Shadow Paints foaling/kidding Thread.Twitch COLT pics pg 477!!

[patman75]

How many goat cams are out there?

They are all HUGE!

 

[herefordlovinglady]

Okay y'all help me out here.

When a cow is calving on our farm, and we notice it -- we will judge about how far long she is and either give her 45 minutes to a couple of hours. Once we see feet and know the calf is coming correctly we will go off and wait about another 30 to 45 minutes and then go back and check. If the cow has calved and the babies head is up we leave the mother take care of the baby.

I noticed how people will sit and wait for the a goat to kid. Is there a hire risk with goats than with cows? I also notice that they help the mother by helping clean the kid off.



How do people react when a horse is foaling?

I have never been around goats only cows, so i had no idea of the difference.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

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I don't think there's an inherently higher risk with any livestock kidding, calving or foaling. I belive its a personal choice to be there when they give birth. Sometimes its a bit too much of a "party" for my taste. Our goats, sheep, dogs, cats, ect never had any help and we never lost one lamb or kid -- or Mom for that matter.

 

[herefordlovinglady]

I know when i first moved to the farm my DH would get aggravated at me because i always wanted to sit and watch. Well as time went on I realized why he didn't like it -- the mom hated it. It would distract her and she wouldn't get down to business. If we know they are close we will keep an eye on them, but when you are calving 350 babies in a season, some days it gets pretty busy to keep an eye on all of them.

one thing too, these goats are not as skittish as cows are, so they may not mind the company when it's going on. Even our show cows don't like us hanging out, they want their privacy.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

Yeah

I agree with you. And of course, these owners know their animals best and know how they are....and at the same time I think that people like to think their dog/cat/horse/goat/sheep want them there -- I don't really think its true most of the time. Its fun to watch, and I have watched, but didn't have the party or "help" that some people seem to offer. Idk -- to each their own.

 

[dutchhollow]

Most times they don't need us there. When I was running 40 does, I had some that I had purchased that were bad mom's, if you weren't around you would lose the kids, they would take care of the first and ignore the second or the other way around. I culled them and any daughters that showed the same tendency, or any that needed help kidding. I have 7 does now, all kid easily on their own and take care off all kids without help. Now, if I know one is close I will run out to the barn a few times just to make sure all is well, but honestly I know usually the day before they will kid the next am (virtually all of mine kid early in the am, when the sun comes up) I used to have some angora's and for some reason they seemed to kid in the middle of the night (I am sure this was just a coincidence). Now, I do sit with my dogs, all pups are presold and I really want to make sure they all make it if at all possible.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

Just to be clear I am not talking about Shadow here. Just speaking in general terms, especially of all the cams I have watched over the past couple weeks. Dogs are kinda a different story, especially with first time Moms because they can lay down or stand on their puppies while still in labor. But still, I just check every now and then, unless was asked to do otherwise. I have a good friend who breeds dogs and she stays until every puppy is born. She does a good job too.

 

[pbjmaker]

I don't know what I would do with livestock but my dog wants me there - with her first litter she tried to follow me around the house as the pup was being born. Luckily I was there - that pup was completely stuck/breech and I had to pull her out. Her second litter I just sat in the same room reading and that was good enough.

 

[patman75]

Looks like we have action on the Phoenix cam

 

[babymakes6]

http://www.marestare.com/fcam.php?alias=phoenixrising
Kidding now