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Nice litter!!

Very sorry you lost the little one.

I might add that I dehorned these guys when their horns were little nubs with a dehorning iron. My son sits on them while laying down, holds their head and I burn. Over quick no blood.

Jersey bull won't be much over a year old when he hits the freezer. He is here for one tour of duty only. Was born last June and will be in the freezer this fall. He has not been handled and is not a pet. Have heavy duty round pen panels if he gets to be a handful. No one is allowed in pasture...

Way to go guys! Pig catching isn't easy. We wrangled a litter for castrating recently.

Sorry to hear about your lost kid. Don't beat yourself up. I recommend you purchase a head snare. Jeffers has them. I have saved a couple of kids getting "big" heads delivered easier.

I've never dislocated a leg and most people I've gotten advice from lift them like that. I think that was an unfortunate rare occurance. Obviously there is a reasonable weight you can lift. Once you have the piglet lifted, if you have to carry a distance hold onto both legs, piglets back to you...

Grab them by the rear leg and lift fast. Have a dog crate or small sturdy pen ready. We generally fill a feed pan then act quick.

Could she have delivered closer to her due date and kidded outside or in deep bedding and this is post delivery discharge?

The last steer I raised showed no interest in my cow at all and her heats were hard to read.We had her pasture bred at a friend's farm. We are raising a jersey bull calf to breed her back.

Are the moms too fat? Wonder if you are overfeeding and the piglets are growing too big?

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/1685_sparklemilkingmachine.jpg. I got my pump from portable milkers. It's a dairyland I believe (it's in the barn). It was a great deal unfortunately the guy who operated portable milkers.com died last year and the business is closed. The pump is...

When Tinkerbelle left to visit a Hereford herd to be bred last summer we put a magnet in her. I felt the risk of an "old farm" pasture with misc equipment and possibly pieces of old barbed wire around made a magnet necessary. I have not been too concerned about hay from same farm , different...

Sorry to hear about your baby goat. Sounds like he might have hydrocephalus (fluid around the brain). Unfortunately the outcome is generally grim. :hugs

Sorry about the twin. Sounds like the other one was very lucky.Glad your doe didn't have to have a CSection! Glad she's OK and congrats on the new baby.

OK just now saw your post good luck!

OK just now saw your post good luck!

Hoping the twin is out safely. Been there. You can go in further. Up to your forearm. (Length of kid in utero)

Hoping the twin is out safely. Been there!

Sounds like the neck and head is bent sideways. Lube your hand up good and place it on top of the head. Close your eyes be calm and think about what you are feeling. If you found one ear search for the other this should give u a good idea of placement. Push the head in and turn at the same time...