As I went to the neighbors yesterday mornin to milk I found out one of his pregnant does had 2 bucklings earlier that mornin. One was all dry, walkin around, doin great... strong lil boy. The other hadnt been born long, still wet, cold, momma doe was layin half way on him, I though he was dead. I picked him up, sent my son back home to get a baby bottle cause I knew the lil guy needed some colostrum or he wasnt gonna make it. So I'm milked some out of her & fed it to him, stayed 2.5 hours over there, mommas was bonding great with the strong one, alittle with the weak one after 10 hours my neighbor & I knew it would be best if I brought him home & to give me some good ol TLC. So thats what I've been doin. Hes doin ok, still weak, but eatin 1-2 oz about every 3 hours, using the bathroom, he'll stand up if I stand him up, he is raising his head up on his own & this mornin he did try to walk alittle, hes wobbles alot. I think hes gonna make it.
Look at that beautiful stand of the strong buckling
My new lil bottle baby :)*** The plan is for me to get him goin, then give him back.
More pics of the twin bucklings & momma here in this fb album:
Come hang with me in my NEIGHBORS barn
ps ducklings are hatchin today... blog later this week ;)
Glad to hear you were able to help the buckling. :o)
ReplyDeleteI hope the little guy ends up doing as well as Ringo!
ReplyDeleteAw, cute little guy. Hope he "gets with it" soon!
ReplyDeleteSo handsome! Your posts are really making me miss Nubians. I am sure once I try milking Nigerian Dwarf udders I will REALLY miss Nubians.
ReplyDeleteand you are so sweet to care for him.
ReplyDeleteWhat great pictures Jennifer, so glad you took him home and are taking care of him.
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