Experienced kozovody know that the appearance of the offspring of their wards need to prepare in advance.It is important to remove the shed, which contains an animal, put a cage for kids with feeders and waterers, floor lay a thick layer of straw.
Preparing for lambing
When mating goats goat is easy to calculate when to wait for the young kids.After all, they have a pregnancy lasts 21-22 weeks (5 months).10 days before the expected date of birth of the baby must be removed in a milk vetch, clear it of litter and disinfected with a solution of lime.
Throughout pregnancy goat should receive feed and mineral supplements in sufficient numbers to have constant access to clean water, not cold.Daily animal has to walk in the winter it is enough to release it into the pen.For pregnancy and lambing goats proceeded without any problems, you need to feed them spruce branches, twigs of birch, aspen, cherry.It is important to monitor and their behavior.It is necessary to provide them with relative peace, rule out the possibility of jumping over ravines, fences.This will help to avoid many problems.
Changing power
Experienced breeders know that it is important to change the diet of goats.Preparing for lambing is to change it for a few days until the offspring.So, usually for 7-10 days to calculate the date (on the basis that pregnancy should be about 148 days), the animal is left in the water, hay and root crops.During this period, you must give up the grain meshanyh and crushed feed to feed.However, if the animal is exhausted, it is possible to remove the normal food for three days before giving birth.
Vegetables should not cause swelling of the goat.So you should give up the turnip and fresh cabbage.They can be added to the diet in only small amounts.It is best left to the goats squash, potatoes, red beets, zucchini and cabbage kohlrabi.
three days before the expected date of occurrence of the kids is better to remove the vegetables, leaving only the quality of the diet of hay and water.This is necessary to ensure that the goat was able to naturally get rid of before the birth of excess fluid and mucus.
Signs lambing
If you notice a change of behavior of the animal, then it is time to recall the features of feeding goats after lambing.Before the advent of the offspring born animals usually behave very restless.They can quickly be laid on the floor and get up udders have greatly increased in size.By the way, a lot of names on the body determine when to wait for the kids.Approximately one day prior to lambing, it ceases to be elastic, and becomes hot and hard.If you notice this feature, you need to keep an eye on a regular basis for the goat.
There are also other signs of approaching childbirth:
- softening and elongation of the ligaments of the pelvis, sacrum retraction;
- an increase in the genitals, the appearance of these viscous mucous secretions.
also changing the behavior of goats, she becomes cautious and looking for a place for delivery.
Power in the first days
worth knowing that after the appearance of baby goat was very thirsty.To recuperate better prepare warm swill.This can be a decoction of bran or flax seed.It is also possible to give the sugar syrup.Thanks to the large number of carbohydrates, he will quickly regain strength, which has lost a goat after lambing.Feeding can begin no earlier than 1.5 hours after the onset of the kids.It is important to provide sufficient water, it is necessary to pour every 2-3 hours.For better yield once the animal is not more than 2 liters, in order to avoid swelling of the udder.
Many people recommend feeding the goats after lambing to start with a piece of black bread to be spread with a thick layer of lard or oil.A good option is to flour soup.It is desirable to provide a warm, adding a linseed oil.
first few days to recuperate and normalize the digestive diet should consist of Coarsely oats (about 200-300 g), finely chopped carrot, a small amount of high-quality hay, mown grass in the flowering period, and 10-15 grams of salt.Everything is given in small portions.To stimulate milk production and normalize digestion, you can use a warm soup, to which are added juniper berries.
first feeding is important not only to deal with how to take care of the goat after calving, but also to organize her diet.The first feeding may consist of 2 liters of fluid, 1-2 handfuls of oatmeal, which must be pre-brew boiling water, a tablespoon of sugar.This mash can be given immediately after birth to recuperate.
a couple of hours you can boil two tablespoons of flax seed with boiling water to brew a little flour and mix it with two liters of water.This contributes not only to replenish body fluids goats, but also good for the separation of the placenta.Incidentally, for the purpose of flax seeds it can be added in the first feed.
the second day a goat simply watered with clean, warm water.
Possible problems
It is understood that after feeding goats lambing should be changed.After birth, the animal is weakened, and the digestive system is not working at full strength.So for three days, you must completely abandon the feed.Its large particles can simply not be digested, and it will only weaken the animal.If you can not replace it, before feeding the feed must be screened.But it is better to give the goat meal.
also restore digestion, you can use warm milk soups.To avoid problems, the hay should be given only in small portions.Main meals should be liquid.
If you just go on feeding goats after lambing concentrated feed, it can cause a disorder known to cause diarrhea, upset function proventriculus.All this is even more ugnetet and so weakened the body after birth.
return to normal
Three days after the appearance of the offspring can be gradually returned to the diet of concentrated feed.At this time, the activity of the digestive organs is reduced.
But to enter concentrated and succulent food should be gradually to them could once again get used to a goat.After lambing feeding the animal must be carried out according to the rules.This will prevent a number of problems and the goat will recover quickly.Translate rodivshee animal on normal diet gradually, starting with a half servings.After 4 days, the approximate diet can be so:
- root vegetables (3 kg);
- twig food (1 kg);
- meadow hay (2 kg);
- bran (0.4 kg);
- concentrated feed (0.5 kg).
Do not be afraid that after birth the goat would starve.For three days it did not happen, but it will be able to digest the mucus, which is lapped up with babies born.
Features care
The appearance of offspring is desirable to prepare in advance.Indeed, it is important not only to a diet has been changed.Particular attention is paid to what should be the care of the goat after lambing.After the appearance of the young need to help her to her feet for a few minutes, and then put to rest.This is necessary in order to avoid prolapse, when it rises in the rising seat.Also, after 1.5 hours after giving birth is desirable bit of her milk.This is necessary to prevent the development of mastitis.But it is not necessary to express everything.
If little milk in animals, it is necessary to revise the feeding goats.After lambing in such cases can be given milk soups, drink tea with milk.You can also independently razdaivat goats, it stimulates molokoobrazovanie.
