Post by mollymoo on Feb 26, 2022 23:24:35 GMT -5
I posted already about our first kidding - pulling triplets - excited for the beginning of kidding season a couple of weeks ago.
It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks since. We have had four (of ten) does kid so far. Total of 12 kids born. Nine bucks, three does, two sets of triplets, one twins and one quads. Three stillborn, one died the day after it was born - with a twisted gut (vet did necropsy), three others died (two bottle babies - of the triplets I had to pull) at ~ 2 weeks old: one confirmed joint ill/double pneumonia (necropsy at the state lab) - second necropsy pending - third one died this morning (no access to necropsy on weekend but suspect Se deficiency in this one). I’ll be taking two of the stillborn kids from today for necropsy to see if they can check liver selenium levels - but they both appeared to have umbilicals broken at the belly and I wonder if that’s why they died - although one wasn’t fully “furred”.
We were treating the two bottle babies with joint ill/pneumonia (Nuflor/meloxicam) - and had administered Se/E gel and later Bose to the ones we thought were Se deficient (he was spraddle legged from birth).
We have never had such high losses I don’t think we changed anything significant in our management/nutrition program since last year - when we had 5 does produce 14 kids with no losses.
Will be working with the vet/Kord lab to try to work out what’s happening. We did administer multimin shots to the remaining Does that have yet to kid (next set of babies should be due in about 2 weeks): hoping that may alleviate further issues. Or maybe we just got unlucky?!!
Sometimes farming sucks. Three consecutive days of dead baby goats does not make for a good week. BUT I am thankful for five healthy (so far!) kids - three bucks and two does. And hopeful for improved odds going forward. I guess we’re always learning and that can’t be bad.
Here’s Dawn and her two survivors (she had quads - three bucks and a doe - survivors are a buck and a doe!) the babies are still a bit wobbly - administered Bose and vit e (from capsules) shortly after birth because they weren’t standing after~ 30 mins - but both have nursed and will be ensuring they do every 4 hours for first 24 hrs or until they can stand alone…
It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks since. We have had four (of ten) does kid so far. Total of 12 kids born. Nine bucks, three does, two sets of triplets, one twins and one quads. Three stillborn, one died the day after it was born - with a twisted gut (vet did necropsy), three others died (two bottle babies - of the triplets I had to pull) at ~ 2 weeks old: one confirmed joint ill/double pneumonia (necropsy at the state lab) - second necropsy pending - third one died this morning (no access to necropsy on weekend but suspect Se deficiency in this one). I’ll be taking two of the stillborn kids from today for necropsy to see if they can check liver selenium levels - but they both appeared to have umbilicals broken at the belly and I wonder if that’s why they died - although one wasn’t fully “furred”.
We were treating the two bottle babies with joint ill/pneumonia (Nuflor/meloxicam) - and had administered Se/E gel and later Bose to the ones we thought were Se deficient (he was spraddle legged from birth).
We have never had such high losses I don’t think we changed anything significant in our management/nutrition program since last year - when we had 5 does produce 14 kids with no losses.
Will be working with the vet/Kord lab to try to work out what’s happening. We did administer multimin shots to the remaining Does that have yet to kid (next set of babies should be due in about 2 weeks): hoping that may alleviate further issues. Or maybe we just got unlucky?!!
Sometimes farming sucks. Three consecutive days of dead baby goats does not make for a good week. BUT I am thankful for five healthy (so far!) kids - three bucks and two does. And hopeful for improved odds going forward. I guess we’re always learning and that can’t be bad.
Here’s Dawn and her two survivors (she had quads - three bucks and a doe - survivors are a buck and a doe!) the babies are still a bit wobbly - administered Bose and vit e (from capsules) shortly after birth because they weren’t standing after~ 30 mins - but both have nursed and will be ensuring they do every 4 hours for first 24 hrs or until they can stand alone…