Asked January 21, 2014, 1:11 PM EST
Our good friends have a 25+ head of mainly Boer goats on a small hobby farm located in Beavercreek (Oregon City). As of this last Friday evening since mid December, out of 7 does there were 10 dead kids! This has never happened here. 2 kids were born about 1 month early, a set of quads were born maybe 7-10 days early and were all dead (but we don't know if maybe we could have saved them had we been there). Since that time one doe had to be induced and ended up with a dead kid inside, covered in yellow. The doe is very ill. Another doe had quads -- 1-10 lbs, 1-7lbs, 1-5 lbs, and 1-1 lb. There have been other dead kids and does not coming out of the birth very well. These people are experienced w/ livestock and have had these goats for about 5 years and vaccinate for everything. Are there other examples of unexplained kid or lamb deaths in the area that we need to look into? What about blood samples?
Clackamas County Oregon