Sorry no new pictures.
We got home last night, we were actually gone until dark. I got out of the truck and heard a goat kid crying bloody murder. It was of course the doe kid. She was down, empty tummy, wet and hypothermic. Of COURSE it would be the doe kid!!!
We milked out phoebe and got her a bottle, warmed her up some and went and checked on her after 15 minutes. No improvement and her mouth was ice cold inside, so in the house she came. She did make it thru the night after we had got some milk in her. This morning she is standing and walking but keeps falling over like she is doing a head stand and just standing like that until she falls over. We got her tummy full this morning before having to leave for work. She is adequately warmed and left in a cool room in the house.
DH seems to think she either was stepped on or roughed up by another goat. She was completely fine and running around playing with her brother Wednesday evening. While we were out there milking phoebe i watched the wether we have sh**roll the doelings brother for seemingly no reason. The wether has a date to leave on Sunday so hopefully the people actually show, if not DH will be getting rid of him his own way.
Phoebe definitely has enough milk for both kids, so thats not the problem. The little boy way sleeping with the little girl and he had a full tummy. Even so we milked a quart from phoebe and she still wasnt empty. The doeling did get colostrum for sure so that shouldnt be the problem. We can't seem to get a break on our full size doeling kids.
The plan is to see if phoebe will take her back after work today, if she is doing better.
The doeling is doing the teeth grind so she is in some sort of pain but she is fighting so far. If phoebe won't take her back or she doesnt show enough improvement she will become a bottle baby full time.
