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Noah L. and Sue A. Goddard
GODDARD FARM, LLC
1801 EAST 335 ROAD
LECOMPTON, KS 66050-4037
United States
ph: # 785-304-7044
nubians
AT KIDDING TIME STRONG COFFEE IS IMPORTANT TO GET YOU THROUGH THE LONG SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN THE BIRTHING BARN.
THIS IS A 10,000 BTU PROPANE WALL FURNACE IN ONE OF OUR THREE INSULATED BIRTHING ROOMS. BIRTHING ROOMS ARE KEPT AT 55*F
WE HAVE THREE HEATED BIRTHING ROOMS AND THE NURSERY IS ALSO HEATED WITH A SINK AND HOT WATER TANK.
ALL THREE BIRTHING ROOMS ARE 12 BY 12 FEET AND COVERED WITH 4 INCHES OF MAN SAND FOR SANITATION AND AMMONIA CONTROL. TO OFFSET PRE-BIRTHING DUST CAUSED BY "FLOOR PAWING" THE MAN SAND IS COVERED WITH INTERLOCKING 3X3 FOOT SOFT RUBBER MATS. NOTICE THE THERMOMETER ON THE SHELF IN THE UPPER RIGHT
IN ONE AREA OF THE BIRTHING ROOM WE PLACE FRESH SHAVINGS OVER THE RUBBER MATS FOR THE PREGNANT DOE TO LAY ON.
ANOTHER VIEW OF ANNIE WHO IS REALLY BULGING. BUT SHE IS AS COMFORTABLE AS SHE CAN BE UNTIL JANUARY 10TH., 2013. HER PRIVATE HEATED ROOM IS 50 DEGREES WARMER THAN IT IS OUTSIDE
THIS IS NICKEL'S ES ANNIE, DUE TO KID JANUARY 10TH., 2013. HER GRAIN BUCKET, WATER BUCKET, AND ALFALFA HAY TUB ARE SEEN IN HER HEATED BIRTHING ROOM. SHE IS CARRYING MULTIPLE KIDS AND MAY KID EARLY SO SHE IS INSIDE TO AVOID THE HARSH PRAIRIE WINTER. HAPPY NEW YEAR ANNIE - JANUARY 1 - 2013.
AT ABOUT 2 TO 3 WEEKS OF AGE, DEPENDNG ON WEATHER, KIDS ARE MOVED TO KIDDING AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE A PIG FARROWING PAD TO LAY ON TO KEEP THEM WARM.
THE PVC PIPE KEEPS THEM FROM CHEWINGTHE ELECTRIC CORD. THE HEAT CONTROL SWITCH IS NEAR THE CEILING OUT OF REACH OF CURIOUS KIDS.
LOWER 4 FEET OF INSIDE WALLS ARE INSULATED AND COVERED WITH 1-INCH PANELS TO KEEP EXTREMES OF COLD FROM RADIATING THROUGH METAL WALLS.
THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A SWINGING KID FEEDER. IT TURNS ON THE DOWL AND ALSO SWINGS LIKE A PENDULUM MAKEING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR KIDS TO GET THEIR FEET IN THEIR GRAIN. IT IS TIED TO CEILING RAFTERS WITH HAY TWINE SO THAT IT CAN BE EASILY RAISED UP AS KIDS GROW AND DEVELOP.
Swift M7000D 85% flat field series Veterinary quality microscope
WE ROUTINELY INFUSE ALL DOES AFTER THEY "CLEAN" WITH 15CC OF 100MG TETRACYCLINE. IF WE HAD TO REACH INSIDE THE DOE TO ASSIST WITH BIRTHING WE MAY INFUSE SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE WEEK AFTER BIRTHING
NASAL ASPIRATORS ARE REALLY HANDY, ESPECIALLY IF THE KID COMES BACKWARD AND HIS MOUTH AND NOSE ARE FULL OF SLIME. SQUEEZE AND HOLD ALL AIR OUT OF ASPIRATOR PRIOR TO & DURING INSERTION. CAREFULLY RELEASE AS ASPIRATOR IS REMOVED. IT SUCKS SLIME OUT OF AIRWAYS & HELPS TO AVOID MECHANICAL PNEUMONIA.
TOUGH KITE STRING USED TO TIE UMBILICAL CORDS. AFTER CLIPPING TIED CORDS THE STUMP IS SPRAYED WITH IODINE.
UMBILICAL CORD IS TIED ON NEW BORN READY FOR CLIPPING AND SPRAYING STUMP WITH IODINE. THIS IS A RASPBERRY DOE KID BORN JANUARY 29 - 2009. MITZVAH IS NOW A MATURE DOE, AS IS HER LITTER SISTER, OLALLIEBERRY.
NEW BORNS ARE CLEANED UP AND DRIED OFF AND GIVEN BACK TO THE DAM SO SHE CAN EXCHANGE DIGESTIVE MICROBES WITH THEM IN THE "LICKING" PROCESS. DURING THE FIRST HOUR NEW KIDS ARE FED COLOSTRUM. POP BOTTLES ARE PLASTIC & COLAPSE EASILY SO WE INSERT A 1 & 1/2 INCH BY 18 GUAGE NEEDLE THROUGH THE FLANGE OF THE NIPPLE AS AN AIR RELEASE, SEE RED ARROW
THIS IS A STACK OF STUFF WE USE IN THE BIRTHING PROCESS INCLUDING A HAIR DRYER. THIS LOCATION IS A 12 BY 12 FOOT NURSEY WITH SINK AND HOT WATER, WITH A PROPANE WALL FURNACE. ROOM TEMP IS 70 TO 80*F AND THIS IS WHERE WE CLEAN THEM UP, AND FEED COLOSTRUM, GET THEM STARTED THE FIRST 24 HOURS, ETC. THIS ROOM IS ADJACENT TO THE KIDDING ROOMS
Thermometers are cheap and get a lot of rough treatment in the goat birthing environment. So we use two of them to check one against the other to make sure we are getting an accurate reading
WE CLIP ALL EXCESS HAIR ON THE DOE'S REAR UDDER AND THIGHS A FEW DAYS BEFORE KIDDING
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Noah L. and Sue A. Goddard
GODDARD FARM, LLC
1801 EAST 335 ROAD
LECOMPTON, KS 66050-4037
United States
ph: # 785-304-7044
nubians