New kid and crazy days!

I know, so sorry for not posting sooner! We have been incredibly busy the past several days, as part of my family went on a trip to California (for too long, LOL :)!), so we have to do all their animal chores on top of ours. It seems like we are having 18 hour days right now. . . and come to think of it, I guess some of us really are! Anyway, I think we'll survive until they get back ;). Plus it has been SUPER hot here, which just complicates things - getting up to 103-105 every day the past few days.

Sunday morning Mom woke me up saying that Prissy was going to have her babies soon. We got up and got most of the does milked before she had the first one - a totally cute little BUCKLING. He is polled.

So as usual, I milked Prissy, fed the kid, fed all the other goats, and was still waiting on Prissy. She was having pretty good contractions on and off, enough to make me concerned. About 2 hours after she had the first kid, we decided to go in and find out what was up. Mom felt something, and it ended up being a small kid folded in half. She had to pull his head up and then he came out, and the placenta plopped out right after him. Unfortunately, he was not alive :(. Her entire labor seemed weird to me, as her contractions before she had the first kid were REALLY hard. So I don't know when he died, but it was a bummer - always sad. But, God causes everything and we have to be thankful for it all!

After dealing with that, this little guy was not-so-smart when it came to drinking out of the bottle, but finally got the hang of things. His sire is PawPawNin Quiet Wyatt. So he is 75% Nubian, 1st generation. . . polled.

For an update on Dancer (with the worms) - so far, so good. He still is awfully thin, but is eating and much perkier than before. Loosing weight in animals is easy, making them gain it back can be quite a pain at times.


Sunday afternoon it poured rain, and it was still really hot out, so it got really humid. Yesterday morning I noticed that Parker had a runny nose and was kind of "off". This is prime weather for pneumonia. So, I gave him a bunch of vitamins and went off to town. Last night he seemed alright, but I gave him more vitamins and started him on Penicillin. He also had a slight fever. This morning, no worse and he is eating, which is good, but I went ahead and gave him a shot of Banamine. Hoping he doesn't get any worse.


We're still waiting on Baby to kid. . . she is so fat and her udder is full! Today she is on day 146.


Time to go too some more things! Have a good day!


Suriyah

The Hairless Wonder (& naming help)

Okay, well, she is not really hairless, but she used to be! Yesterday we were given a LaMancha/Nubian doe that is about a year old, that kidded about a week ago. She is not registered, but comes from great milk lines and a CAE free herd. The lady that gave her to us got her along with a few other goats, and then this doe lost most of her hair. She treated her for lice, but we think it may have been due to hormones. After she had her kids, everything went back to normal. So, except for the hair on her tail and backbone, almost all of it has grown back but it is not thick - that'll take time. She has a very nice udder and is super easy to milk. I'll have to get pics of her udder later.

The name she came with I don't care for, so we are trying to come up with another name for her. Any ideas are welcomed!! Right now we have come up with Eagle (Bald Eagle... we're so mean!), Dolphin, Susie... can't think of any others that we have come up with yet. Why those names, I don't know ;). BUT, any ideas would help, thanks!

Another kidding. . . Monday morning at 1:45am, Mom woke me up saying Verona had one kid. So I went down there, and she had one buckling out already. A little black guy with white ears and tan trim. A few minutes later she had a brown and white buckling with blue eyes. Easy kidding, and we were back in bed within 45 minutes!

On another note, my website is SO outdated. I really need to update it, but the external hard drive that has all of my stuff on it, it looks like it finally has died for good. So, I am going to have to redo my website which will take some time. . .

For does due, the only 2 that are left (I think!) are Buttermilk, a Nubian/Boer bred to Ace, due any day. Her udder filled up last night, so I am thinking it'll be today or tomorrow. And then Maple Nut, a Mini Nubian first freshener that is due around April 10th or so. Then nothing till August, hopefully!!

Have a good day!

Suriyah