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My Toggenburg doe will be kiding in March. This will be her 4th kidding and 2nd time with me. When I had her bred last year, I was told by the previous owners that she doesn't push when delivering and that you have to go in and pull all the babies. Well, she didn't push when she kidded and so I had someone come over and they showed me how to pull her babies. She had triplets. If she doesn't push this year, I am thinking of not breeding her again and just retiring her. I have heard from other breeders that this is silly and that she should push herself. I have heard that extra calcium helps and I have read that rasberry leaves help. This year she is bred to a young buck out of Charlie Coggins line and to expect big babies. So I am worried about her. She is on alfalfa and gets 1 cup of grain mixed with a handful of BOSS twice a day at each feeding. All the goats have free access to minerals and baking soda. The salt licks i have in with them are a plain white salt lick, cobalt lick, a selinum lick and a small red salt/mineral lick.
Does anyone have any tips for me that might help her to push on her own? This will only be my second year of kidding. Thanks.
Does anyone have any tips for me that might help her to push on her own? This will only be my second year of kidding. Thanks.