As some of you know, our Alpine doe Hannah with severe dry mastitis was bred. Yesterday she was on day 148[I think, numbers confuse me 
]. Well, I was watching CSI with my mom last night at about 9:00. I decided to blow away a few minutes, miss some CSI, and go check on Daisy, who was on day 150, and has been showing signs for a week and a half. I walk in the stall with Daisy, nothing going on with her. So I peek in at the stall next door where Stella and Hannah are. I see Hannah laying down, goo on the bedding, and feet sticking out! :leap: So I rush and check on her, go get mom, move Stella in with Daisy, get towels, flashlight, etc. I was very surprised, just 4 hours before this, I noticed she had lost her appetite, so I took her out, made her jump on the stanchion, poked her with some Vitamin B12, and trimmed her feet because they looked a little long! I feel so bad, I wouldn't have done that if I would have known. She was not swollen one bit, she had her ligs, wasn't sunken in, wasn't pawing, nothing. Well, back to the birth. She had a somewhat hard labor, lots of loud screaming. At first all I saw was one foot, I got scared, then I saw 2 feet and no head, very scared. This was only my 3rd kidding. Then I see a little nose. ray: She gets down to some hard pushing. Out pops a kid! The whole thing took about 20 minutes. Looks just like Hannah, chamiose[sp?]! I try and check the gender but it is so gooey I have to keep cleaning. I try again. IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!! :girl: :dance: :leap: :lol: :clap: :angel: :wave: arty: YAAHH!!!!!!!!!! She is the most adorable thing ever! We left the cutie with Hannah for the night. Bt after talking to the buck's owner, we decide it is time for a seperation. I REALLY wanted a bottle baby this year, I wanted her to be friendly, which I have found is hard to do with non bottle fed Alpines, and Hannah's udder doesn't look very good. So I cleaned up a chicken pen. [It is a very safe, 4'x3' tall pen in the garage, which will house the cutie for a few days.] Took the two chicken tenants out and moved then, cleaned out the chicken poo and bedding and put a bunch of straw in there. So then came the hard part. Hannah's teat is leaking, so I can't put another doe in the stall to keep her company. So we took our wether, Simon who is her best friend, put him in the stall, gave Hannah a bunch of grain, and I snach the little cutie. I felt bad, but it was best for me, mom, and baby. Baby is content in her chicken pen, she is not enjoying the bottle too much, but with a little coaxing, is getting better. We are certainly keeping this one. Haven't thought of a name yet though. Between our two kiddings, this one and the one from Daisy last year, we got 3 does and 0 bucks! We are on Cloud 9! That probably cursed us with bucks though. Her back legs are a little crokked, but that is getting better. We have two more does left this year. I will post pics tonight. I will also enter her in the Kutest Kid Kontest. Hannah completly forgot about the baby, the only unhappy one is Simon, he isn't enjoying ''Jail in the Kidding Pen''.
Ashlyn
]. Well, I was watching CSI with my mom last night at about 9:00. I decided to blow away a few minutes, miss some CSI, and go check on Daisy, who was on day 150, and has been showing signs for a week and a half. I walk in the stall with Daisy, nothing going on with her. So I peek in at the stall next door where Stella and Hannah are. I see Hannah laying down, goo on the bedding, and feet sticking out! :leap: So I rush and check on her, go get mom, move Stella in with Daisy, get towels, flashlight, etc. I was very surprised, just 4 hours before this, I noticed she had lost her appetite, so I took her out, made her jump on the stanchion, poked her with some Vitamin B12, and trimmed her feet because they looked a little long! I feel so bad, I wouldn't have done that if I would have known. She was not swollen one bit, she had her ligs, wasn't sunken in, wasn't pawing, nothing. Well, back to the birth. She had a somewhat hard labor, lots of loud screaming. At first all I saw was one foot, I got scared, then I saw 2 feet and no head, very scared. This was only my 3rd kidding. Then I see a little nose. ray: She gets down to some hard pushing. Out pops a kid! The whole thing took about 20 minutes. Looks just like Hannah, chamiose[sp?]! I try and check the gender but it is so gooey I have to keep cleaning. I try again. IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!! :girl: :dance: :leap: :lol: :clap: :angel: :wave: arty: YAAHH!!!!!!!!!! She is the most adorable thing ever! We left the cutie with Hannah for the night. Bt after talking to the buck's owner, we decide it is time for a seperation. I REALLY wanted a bottle baby this year, I wanted her to be friendly, which I have found is hard to do with non bottle fed Alpines, and Hannah's udder doesn't look very good. So I cleaned up a chicken pen. [It is a very safe, 4'x3' tall pen in the garage, which will house the cutie for a few days.] Took the two chicken tenants out and moved then, cleaned out the chicken poo and bedding and put a bunch of straw in there. So then came the hard part. Hannah's teat is leaking, so I can't put another doe in the stall to keep her company. So we took our wether, Simon who is her best friend, put him in the stall, gave Hannah a bunch of grain, and I snach the little cutie. I felt bad, but it was best for me, mom, and baby. Baby is content in her chicken pen, she is not enjoying the bottle too much, but with a little coaxing, is getting better. We are certainly keeping this one. Haven't thought of a name yet though. Between our two kiddings, this one and the one from Daisy last year, we got 3 does and 0 bucks! We are on Cloud 9! That probably cursed us with bucks though. Her back legs are a little crokked, but that is getting better. We have two more does left this year. I will post pics tonight. I will also enter her in the Kutest Kid Kontest. Hannah completly forgot about the baby, the only unhappy one is Simon, he isn't enjoying ''Jail in the Kidding Pen''. Ashlyn
