NEVER SAY NEVER!! September Surprise babies?!? YES! I didnt believe it until I saw it with my own eyes!! This is a true miracle and my guardian angel is looking out for me and these new babies!!! Here is the story: I couldnt get Afar to settle last fall as she kept short cycling. I tried all I could to no avail. I didnt want summer kids, so I quit trying in January and took her and 2 other older dry does to summer pasture at my mothers farm-- where the mature bucks also live. So, wanting to get a head start on getting Afar to settle, I put a CIDR in a couple weeks ago to synch for mid Feb kids, along with 6 other does. I noticed when I put the CIDR in that Afar looked like she had a bit of an udder, but I chalked it up to weird hormones. She had been my problem child after all. So, Sunday night comes and I give her and the other 2 does with her 2cc lutalyse as per protocol and last night, I went back to Moms and gave her the PG600 and pulled the CIDR... and then I realized that Afar had a much bigger udder.. WTH? And her ligaments in her rump were getting loose.. Why--?? How the heck--?? What did I just do?? If she had gotten bred somehow, did I just abort her kids?? Holy crap... No going back now so let nature take its course. I loaded her and the other 2 does up in the trailer and took them home with me. I needed to watch her closely if this is really happening. I checked Afar through the night and she definitely was progressing and was showing all the signs of impending labor. Talkative, pawing the straw, affectionate. I cant believe this is going on-- in Sept! By morning, her ligaments were gone, standing in the corner gritting her teeth. I came home from work at lunch to her having a string of goo hanging. It looked totally normal. Not discolored and she didnt seem to be distressed more than any average doe in labor. I am feeling a bit optimistic by now but still realize that the result could be a disappointing mess. Still holding my breath... After work, I rush home and bust in the house asking Drew how Afar is. He is calmly sitting on the couch saying he wrapped both kids up in towels. They are fine so can we go to Walmart and get my birthday present? WTH! Seriously?! I beg him to be serious and rush out to the barn to find 2 wet babies wrapped in towels: LIVING, BREATHING, HEALTHY BABIES! How the heck did I luck out like this?! A perfectly healthy buck and doe kid, full term and a beautiful mother, full udder and ready to roll for winter milk! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! Drew, Mom and I didnt put Afar with the buck/s (?!) so who did?? I will pull hair from them both and off to the lab it will go to DNA type them. (Not a huge deal since all my bucks have already been typed.) No one claims to have let Afar rendezvous with the buck/s but here we are with babies in September!! I feel totally blessed to have these sweet healthy LIVE babies here when it could have so easily been a bad ending. Another week or 2 earlier and I could have had aborted kids... Divine intervention to be sure. Dad, you are still looking out for me. I am a believer. NEVER SAY NEVER!!
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:20:27 +0000
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