Brendan has a couple Netherland Dwarfs due, Lexus & Mercedes both got nestboxes a couple days ago....Lexus built a nest and started plucking fur right away, but so far hasn't had any babies. Mercedes, didn't do much when I first gave her the nestbox, but then I saw her arranging the nest and plucking fur yesterday. I waited and waited, and no babies. Then, I saw her plucking more fur again tonight.....so I went down and checked on her several times. This last trip downstairs, I saw movement in the nestbox!!! :) Mercedes had 4 babies...one was a DOA peanut, the other 3 are nice and healthy. I did have to remove the placenta from one baby, since it was still attached. But other than that, she did a great job.
Now, we're just waiting to see if Lexus has babies too~keep your fingers crossed! lol
Brendan's herd buck, Yogi makes gorgeous babies so Brendan & I are both really excited about the newest batch of babies. In a few more days, Audi is due to have a litter. Its kind of early but I saw her plucking a small bit of fur this morning so I went ahead and gave her a nestbox just in case.
-Malena
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