Willoughby Croft Dairy Goats

03/03/2025

Located in Winlock, WA.

These are the 2 bucklings out of Atsila Into The Mystic X MDNT WK Lucky Bet. They are Nubians.

They are both available.

03/03/2025

Allie's blue-eyed baby girls.

03/02/2025

I don't want to get too cocky, but I think Allie is out of the woods. She's back out with the other does today. No fever this morning. Chewing her cud and renewed interest in chowing down. I'm so happy! 🍾🥳🥳💃🏼

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03/02/2025

***Buckling is pending***

In all of yesterday's chaos, I did manage to get pics of Charlie's kiddos. A blue-eyed chamoisee buck and a pretty chocolate doe.

Both of these kids are available.
Dam: Franke Farm B Charlie Caryall 9*M (pending)
Sire: Till-Riv MLC Spicy Endeavor *B (pending)

I'll update the nursery page as I get time.

03/02/2025

EDIT: I want to be clear that I am not at all upset with the vet. I am thankful he came out and tried to help. I'd call on him again.

Sorry, this is a novel. I'm sharing this in case it helps someone else.

On Wednesday, the 26th, one of our Nigerian does had a rough kidding. I had to help her deliver 2 breach kids who had their rear legs tucked under them. Both presented in the same position. We got them out, safe and sound, and she stopped pushing and soon delivered the placenta. But there was still something hanging from her. Knowing that it can take up to 24 hours for her to expel everything, I waited.

Thursday morning, I could tell something was off. She wasn't acting like herself. She would stand to feed her kids and then lay right back down. She still had something hanging from her. It hadn't budged. I tied a bit of weight to it, gave her vit e/selenium paste, gave her cmpk and some B complex. But by 24 hours after freshening nothing had changed.

I called my vet. office and was told "it will come out". I stressed that she was not acting normal and wasn't eating or drinking. They gave me an appt. for the next day (Friday) at 4pm. I know that goats can go downhill quickly and really didn't want to wait that long, so I called the local mobile vet. At this point I was feeling a bit panicked and willing to pay for a farm call. Fortunately, he was in my area and would be able to come over.

When he looked at my doe, he grabbed onto the hanging bit to pull it out. It wouldn't budge. He had to wrap it around his hand several times and pull with all his might. And it finally broke free. I was expecting this to be a retained placenta but the amount of tissue that came out was rather small. He did not think there were any more kids in there because she was not trying to push anything out. But he gave her some antibiotic, some oxytocin, and said she'd feel better by the next day. If not, let him know.

And she did seem better on Friday. But by Saturday morning I noticed her actively "pushing". There was tissue being expelled that looked to be intestines. I'll put a photo in the comments. Don't look if you're squeamish. Others might want to see in case they ever have this situation. I wanted to confirm what I was seeing so sent the pic to a Facebook emergency group and also texted it to the vet. Both confirmed that they were, indeed, intestines. The mobile vet couldn't come back until Sunday. There really isn't an emergency vet in our area for livestock. So, I was on my own. Either there was a retained kid in there, and those were its guts, or my doe had a uterine tear and would need to be put down. Well crap.

This is all happening in the morning, when I have to feed goats, milk goats, bottle feed babies...I felt like I was moving in slow motion. I had to get all the other goats settled before I could put all of my focus on this 1 doe. Meanwhile, I wanted to line someone up to come take her for meat, and dispatch her, if that is what I determined needed to happen. I am in no condition to be digging a big hole with this broken leg.

While I'm doing those chores, I just kept thinking it through. It was odd that he needed so much force to pull that tissue out. The intestines looked too small, to me, to be from an adult goat. What if that had actually been an umbilical cord he had pulled, and yanking it had pulled out a dead kid's guts? Once I was able to get her onto the stand I gloved up and went in. Way, way back inside her I felt something squishy and bony. I was sure it was a dead kid. I tried to get hold of it but was unsuccessful. I gave her a break, regrouped, and tried again. Still no luck. Gave her another break and went in my house a had a shot of cognac to steel my nerves. I went back out, fought her back onto the stand, apologized profusely, told her I was with her "ride or die"....and back in I went. This time I tried to think calmly. What do I need? Something to grab onto. I needed to find a leg. I fished and fished and finally located a rear leg and pulled it out. But still wasn't making progress. I needed that second leg. Finally found it and started tugging. I wrapped a towel around it and applied increasing traction. It was extremely slow going. I applied l**e and just kept pulling. And pulling. And pulling. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, I pulled her free. A very dead chamoisee doeling. 😭 Pic also in comments. It's rough to see.

I am sure this doe will hate me forever after what I had to put her through. I did give her a uterine flush with sterile water and LA200. And she got some children's ibuprofen. The vet had given her exede but since she had a decomposing kid inside her for 4 days I am going to give LA200 just to be on the safe side.

I am hoping this doe will recover. Meanwhile I have to decide what I'm going to do with her. Sell her as a pet and never breed her again? Or could this be a one off? This was her 3rd freshening but I didn't own her for the first 2, so don't know that history.

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03/01/2025

UPDATE: The situation has changed, fingers crossed. I'll explain later. Right now, I am emotionally and physically drained. It's been a rough day.

If any of my local friends are interest in a goat for me@t. Che@p. PM me. Or if you know anyone who raw feeds their dogs.

Needed ASAP.

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02/28/2025

Twin bucklings for ATSILA INTO THE MYSTIC X MDNT WK LUCKY BET.

Dang it. Why couldn't they be does!?!!! They're absolutely gorgeous. 🥰 Both have mommy's moon spots.

