Pictures of Goats Giving Birth

Have you ever witnessed the process of giving birth (I mean for goat...)? Let's share those moments, through some of the pictures I have taken very recently..

First, she is checking the trace of blood coming out from her vagina...

After about 5 minutes of "pushing", there were 2 water bags came out, one in red and the other in nuteral colours...

She lied down (must be in great pain..) After a few minutes, the baby's front legs came out followed by the head. This is the most critical moment of the process. I'm sure you all know why.... the baby's head is big..! During this stage, normally the mother will be screaming and groaning to her maximum, while pushing out the baby. The pain must be real...

... it's coming... it's coming... and finally it's fully delivered... Alhamdulillah...!

But the job is still not finished for the mother. She has to do the cleaning up of the baby, all by herself. There's no doctor or nurses. Completely DIY... She did it by licking the "jelly and liquid" on the baby (sorry I don't know the medical terms of those stuff..). She seemed to like it, perhaps its taste like icecream..! The kid is a boy, weighing about 2kg. He looks healthy, having good voice too...!

I shifted them both to another pan with plastic grating floor. This material will help the baby to stand up more steadily without slip (the bluish colour on the floor). It also prevent the baby's leg not to stuck in the wooden floor gap.

Half way cleaning the baby, she lied down again. I wonder why..! Oops, he got a company? Perhaps another baby would be coming. Yes, that's right...

This time the delivery process was much easier. Just like 1,2,3 and out you go.... "Hello my lovely sister. How are you? Let's play hide and seek...."

Naturally the bigger brother will have his first taste of the milk.... Teaching him to do his first milking will help him getting it done faster.

It's important for him to get his first milking within one hour after delivery. According to one veterinar, the milk quality is at its highest in the first 24 hour. Its protein and antibodies content will reduce slowly and eventually become normal milk after 72 hours.

That's all folks. Hope we have learnt something about goat's delivery process.