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As you all might have read - Blanca was in labor last night. She is my BE Registered doe that I was really wanting to keep a BE buckling out of for a Jr. Herd Sire for next year as I sold off the sire to these kids.
Anyway, things were going nicely. I had put in my post about 11:30 last night that hubby was giving me crap about being in the barn and was mad at me. So, I went to bed and sset my alarm for 2 hours later - (1 am). I got up at 1 - went and checked on her - and she was doing good - but did not seem like she was pushing yet - so I went back to bed.
I felt so guilty that my husband was upset that I wanted to be in the barn and with Blanca being a seasoned doe, I decided to not reset my alarm for 3. I got up at 6 am and went to the barn to check on her. I could see through the slats as I walked up a little one and momma.
Then I found what I didn't want to see ----- 3 dead kids
. My heart dropped and I instantly started crying. I knew in my gut I needed to be with her - but I didn't stand up for myself to my husband.
The kid that lived is doing well it is a brown eyed buckling. He is black and white spotted and I will make a post introducing him.
The 3 that passed were:
Doeling - black and white spotted / brown eyes - HUGE!
buckling - black and white spotted / brown eyes
buckling - white - blue eyes (exactly what I wanted!)
Here is a pic of the ones that passed. You can definately see the size difference in the doeling compared to the others. I am just so thankful I had at least 1 that survived.
Anyway, things were going nicely. I had put in my post about 11:30 last night that hubby was giving me crap about being in the barn and was mad at me. So, I went to bed and sset my alarm for 2 hours later - (1 am). I got up at 1 - went and checked on her - and she was doing good - but did not seem like she was pushing yet - so I went back to bed.
I felt so guilty that my husband was upset that I wanted to be in the barn and with Blanca being a seasoned doe, I decided to not reset my alarm for 3. I got up at 6 am and went to the barn to check on her. I could see through the slats as I walked up a little one and momma.
Then I found what I didn't want to see ----- 3 dead kids
The kid that lived is doing well it is a brown eyed buckling. He is black and white spotted and I will make a post introducing him.
The 3 that passed were:
Doeling - black and white spotted / brown eyes - HUGE!
buckling - black and white spotted / brown eyes
buckling - white - blue eyes (exactly what I wanted!)
Here is a pic of the ones that passed. You can definately see the size difference in the doeling compared to the others. I am just so thankful I had at least 1 that survived.
