Maggidans
Maternity Kit
and
A
Book by Maggie Leman
Just Kidding!
A Goatkeeper's Guide
to Breeding and
Kidding
Dan and I have
bred and birthed
pygmy goats for over
15 years. Our
own personal OB kit
has been revised
many times over the
years, we've
experimented with
all kinds of OB
equipment.
We've weeded out all
the unnecessary junk
and gathered
together the
essentials.
Our kit's supplies
cover prenatal doe
care, birthing and
neonatal kid
care. To top
it off I have
included a book full
of helpful
information, tips
and instructions
covering all aspects
of breeding and
kidding. Put
our knowledge to
work for you during
your next kidding
season.
Comes in a handy
plastic box and
includes:
10 Exam gloves
1 Stomach tube (size
8 French) with 60 cc
syringe for feeding
a weak kid (perfect
pygmy size, works on
standard sized kids
too)
1 Lube tube (size 16
French) with 60 cc
syringe for
instilling lube into
the doe to aid with
a difficult delivery
1 60 cc funnel tip
syringe for
drenching
1 OB leg snare
1 Chlorhexidine
concentrate 8 oz.
bottle (Proven more
effective than
Iodine for dipping
navels)
4 Navel dip cups
1 Spool buttonhole
thread for tying the
umbilical cord
2 Enema tips with 6
cc syringe
1 Pritchard’s teat
1 Lead
1 J-Lube
powder 2 oz. bottle
(makes 64 ounces of
J-Lube liquid)
1 empty 8 oz. bottle
for mixing J-Lube
1 MFO liquid 8 oz.
bottle (for treating
pregnancy toxemia
and milk fever)
1 Goatade 8 oz.
bottle
1 Book – Just
Kidding! A
Goatkeeper’s Guide
ToBreeding and
Kidding by
Maggie Leman
Available as a CD
(MSWord DOcument) OR
Softcover book
Just
Kidding!
A Goatkeeper's Guide
to Breeding and
Kidding
A
Book By Maggie Leman
On CD $10.00 (MS
Word Document)
Softcover Book
$14.95
Included
FREE with the
Maggidans Maternity
Kit Above or
Sold Separately
We've
assisted during lots
of kiddings over 16
years of breeding
pygmies, and if it
could go wrong it
probably did.
Pygmies present the
added challenge of
being small,
birthing
difficulties can be
doubly
challenging.
We work very hard at
minimizing the
chance for problems
and have discovered
tricks for helping
when there is
trouble. I
look at these
challenges as a
chance to learn and
I love to pass on
that
knowledge. So
I finally gathered
all my notes, sat
down and wrote Just
Kidding! and
designed a Maternity
Kit to go with
it. Here's to
many bouncing
babies!
Table
of Contents
Maggidan’s
Minis
About our farm Foreword By
The Author The Mother to
Be, Nanny Girl Choosing
a doe Fertility
Problems in the Doe Billy Boy, The
Ideal Mate
Choosing a
buck Fertility
Problems in Bucks Body Condition
Scoring System
An easy method
for determining if
your goat is too fat
or too thin Body Condition
Scoring Chart Treasure
Hunting: How to Find
a Vet
A good vet is
vital to a
successful breeding
program To Own or Not
To Own.... The
pros and cons of
owning your own buck Visiting The
Stud Pen Breeding
or Hand Breeding
The pros and cons of
different methods of
natural breeding That Hussy
Detecting the heat
cycle in your does Was That IT?
The actual breeding
act In the Family
Way
How to determine if
your doe is pregnant Eating for Two
(or More)?
Proper feeding for
the pregnant doe and
what to do if things
go wrong (pregnancy
toxemia) A Slip and a
Miss
The causes,
treatments and
preventive measures
of abortion A Look Inside
A chart of fetal
development Preparing for
the Big Day
Preparing a kidding
pen and a kidding
kit Kidding
Necessities
Your OB kit and
supplies How to Know
When
Signs to look for as
the delivery date
approaches Honey, It’s
Time A
detailed description
and pictures of
a normal delivery
and how you can help The Not So
Perfect Delivery
How to know when to
intervene and help
with a difficult
delivery The Most
Common
Malpresentations
Descriptions of
malpositioned kids
and how to correct
them Drug Therapy
During Kidding
Sometimes drugs can
help Brand New Kids
Normal neonatal care Weak Newborns
The causes,
treatments and
preventive measures
for weak newborns Tube Feeding
Kids A
VITAL skill and easy
to learn! Don’t Forget
Mom!
Easing a doe's way
into happy
motherhood Handmilking
Another vital skill
with great diagrams
and instructions Bottle Feeding
How to successfully
hand raise orphans A New Dawn
Caring for the new
family during the
first month Decisions,
Decisions
Disbudding,
castrating and
weaning Being Your Kid’s
Pediatrician
Vaccinating,
parasite control Finally!
Conclusion Glossary of
Terms Normal Values
Body Temperature,
Heart and
Respiratory Rate,
Rumen movements Great Goat
Resources
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A handy kit
with all the
necessities for
prenatal doe care,
kidding and newborn
kid care. With
the CD Book Just
Kidding! A
Goatkeeper's Guide
to Breeding and
Kidding
A handy kit
with all the
necessities for
prenatal doe care,
kidding and newborn
kid care. With
the Softcover Book
Just Kidding! A
Goatkeeper's Guide
to Breeding and
Kidding
Items
sold Separately:
Featuring
cute pictures of
pygmy goats from the
SPGC members'
farms. Of
course the gestation
dates work for any
breed of goat, based
on a 145 day
gestation period.
Dates will run from
July 2008 to
December 2009.
Perfect size
for miniature breed
goats
For tube
feeding standard
sized dairy and meat
goats and for
instilling lube into
the doe to assist
with difficult
deliveries
For drenching
or for use with
either stomach
feeding tube.
Flexible
rounded tips the
perfect length and a
6 cc syringe for
giving an enema to a
newborn goat
Liquid
vitamin and mineral
supplement great for
newborns and
stressed adult goats
Screws onto a
standard soda
bottle, perfect for
all newborn goats
Bundle of 5
strong polypropylene
barn leads with a
spliced loop in both
ends for easy use -
Because you can
never have too many
"goat
handles".
Give one to each of
your 4Hers and new
customers!
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Flexible
rounded tips the
perfect length and a
6 cc syringe for
giving an enema to a
newborn goat
Liquid
vitamin and mineral
supplement great for
newborns and
stressed adult goats
Screws onto a
standard soda
bottle, perfect for
all newborn goats
