Deuteronomy 8:7   The Lord your God is bringing you into a fertile land.
Green T Homestead
  • Home
  • Animals
    • Cats
    • Dogs
    • Chickens
    • Bees
    • Goats >
      • Does
      • Bucks
      • For Sale
      • Kids >
        • 2020
        • 2019
        • 2018
        • 2017
        • 2016
        • 2015
      • Sales Policies
      • Breeding/Kidding Schedule
      • Reference >
        • American Alpines
        • Nigerian Dwarves
    • Hogs
    • Rabbits
  • Garden
  • Small Biz
    • Jewelry
    • Crochet
    • Childbirth Classes
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Blog

Dance Kidded!

3/25/2018

0 Comments

 
Dance was our only doe to kid this year. She was due on March 19, but decided to make us wait until the 24th to actually kid. She even had me second guessing her due date. 

Late on the 23th I noticed some changes in her behavior; she was becoming very needy and vocal and her udder filled up quite a bit. Her ligs also disappeared completely. She didn't have any other prelabor signs though, such as small contractions, nesting, sticking in one area, or separation from the herd. 

The next day (yesterday, the 24th) I was gone all morning. When I arrived home, Dance had made a nest in the barn. I didn't think it was anything serious though. She wasn't in distress, vocal, or contracting, which are the early labor signs I usually see in my does. 

An hour later I went to check on her and she had a kid on the ground, already nursed and mostly dry. I was a little shocked to say the least. I had really been hoping to make it to her kidding, but she did quite well without me. 

The kid was the cutest little buckling, a broken sundgau with wattles just like Dance. He was a medium-sized kid, so I thought Dance would probably have at least one more. He didn't seem quite big enough to account for the size her stomach was during pregnancy. But Dance soon passed her placenta and seemed perfectly happy with her singleton.

We named the kid Pop Rocks. He's a very smart little dude, picked up nursing very well. I usually have some trouble teaching bucklings where the teats are, but Pop Rocks figured out the correct end of his mama without any assistance. He's also a very active kid. His legs are no longer wobbly even though he's only a day old, and he's already been out to the hay feeder and met the other goats and the dogs. 

Pop Rocks is our first Sundgau, our first wattled kid, Eb's last kid, and Dance's first kid to raise herself. This was Dance's third kidding, but her previous owners always bottle fed her kids. Dance is an amazing mother, very protective and attentive. She's producing more milk than Pop can handle, so I'm already milking her once a day.

Here are some photos:
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Hello!

    We are a family of eight living on twenty-two acres of land in North Carolina. We girls like to write about the times on the farm, and its a fun thing to do as there is alway something happening on the homestead!

    Archives

    March 2020
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    October 2017
    September 2017
    June 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    November 2014
    September 2014

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.