Our goat gave birth to quads - updated pics pg 9
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!! There so cute!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!
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That's funny.
I already know who will be doing all the feedings:
Me, Myself, and I.
I am going to try and keep all four with the mom but supplement with formula. I've got a big gallon of the dry stuff from last time. I bottle fed their daddy but kept him with the sister and the mama and then would hold her so he could also nurse on the mama. The mama had rejected him so I had to bottle feed. But I also know how important that colostrum is for them so right now I'm making sure each one gets a good long suck. I've offered the bottle but so far no one is interested but they are only a half day old and really just need that colostrum right now.
That's funny.
I already know who will be doing all the feedings:
Me, Myself, and I.
I am going to try and keep all four with the mom but supplement with formula. I've got a big gallon of the dry stuff from last time. I bottle fed their daddy but kept him with the sister and the mama and then would hold her so he could also nurse on the mama. The mama had rejected him so I had to bottle feed. But I also know how important that colostrum is for them so right now I'm making sure each one gets a good long suck. I've offered the bottle but so far no one is interested but they are only a half day old and really just need that colostrum right now.
Man I LOVE goats. They are just too freaking cute!!!
Kid Love
congrats!
Congratulations!!!!! I am right there with you today my daughter came running into my bedroom where I was sleeping late. "Tootsie's in labor". Tootsie is a goat that has been boarding with us in order to breed with our Pygmy buck. She is half boer, half pygmy. The owners decided they didn't want her or her sister back, just the babies so my daughter bought her.
By the time we got out there less than 2 minutes later the baby was on the ground. I love my goats, but Tootsie is the worst first time Mama I have had to deal with. She was good at guarding her baby, and licking him clean, but had dropped him right in the middle of the chickens favorite dust bath area. My MIL commented it was because she was hurting and it was near the fence line so we would see her.
Then she was so diligent about cleaning and keeping watch, but let him try to get near a nipple and whoa boy she would stomp him trying to get away. After he got up on his feet well and she was still not allowing him to nurse we took her by the horns and held her still while he got down to business.
Afterwards she went back to licking him but still refused to let him nurse. We're having a cold snap in NC so we wanted to get them inside. Unfortunately the new goat barn is under construction so I went and mucked out the chicken coop, the chickens hate it anyway. We picked up the Buckling and she freaked.
The problem is she didn't freak in the normal way. She acted as if the baby had disappeared off the planet. We even held him in front of her nose and she still took off down field looking for him. We ended up having to put him on the ground to get her to come near. Took us another hour to get them set in the coop. We sat outside with the door open another hour or so forcing her to allow him to nurse. I dosed her with a calcium drench because she seemed to be having trouble passing the afterbirth and then we locked them in. Two hours later when the bucklings owners showed up to see him, she was letting him nurse!
What an afternoon, but little Oatmeal is a cutie. Here is the best picture we got out of the "surprise" this afternoon as we did not have any clear due date for her as she had silent heats and is much taller than our buck. Gotta love his floppy ears!
Laney
By the time we got out there less than 2 minutes later the baby was on the ground. I love my goats, but Tootsie is the worst first time Mama I have had to deal with. She was good at guarding her baby, and licking him clean, but had dropped him right in the middle of the chickens favorite dust bath area. My MIL commented it was because she was hurting and it was near the fence line so we would see her.
Then she was so diligent about cleaning and keeping watch, but let him try to get near a nipple and whoa boy she would stomp him trying to get away. After he got up on his feet well and she was still not allowing him to nurse we took her by the horns and held her still while he got down to business.
Afterwards she went back to licking him but still refused to let him nurse. We're having a cold snap in NC so we wanted to get them inside. Unfortunately the new goat barn is under construction so I went and mucked out the chicken coop, the chickens hate it anyway. We picked up the Buckling and she freaked.
The problem is she didn't freak in the normal way. She acted as if the baby had disappeared off the planet. We even held him in front of her nose and she still took off down field looking for him. We ended up having to put him on the ground to get her to come near. Took us another hour to get them set in the coop. We sat outside with the door open another hour or so forcing her to allow him to nurse. I dosed her with a calcium drench because she seemed to be having trouble passing the afterbirth and then we locked them in. Two hours later when the bucklings owners showed up to see him, she was letting him nurse!
What an afternoon, but little Oatmeal is a cutie. Here is the best picture we got out of the "surprise" this afternoon as we did not have any clear due date for her as she had silent heats and is much taller than our buck. Gotta love his floppy ears!
Laney
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