02/28/2025

Mysti's in labor!

02/28/2025

Atsila Into The Mystic went into a kidding pen this morning. She's due tomorrow with our first Nubian kids of the season.

Skeeter is still holding out. I think she's going for a record. 🤪 She may regret this decision when she tries to push those half grown kids out.

02/28/2025

Buck/doe twins for Charlie.

I had written out an entire post but apparently forgot to hit "send". That was a bit of a hairy day. Poor Allie had some retained placenta that she just wasn't letting go of. I gave her cmpk, some selenium/vit.E, and tied some weight to the dangling thing...but 24 hours post kidding it didn't budget. All I could think of was to get her some oxytocin but my understanding is that won't help at all after 48 hours. She didn't have a fever but she was off feed and lethargic. She only stand to feed her kids and then lay right back down. I couldn't get her an appt. with Cascade until 4pm the next day. I was in a panic. So I called Dr. Paros. I was in luck. He was in Winlock and could be there in 20 minutes. Now I've had it drummed into me that you DON'T PULL ON A RETAINED PLACENTA. Guess what he did? Yep. Pulled that stuff out. It wasn't a full placenta so I'm hoping he got it all. He also gave her some exede and some oxytocin. Fingers crossed she feels better today. 🤞 That was barely over when I checked on the does in the kidding pens and found Charlie with 2 back legs hanging out. I helped her deliver a big, long buckling. His sister arrived shortly after.

02/27/2025

UPDATE: Finally got to meet Dr. Paros. Nice guy.
Allie had some placenta retained. Hopefully she feels better tomorrow.

If you're in SW WA and have oxytocin for livestock on hand, please reach out. Needed ASAP.

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02/27/2025

UPDATE: Charlie is acting uncomfortable. Up and down. Looks like she's about to say "uncle".

Skeeter and Charlie are having a contest to see who can hold their kids in the longest. They are both on day 151. We're coming down to the wire. Who will concede first? It's a bitter rivalry. For some reason Skeeter detests Charlie.

02/27/2025

Hallelujah! After over 2.5 months I FINALLY have my ADGA account straightened out. I think I need to celebrate. That was a struggle, for real. 👏🏼🥳🍾 It now shows me as an ADGA Plus member and I have a DNA request for Lucky. Just in time since he has offspring due any day.

02/26/2025

A doeling for Allie and Andy. Allie waited u til I had to run to the feed store. On the way back I checked my camera and noticed she was thrashing around. Got home as fast as I could. Baby was breach with both legs folded under her. I pushed her but in and fished a leg out. Pushed her in again and fished the second leg. She delivered right away after that. Waiting for more kids.

02/26/2025

Located in Winlock, WA. Exit 63 off I-5. Midway between Olympia and Portland.

🩷 WLOBY Croft BC Copper Penny 🩷
F2 Mini Nubian
Born 2-23-25
Classic red doe with a white poll.

Penny is a sweetheart. She is taking her bottle like a champ and will be ready for her new home as soon as she's disbudded and tattooed (between a week and 2 weeks old). She will come with goat milk to get you started. If you are local, we might be able to fix you up with a source for goats milk. Otherwise, she will do just fine on regular whole milk from the grocery store.

Both of Penny's parents have done well in shows. She herself has promising conformation and a lovely head and ears. Her sire and sire's dam have their milk stars. Her dam's dam also has earned her star. We would love to see Penny in a production home, meaning show and milk testing. She is a gorgeous doe with a lot of potential. Her dam is a first freshener this year with a very nice udder. It is socked on with a lovely fore udder.

If you'd like to discuss Penny, please fill out our Goat Questionnaire and we'll get right back to you: https://crazihippichic.wixsite.com/willoughbycroft/questionnaire

Here is a link to our 2025 Nursery. We'll add kids as they arrive: https://crazihippichic.wixsite.com/willoughbycroft/2025-nursery

02/25/2025

And some more pics of Dream's daughters. We finally got a break in the rain.

02/25/2025

You know how you add some excitement to kidding season? Break your leg 10 days before kids are due. The emergency room misdiagnosed it as a sprain, despite taking 3 x-rays, so I was walking around on it, tending goats, in the ice and snow, for over a week before seeing my orthopedic guy. They clearly saw a break in my right fibula. The good news....I already have a bunch of hardware in that leg from a bad break 7 years ago. The hardware is keeping me upright. The bad news....I don't really know what this latest injury means for me as far as my farm. The ortho team left it up to me as how to proceed. Since I'd already been walking on it for 10 days, I opted to continue treating it like a normal sprain and check back in 6 weeks and see how things are going. Meanwhile I'm covering the boot with lots of bags to keep it dry, not lifting anything heavy, and not pulling stubborn goats around. Basically, not putting any stress on that bone and hoping it heals OK.

I have promised my husband I will cut back on some goats so you may see some adults offered. I haven't made any firm plans and am waiting for my 6 week appt. to decide how to proceed.

Meanwhile......just over here waiting for babies to arrive. 🥰

02/25/2025

Maybe these 3 are just obese?? 🤣
Charlie (on right). Day 149.
Skeeter (black). Day 149.
Allie (choc.). Day 147.

Last night our power went out while I slept. I woke to check the camera and it was offline. Pitch black in the house, and I'm maneuvering with a crunched ankle and broken leg. 🫨 I thought, "Great. They're probably all 3 out there kidding in the dark." I finally hobbled out there and they were all just laying there, chilling. So no "power outage" babies. Thank goodness.

But come on girls, release those hostages!