Bad first kidding of the year..confused..need help **Updated pg 2**

Re: Bad first kidding of the year..confused..need help **2 new questions added!!**

I had one of my best does do this last year One buck kid (4-h whether) and 3 mummified kids. she milked less than normal all year got fat, and is due to kid on the 2nd or so of March.. I am so anxious. I spent the whole week of 4-h kicking myself looking at her whether thinking Man what a nice kid! So this year is a repeat breeding trying again for a Doe out of this girl and a promice to go ahead and keep a buck IF it's as nice as her last two the 2006 and 2007 buck kids have been. hopefully she'll spit out twin does with ease. : )

 

Re: Bad first kidding of the year..confused..need help **2 new questions added!!**

I keep thinking about the sensation of reaching in and grabbing chicken bones....YUCK! NASTY!

Sorry about the kids...but it made for interesting reading, that's for sure.

 

I sure hope she gets better soon. I have had a couple does with very swollen bottoms like that but only when intense manipulation was needed to remove a dead or hung up kid. As long as it is just swelling and not torn vulva or prolapse, it was fie. Just a swollen bottom can really look bad though before it goes down.

 

that really cracked me up :yeahthat

 

OH MY ! OUCH :eek I hope your doe gets better !! I am still wondering about those chicken bone things :/

 

That sounds better is she eating ok?

 

Banamine. The most overlooked thing to do on our goats. She is having pains, especially at milking. So go out about 20 minutes before milking and give her a 1/2 dose of banamine...1/2cc per 100 pounds so you can saftely give her the other dose at the next milking. By the time milking chores start whe will have the edge off the pain, she can more easily get up and down off the milkstand and she may even want to eat. Add B vitamins also if you have them.

If she goes up anymore with cold temps out and her pen mates aren't up there, start the pennicillin every 12 hours. Vicki

 

sounds good!!

 

You can expect her temp to be a little lower with the banamine. Sounds like she is tired of being by herself! A very good sign! Vicki