Waiting for Babies

Mar
19

The goats are expecting.
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Mostly, I think they are just expecting their supper, but I’m expecting babies. I believe all but two of the girls are bred.

This one.
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This one.
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This one. (Jane, sticking her tongue out at me.)
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And this one!
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Mama Maia!

They’re all expecting. Maia is ahead of the pack as she was in with the buck before I had brought the other girls back from the barn (where I’d been working on their hooves last fall). She’s fooled me a few times, whining and crying and hollering up a storm–and I went running out there to find out she was just wondering where her supper was or if she could have second supper. Or third.

I think she should have a baby by the end of the month, and the other girls in April sometime. This is a nice time of year to have goat babies. You know, instead of in the snow. I like it. Goats are seasonal breeders and come into heat in the fall, and since I run them all together, I’ve had a lot of January and February goat babies. I like better how I did it this year, keeping them separated. I had Maia separated also for a time, just not as long as the rest of the girls. Warm weather babies are much easier to manage. I just don’t know when I’ll start managing, but I’m ready. I’ve got colostrum and goat milk replacer ready, with goat bottle at hand. These are all new mothers, so I don’t know what to expect.

Just that we’re expecting!





Comments

  1. brookdale says:

    Congratulations on your “expectancy”! Will you keep all the babies, or sell them? I love the lop-eared goats, they are so cute!

  2. DeniseS says:

    Looking forward to all the photos of the new babies when they arrive.

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