As with calving, the young of the goat may be in an abnormal position and the birth is difficult.If you want to help you will need a bar of soap and clean water.
Scrub your hands and fingernails then wash the area around the vagina.Soap your hands well and insert one hand into the vagina.
When you have found what, the problem is, correct the position of the young so it can be born.
Carefully feeling for the leg joints will tell you which way round the young is.
You can hold the head but do not pull the young by the jawbone as the bone will break.
You can use a clean rope tied around a leg above the fetlock joint to pull.Pull in a downwards direction as the mother strains.
If there are twins or triplets in the uterus you will have difficulty sorting out which legs belong to which one.
Try to pull out the one nearest the vagina first.A newborn animal should try to breathe immediately after it is born, if it does not breathe you can put a straw into a nostril (nose) to stimulate breathing.
If you hold it by the back legs and swing it gently back and forth, any mucous blocking the mouth and lungs will be forced out.