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Winter kid wait

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#1 ·
Our 4 Boer cross does are due between the 7th and the 14th. All have been bred to Myotonic bucks this year. I’m crossing my fingers for bucklings as they’ll be youth auction projects and I’m pretty excited to see what we get!
 
#11 ·
First kid is here! He's a surprise too I came home from work to find [emoji15] This doe, Cinnamon, is a FF that kidded a single 6.5 pound buckling and wasn't supposed to be due until the 14th. His teeth aren't erupted but nothing else about him looks early.

He's so cute! And stout! And cute!

Cinn did a good job and he was clean, dry, and walking around when I got home. She's still pretty unsure but felt better once they were secure in a stall. She's got some edema and I couldn't get a single drop of milk out but I do think he found some. He wasn't full but didn't feel hollow or caved in either. I still gave him some extra colostrum to be on the safe side and she got banamine to help with the edema.



 
#18 ·
[mention]Mad house [/mention] I cut to chase and gave her banamine. Rotating hot and cold compress and massage with uddermint can help. This isn't a doe that going to appreciate any compress treatment and she's about at the end of her mental tether and really stressed. I opted to skip adding more stress for the moment and take the prescription option.

Later today when she calmer and settled and I'm home from work I'll do massage with uddermint.

He really is adorable. I was hoping those eyes weren't blue (frown on and discriminated against in the show ring) and last night they looked light brown!

Here's a morning smile!

 
#23 ·
Ummm . . . I totally pick him up and kiss his tiny face [emoji23] I give mom some animal crackers and bubbly bits and scoop up that kid for snuggles!

Cinnamon has milk! Yay! That's a big relief for me and she has really settled down. She's not a very outgoing doe, low but still fairly secure on the pecking order. I have her mom, twin sister, and older half sister here and they are all strongly bonded. They are all the market does due for me. It makes a very fun pen of does and kids because there's no posturing or pecking order to sort out between them.
 
#24 ·
OMGosh he is adorable!! I can't believe 10 days early? Wow! Glad everything went smoothly! We had udder congestion last year and did the same, massages, warm compress, and Dynamint. Ours cleared up in 3 days but I couldn't get anything out when trying to get colostrum for the kid. Glad Cinnamon's cleared up now, he sure is a cutie! <3
 
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