Nigerian Dwarf Goat gives birth to 4 babies | In freezing 23 F | 12 hours of labor 2/22/22
Channel: The Heavenly Homestead
Date: 01/03/2022

In this video I share my Nigerian Dwarf Clara give birth to 4 babies, but it wasn't easy and she was in labor for 12 hours. 
Clara our goat scared us 2 times before finally giving birth and I shared videos about it so please check them out here: 

00:00 - 00:29  a preview of what the video is about 
00:29 -02:27  Chores and Clara lost her ligaments 9AM 
02:28 -  05:43 First signs of labor, comforting her & pregnancy photoshoot 
05:44 - 07:39 Locking up Clara in the kidding pen and the temperature dropped 
07:40 - 11:07  I had to lock up EVERYONE & how to tell when your goat is having a contraction
11:08 - 12:20 My 17 year old daughter watches Clara while I call the Vet's office. Does she need a C- section?  
12:21 - 17:30 Clara is not making any progress, but she is contracting and sitting ON ME she thinks I'm a goat & this is CREEPY, she is going to break her water ON ME 
17:31- 19:06  She starts finally and actively pushing| she is tired so she drinks her own milk 
19:07 - 21:38  Clara needs more energy so she starts to sleep between contractions and I'M SCARED, too tired to push the babies out. 
21:39 : 23:56 She pushed for 45 minutes and no baby so I washed up and lubed up to go in ( I thought the baby was breached)
23:58  - 25:33 Clara gives birth to the first kid and he is not breathing right ( something inside his mouth) Clara steps on him and now lethargic 
25:34 26:21 baby # 2 was born 1 pound 6 oz I pass him to somebody to stimulate him 
26:22 -  27:33 baby #3 and # 4 are born and everyone had a baby in their arms drying them and stimulating them because they were getting cold ( by now 23F 
27:34 28:14 I realized that 1 by one they became too cold and lost the suckling instinct.
28:20 - 29:15  Plan B in effect all the kids are between 93 and 96f and they need to be at 100F  NOBODY COULD NURSE 
29:16 - 31:23 I A lot happened but I decided to take the kids inside to warm them up with a blow dryer | By 1 am I had mom and 4 kids in my kitchen with a heater. 

They all nursed and got bottles that night ( colostrum) Clara was exhausted and our 1 pound boy is not doing so good, not sure if he will make it. 

Join me tomorrow to find out how they did that night and how they are doing with daily vlogs about the new babies and mom.





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