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Baby Goats - Expect Delays - Current Agenda - 7/14/2017
8 years ago
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The short version: I'll probably have to take care of goats so my productivity might be less. But don't worry too much, I will get my YHC series going. I'll try and make one more call to see if anyone else wants their mares in, and if not, well, I guess I will just have to add some of my own.
Also, I'm breaking this journal into two parts, one with my real life story, and the other with my planned agenda for artwork.
Story time:
Well, one of my family's goats gave birth to two particularly cute does. Now, we really didn't plan or expected her to get pregnant again, as she already kidded another doe earlier this season. However, she's one of our better does and takes care of her babies very well. Except, during her last nursing period earlier this season, one of her teats was clogged and everything that we could do wasn't able to unclog it. She was able to raise her kid okay, but one half of her udder was very swollen the entire time and she was not comfortable. We decided that due to that, we shouldn't breed her anymore, but well, bucks are bucks...
While the birthing went okay, we discovered that her not just one, but both of her teats were clogged, so while she was probably producing milk, none of it would get to her teats to nurse her kids. We called the vet over to see if they could do something that might unclog her udder, but unfortunately we had no luck, as it seems that both of her udders are clogged with scar tissue. Therefore we now have to do the dreaded bottle feeding every four hours for two kids. Plus, because her udders are clogged now, the two kids won't be able to get her colostrum which has a lot of the antibiotics and such for them, so we have to give them some colostrum replacer which isn't as healthy but better than nothing.
My family has not yet fully laid out plans on who is going to be responsible for taking care of them, but I might have to do them as well as the horses, so I might be busier than I would want.
Agenda:
My objective by next week is to make a colored version of the three mares, and at least make outlines for the other two missing mares and then make another announcement for the YCH series. If I don't get any takers, I'll just create some characters of my own.
I also currently have another unrelated piece in the works (most of the lines are done) though I don't know if I should go ahead and finish it or put it on hold for my YCH series. It might help me get a few more requests for my series. If all goes well, I'll upload the line concept to my scraps.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
And, as always, any tips, advice or critiques is greatly appreciated!
~Fusilier
Also, I'm breaking this journal into two parts, one with my real life story, and the other with my planned agenda for artwork.
Story time:
Well, one of my family's goats gave birth to two particularly cute does. Now, we really didn't plan or expected her to get pregnant again, as she already kidded another doe earlier this season. However, she's one of our better does and takes care of her babies very well. Except, during her last nursing period earlier this season, one of her teats was clogged and everything that we could do wasn't able to unclog it. She was able to raise her kid okay, but one half of her udder was very swollen the entire time and she was not comfortable. We decided that due to that, we shouldn't breed her anymore, but well, bucks are bucks...
While the birthing went okay, we discovered that her not just one, but both of her teats were clogged, so while she was probably producing milk, none of it would get to her teats to nurse her kids. We called the vet over to see if they could do something that might unclog her udder, but unfortunately we had no luck, as it seems that both of her udders are clogged with scar tissue. Therefore we now have to do the dreaded bottle feeding every four hours for two kids. Plus, because her udders are clogged now, the two kids won't be able to get her colostrum which has a lot of the antibiotics and such for them, so we have to give them some colostrum replacer which isn't as healthy but better than nothing.
My family has not yet fully laid out plans on who is going to be responsible for taking care of them, but I might have to do them as well as the horses, so I might be busier than I would want.
Agenda:
My objective by next week is to make a colored version of the three mares, and at least make outlines for the other two missing mares and then make another announcement for the YCH series. If I don't get any takers, I'll just create some characters of my own.
I also currently have another unrelated piece in the works (most of the lines are done) though I don't know if I should go ahead and finish it or put it on hold for my YCH series. It might help me get a few more requests for my series. If all goes well, I'll upload the line concept to my scraps.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
And, as always, any tips, advice or critiques is greatly appreciated!
~Fusilier
