Here we go! Update, Final tally!

Penny, first freshener, Nubian, bred to French Alpine buck. Dropped yesterday and started bagging up. This morning was humped up some with mucous. Obviously in labor but hasn't done anything so far today. Not pushing or anything and not being too loud yet. Dare I try to go to bed tonight? LOL I have an order of chicks and ducklings coming in the morning so I'll have to make a post office run.

Lisle's due 28th Feb and Glennis mid march. Glennis isn't showing, but I felt kids kicking. She is long and deep and hid the twins very well last year.

 

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May be tonight. Prob about 2 am, I expect. Checked a bit ago and she is pushing, but can't see anything yet. Heading back out with a chair, blanket (for me), flashlight and birthing stuff.

 

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I guess I'm through crying about it. She had twin doelings, a week early and stillborn. Little rocky course for Penny, but she is ok and has been a doll about milking.

Lisle kidded Monday afternoon, first a huge buckling then a cute little doeling. All three doing great. I'm bottle feeding the kids. The doeling is named Lovey. The buckling will go to a friend's farm as soon as I have another doeling to keep her company. Lisle (FF) is great on the milkstand. Looks like she will be a heavy milker.

I'll try to get pix. Have to find the camera and some fresh batteries.

 

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Thank you, all. I knew you'd understand.

Lovey is absolutely adorable. I'm trying hard not to get attached to her brother, but he has a great home waiting. He's twice the size of Lovey and eats twice as much.

Lisle is still in the kidding stall. Milking her in the corner without being tied. Getting my ears cleaned thoroughly in the process! The milkstand will be easier on my back. She's going out to pasture tomorrow.

 

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Well, looks like Daisy is pg. She is the bigger of the twins that Glennis had in 09. Buck climbed the fence more than once and I never saw him mate her. She is starting to make an udder and is bulgy. I'm guessing at least a month off. Glennis is starting to bag up. Last yr she bagged up a couple of weeks before kidding. She is starting to show too.

When I got Glennis last yr she hadn't been fed well and was mineral deficient. She looks much, much better now. She kidded a month after I got her last yr and the kids were tiny. (Her owner had a heart attack and her hubby was trying to take care of the goats, but didn't do very well.)

Lisle is milking nearly 1/2 gallon a day already.

 

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Lisle is giving 12 cups/day, Penny, 4-6cups/day.

Glennis still hasn't dropped, but is bagging up nicely. She is not appreciating the higher temps. High of 77 today, but low of 47. I know she'll be relieved to get rid of the extra load!

 

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Glennis has lost her ligs! No sign of labor yet. She'll likely come hollering for me when she starts. She wants her nurse handy! LOL

 

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Glennis had one huge, very healthy doeling. The one baby is twice the size of each twin doeling she had last year, but she had a much easier delivery. Mom and baby doing great. Baby's name is Norma, after a visitor to the farm today who begged to have the baby named for her. LOL Norma is a rich brown color.