[sokel]

  that they gain strength and are soon running around.
Must have been a very stressful time for you

[kja]

  all turns our well for you too.

 mum had a BT kid 10 days early the male dead and the female very weak with raspy breathing. too weak to suckle from mum she had to be bottle feed little and often after each feed mum would pat the kids back (a little like you would for a CF sufferer) the kid is now 11 days old feeding off her mum and full of life the breathing is almost 100% so looks like she will make it.

[Rosemary]

  for them all.

Goat keeping sounds even more traumatic than sheep keeping 

[kja]

for them all.

Goat keeping sounds even more traumatic than sheep keeping 

not usually rosemary in the 40+ years my parents have breed goats i can only recall 2 c sections and one of those was on a pygmy. the eary kidder this year was a 8 year old it is only her 4th  and last kidding . usually its straight forward.

[ballingall]

The little girl died this morning  She didn't take much milk last 2 feeds, and would cry after suckling like it had hurt her. Poor little thing. She fought hard. The boy is fine, will pick a name for him today. Wanted to make sure he survived as I knew the female didn't have a great chance. We were doing exactly as kja said. I think the sedative didn't help the kids either in all honesty, because I wouldn't have expected their lungs to be that poorly.

Have always found if they are premature, the number of kids has an impact- had an AN kid last year born 7 days early, but he was only a single, and he was absolutely fine. Lantana's line seem to have a genetic history of bad kiddings.

Beth

[Anke]

I am sorry for that, what an awful start.... Hope Lantana gets better, are you keeping the boy intact?

[Dogwalker]

Glad the little boy's doing well. 
Sorry about the others.

[Lesley Silvester]

So sorry but hope the little boy continues to do well.

[Brucklay]

Oh no - not what you wanted or I wanted to read - so sorry she did'nt make it 

[goosepimple]

Oh that's rough Beth, hope the remaining boy and mum end up healthy, such a pity, you must all be quite stressed.
 
On the up side it's a better outcome than having her pts.  Good luck to you all. 

[Pedwardine]

What a sad story. I so hope Mum and wee boy thrive. It's tough when you try so hard to do your best and things go so dreadfully. You did really well by Lantana.

[Mammyshaz]

Sound like you had a rough time. So sorry you lost two. Sounds like the little boy and mum are doing well 

[Daisys Mum]

So sorry to hear that you lost 2  hope mum and son are doing well

[Blinkers]

Awww Beth, only just caught up on this - so, so sorry (its gutting isn't it  ), but fingers crossed the boy and his Mum make good progress now. xx

[heidih]

aww how sad. fingers crossed all goes well now with the boy and mummy xxxx