I guess you buy a set of old fashioned females that require months of dating the buck before doing the deed, then you get Jan babies....lol. I'm excited as heck to be finally getting baby goats, but didn't really want them at this time of year. Got 1 that could pop anytime and another just behind these.

It was awesome helping my first baby goats being born! They both wanted out at the same time. So I helped and it was an awesome thing to be a part of! I can't keep them warm enough out there even with heat lamps on, so I keep the babies in the house and go get momma every so often to feed them.

Better go make rounds out there again!

 

[drumstick diva]

congratulations on the goatlets - mighty sweet

 

[aoxa]

Thanks!

Well....I guess you buy a set of old fashioned females that require months of dating the buck before doing the deed, then you get Jan babies....lol. I'm excited as heck to be finally getting baby goats, but didn't really want them at this time of year. Got 1 that could pop anytime and another just behind these.

It was awesome helping my first baby goats being born! They both wanted out at the same time. So I helped and it was an awesome thing to be a part of! I can't keep them warm enough out there even with heat lamps on, so I keep the babies in the house and go get momma every so often to feed them.

Better go make rounds out there again!

This is exactly why I waited until December to breed. Man I would so hate to be doing chores this time of year with baby goats and worrying about them. My two are due in April. Alice is very much pregnant I think. Pretty sure. She already looks bigger. She was at the breeder for 6 weeks!

They are adorable Is it pretty quick the birth? I need to learn all I can before April! I've helped my dog.

 

[3acres]

congratulations on the goatlets - mighty sweet

Thanks! I got the mom to these two babies when she was 2 days old. It's neat seeing her be such a good mom now! ...and seeing little baby goatie happy dances again...

 

[3acres]

This is exactly why I waited until December to breed. Man I would so hate to be doing chores this time of year with baby goats and worrying about them. My two are due in April. Alice is very much pregnant I think. Pretty sure. She already looks bigger. She was at the breeder for 6 weeks!

They are adorable Is it pretty quick the birth? I need to learn all I can before April! I've helped my dog.

It was pretty quick all said and done. By the time I got the hair dryer and towels and all that, she was letting out some pretty awful cries. 2 hooves were just starting to stick out like they should. I pulled a little to help. Then I noticed the hind leg of the second baby right there too. So I pushed that back in and the first baby came fairly quick then. I went to work drying the first one and the second came out backwards real fast as I was working on the first one.

I dried them and set up a draft free area with a heat lamp in the barn. I checked on them every couple hours...warming ears and stuff. The temp dipped down below zero I think, but all was well until the sun came up. The sun was bright despite it being cold and the temp seem to drop a lot in the barn. Between the mid-morning check and the noon check, they really went downhill. My heart sank. I thought the boy was dead. When I picked him up to take him out of the pen, he made a slight gurgle noise. So I rushed both to the house and stuck them right into a warm bath. I held their noses out of the water until they came to life. Then took them out, dried them and put them in front of a heater. I had pop bottles and Pritchard nipples on hand. The girl ended up nursing first. The boy took awhile....took awhile for his neck and legs to act right. Then he started to suck a little. I started brining momma in and the girl took off on her right away. Took awhile on the boy. I milked colostrum out on my finger and put it in his mouth and forced whole cows milk down him. Then then took off on mom finally. They both are doing happy baby goat dances and I hope will be alright! Awesome to see them came back after such an ordeal. Like I said, the boy I feel should be dead. I can't believe it happened so quickly. The girl was chasing mom around just at the last check before I found them froze.

Way worse bitter cold coming! Lots to do today!!! It has warmed up today to be quite warm, so that is good!

 

[SilkiesForEver]

3acres,

Do you always help your does kid? I ask, because we've never needed to. We just head out there one day and there are bright, bouncy babies with their moms. We don't stay to help them kid, or even supervise it as sometimes that makes a new mom uneasy. We don't dry the kids either.
Don't take me wrong, I'm not trying to contradict, I would just like to know why you do it.

I've found that we don't have the time to help, and our does always kid just fine themselves.

 

[pysankigirl]

As cold as it is in Missourri right now, probably a good idea to dry them when they come out or they'd freeze to death!!!! In California...totally different situation, I'd think.

 

[drumstick diva]

Temperature is the MAIN difference, these are WINTER goatlets - I doubt they ever would have survived if mama gave birth to them somewhere out in the acreage alone.

We(Chicago suburbs) are headed into one of the harshest winters in ages - most of the country is too.

I wonder if the goatlets could wear little jackets - I mean like a towel or fleece wrap, strapped around them to help keep up their body heat.

3Acres, I'm sure I would have done something to help them -once I'd stop being hysterical and crying. You would sure be the one I'd call first in any emergency. Aren't you lucky you live far away?

 

[Fancychooklady]

It was pretty quick all said and done. By the time I got the hair dryer and towels and all that, she was letting out some pretty awful cries.  2 hooves were just starting to stick out like they should.  I pulled a little to help.  Then I noticed the hind leg of the second baby right there too.  So I pushed that back in and the first baby came fairly quick then. I went to work drying the first one and the second came out backwards real fast as I was working on the first one. 

I dried them and set up a draft free area with a heat lamp in the barn.  I checked on them every couple hours...warming ears and stuff.  The temp dipped down below zero I think, but all was well until the sun came up.  The sun was bright despite it being cold and the temp seem to drop a lot in the barn.   Between the mid-morning check and the noon check, they really went downhill.  My heart sank. I thought the boy was dead.  When I picked him up to take him out of the pen, he made a slight gurgle noise.  So I rushed both to the house and stuck them right into a warm bath.  I held their noses out of the water until they came to life.  Then took them out, dried them and put them in front of a heater.  I had pop bottles and Pritchard nipples on hand.  The girl ended up nursing first.  The boy took awhile....took awhile for his neck and legs to act right.  Then he started to suck a little.  I started brining momma in and the girl took off on her right away.  Took awhile on the boy.  I milked colostrum out on my finger and put it in his mouth and forced whole cows milk down him.  Then then took off on mom finally.  They both are doing happy baby goat dances and I hope will be alright!  Awesome to see them came back after such an ordeal. Like I said, the boy I feel should be dead.  I can't believe it happened so quickly.  The girl was chasing mom around just at the last check before I found them froze.

Way worse bitter cold coming!  Lots to do today!!!  It has warmed up today to be quite warm, so that is good!

You are amazing. Worth your weight in gold, I'd say.

 

[Toast n Jelly]

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