#56 & #57 delivered compliments of Nate!

Had to run to a ballgame, and Doe #13 was looking suspicious. Nate stayed in the barn with her while I left, and when I returned he had successfully helped deliver the newest two babies. One was born problem free, but he had to assist the last one being born. He had never done that before, and did a great job !

Section 3 - Loving up that baby

Video of a live birth Section 2

Video of a live birth

I was lucky enough to have the camera with me and videoed a doe having a baby. This is very graphic, and shot in three parts. Hopefully it uploads ok.

Well it has been awhile since we've posted. Been busy with yucky weather just trying to keep everything warm and dry. We lost one goat baby because it got stepped on, one baby has become a bottle baby and one is an orphan named "Lucy". Today 3 does had babies, and I am hoping to graft "Lucy" onto doe #44 as she only had a single.

50 babies have arrived

Well over a period of 5 days, 49 babies were born. Crazy! Yesterday, a doe had a single which brought the total to 50! What were we thinking!

I have turned the group out of their small pens into a larger pen. They are romping round, and then usually all pile up for a long nap. Drives their mom's crazy trying to keep track of all the little guys.

Only problems I am dealing with are two babies got too cold. One due to the fact it's mother decided to kick it out and not feed it. It was a triplet, and sometimes when the weather gets rough, they do decide to only take care of what they think they can raise. Anyway, he is now in the process of being grafted onto a doe with only a single. It is going pretty well.

The other little guy just didn't handle the weather to well. She is looking better today, and I have been keeping her in a heated room in the barn and just taking her back and forth to her mom. Hopefully she will get better. Still have 23 does to go, but should be a little more spread out.

Crazy Day - I am so, so tired!

The day started at 2:00 a.m. for Mr. Farmer and myself. We checked the does, and saw what appeared to be a dead baby goat near a doe having another baby. We went to pick it up to get rid of it when we barely heard it make a noise. It was almost gone, but we warmed it up with vigerous rubbing in our heated room, and soaked it in a bucket of very warm water for almost an hour.

While we were doing all that, 2 more does decided to kid. One needed help with triplets, and the other had twins. One of the triplets was stillborn, but the other two kids just needed assistance being born and warmed up. At 7:00 a.m. we had 7 new babies. It was a busy morning trying to help everything stay warm, yet also place them with their moms to encourage the bonding and feeding. It was a challenge to say the least but all are doing good.

Throughout the day, an additional 7 more babies were born. One set of triplets had to be pulled, but the other 4 were born with no difficulty. The toughest part is building enough pens to hold everyone, tagging everything, and then hand feeding and watering all the pens. I am getting too old to be climbing in and out of all these pens. Since I am running out of room, several of the earlier born kids have been turned out into a larger pen with their moms. Mr. Farmer built a "safe zone" for the kids in that pen. It is really just a fenced off corner under the shed that the kids can get to but their moms can't. It prevents them from getting hurt or stepped on. Plus he has hung a heat lamp to shine on them. It is a nice sight to see them all snuggled in and sleeping.

Well that is all for now. Just checked and everything looks good, I just hope it all stays quiet though the night. I will know more at midnight when I wake to look everything over.