The kids are all doing well except the one that i have called "Bat ears" for obvious reasons! As indicated in an earlier post,she was up for sale & has actually had a lady offer to buy her along with the other female kid. However, she has developed an Umbilical Hernia which means that the wall of her stomach has broken through her skin. This is often the result of the naval not closing up properly or an infection around the naval. After the kids are born we spray iodine onto the naval to reduce any chance of infection. The result of this is that she has to go into the vets on Tuesday for an operation to close up the whole. We have been assured that there should not be any long term problem & that she will be alright to breed from, so fingers crossed. The lady is still going to buy her which is good news as she is a lovely kid with a really sweet nature. She will have the stitches out 14 days after the operation & be running around in no time.
Benji has settled really well & is eating us out of house & home! He is very much in love with Snowdrop who is a nannie housed next to him. They share a hay rack now as Snowdrop will not use her own.
Patch & Mabel are both milking well so hopefully they will be going to Tregaron Goat show at the end of may along with Bramwell (British Alpine goatling) & Bronte, a BA female kid off Mabel.
We are now waiting for the next run of births: 10th May & 20th May both Anglo-nubian first kidders.....could be interesting!!
Hi Julie and nigel,
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like Benji, he is my favourite goat.
I cant wait till the new kids come especially Dexters, that will be cool he is probaly going to love being a dad.
It is a big shame what is happing to Tara the turkey maybe you should watch her tonight and see what this creature is.
My Nan as a joke says 'You should keep Tara in the bedrom with you'
from christopher.