The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Daisys Mum on May 07, 2014, 10:07:09 am
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No signs at 6 but when I went out at 8 she has a burst water bag but is only pushing occasionally so looks like I could have a bit of a wait, seems quite chilled about the whole thing as for me.... :tired: :fc:
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:fc: Hope it all goes ok for her & you!!! Can't wait to see some pictures later.
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Good luck - hope your playing with kids now :thumbsup:
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Hope yours is quicker than mine was - the stress almost killed me :fc:
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Didn't go well kid was dead and poor Gobo ended up at vets for a scan where the vet though there was another kid so took her into theatre only to find there wasn't. Feeling pretty sick at the moment as I had left her to go grab a bowl of soup :'( . Kid got stuck with one leg backwards.
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Oh gosh - how awful. Remember that you can't be there 24 hours a day so try not to blame yourself.
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Oh I am so sorry.... what a shame - but yes you cannot be there all the time. Mine are really good at showing no progress for hours, and the minute I disappear things move on... I also had to pull one kid which came with one leg back, and by the time I came down (having seen her on the camera to start to push) and dashed down, the head was out, so all I could do was pull... but he came out ok.
Hope your girl come round ok.
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:hug: so sorry to read this. :bouquet:
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Is Gobo ok Anne? Any signs of Petal coming on?
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Sorry about the kid - hope Gobo makes a good and swift recovery :fc:
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Sorry to hear that :( Hope mum is recovering.
Beth
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So sorry. I had one come with both legs back and he survived so, even if you had been there to pull, the kid may have died. He may have even been dead at this stage so don't beat yourself up about it. :hug:
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Oh Anne, I was so sorry to read your sad news. I hope Gobo recovers quickly. According to my diary Attica was on Petal three days after Gobo. :fc:
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I'm so sorry :hug:
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So sorry, but as others have said, we cannot be there all the time. And quite often goats wait until you leave the building and then decide they will kid.
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Can I say a huge thank you to you all for your support, last night I was for giving up all my animals I was so down. Between you and the lovely vet who attended to Gobo I don't feel quite so useless.
Petal is looking very like kidding in the next 24 hours, when the vet was here to check gobo this morning he says that he is on call for the next few nights so if I am at all worried just to call and he will come straight out.
We have already decided that we will keep whatever kids Petal has and will not breed again, I bought them for my grandchildren and they were terribly upset last night and are now very worried about Petal.
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Please don't beat yourself up - it is most likely that the kid had died in-utero, and that was causing the malpresentation plus the long (and intermittent) labour, as dead kid cannot "help" in the coming out process. There is not much you can do in this case. Let's hope the nanny makes a good recovery, and maybe you will try and breed again in a couple of years.
:fc: that Petal is doing fine.
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Never say never. It really wasn't your fault. It was just one of those things. But I can see where you're coming from. After my last kidding which took all day, I am now very nervous that this time will be the same. No logic there - it's not even the same goat - but that's how we're made. :hug: