The Poultry Keeper

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7331 Location: isle of lewis

yep i know what you mean i have a spare pen and april is staying ,she doesn't have a home and i just cannot send her to town , Wink

somebodies going to have to share ,she has to have a pen when she kids ,she will not put up with other goats near her kids for several days ,and other goats can kill kids if they try to suckle from the wrong goat ,they don't mean to it's a whip round and a what the hell do you think you are doing ,and if she tries to tell off the herd leader she'll be in trouble ,in the wild she would go off on her own away from the herd ,make herself a nest give birth and hang around there for a couple of days before running with the herd again but with lots of room ,
good luck Very Happy

debcat · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:23 am Post subject:

if she's like trudiewoo you'll be up and down the path for days Laughing

nigel · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:34 am Post subject:

A Swedish friend who keeps the same goats says I'll be a parent by 4pm.

Nothing to report, except we have nest building in the clean straw and she had a couple of chopped windfall apples. I have decided the young geese can share with the ducks and either snövit gets their old stall or the other goats do. We'll see how it goes.

This waiting is killing me.

CP · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:53 am Post subject:

Exciting time!! Very Happy

Don't forget the camera, Nigel. Wink

debcat · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject:

you do realise she'll cross her legs till you nip in for a quick cuppa Very Happy

nigel · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject:

I *think* she maybe immanent, but she is uncomfortable with me watching. I moved her earlier to a stall on her own and she seems reasonably happy, just very restless and on edge, so I have reluctantly withdrawn for a while to the house. Hopefully it will all be over soon

stephen · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject:

I better get home quick to boil the towels...

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7331 Location: isle of lewis

ok if she is nest building you are close ,breath and leave her to it
breath ,and relax , Wink

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any news yet

CP · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject:

You need CCTV Nigel! Wink

CP · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject:

...or a webcam... Rolling Eyes

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7331 Location: isle of lewis

nigel

nigel · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject:

no new arrivals yet, we have a heavy breathing goat with a swollen bottom and the mucus we've been expecting, it can't be long now

debcat · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject:

hows the path holding up Laughing

is she straining yet?

nigel · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject:

she is pushing and we have the "bubble"

- we no longer have a path

debcat · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject:

within half an hour then Very Happy