• Mar. 5, 2007
Goat Babies!
I've been dying to have some goat baby pictures to post and Nellie finally cooperated early this morning! She's got 2 nice strong kids, a doeling (girl) and a bucking (boy). So cute!!
She had no trouble having them and everything seems to be fine. They were both up and nursing (with a little guidance) shortly after birth- which always amazes me! That reddish thing hanging down is the umbilical cord, which has been dipped in iodine and will soon dry up and fall off.
There is a reddish glow to the pics because of the heat lamp.
Poor Nellie, she's trying to sit down without smooshing her udder! Yikes. It's really cute to watch the kids nurse - they wag their tails frantically the whole time. We've got 2 more pregnant goats and 3 pregnant sheep - I hope every birth is as smooth as this one.
Comments
• Mar. 5, 2007
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Posted by Danielle
Wow, how neat and adorable too! I hope all the rest of the pregnant animals also have smooth births as well! What wonderful perks of farm life-- poor Nellie with her udder though, ouch!
• Mar. 6, 2007
from Fringey
Posted by Anonymous
Hey! Are those meat goats for fair? Look like Boer or crossed with Boer! They look so big! We have the nigerian dwarf dairy and the kids weigh about 2 -3 pounds at birth! I had toggenburgs growing up- they had 5 -7 lb kids. Anyhow, and sheep! I think baby lambs are one of the cutest things in God's creation! Our old ewe is past lambing age...we keep her for weed control.
I really logged on to thank you for the books- they came today! Yea! So now I am going to log off and curl up on the couch next to my sleeping hound and READ! Thank you!
• Mar. 6, 2007
Ack!
Posted by LLA
So. Much. Cuteness!!!!!
I can not get over how adorable the new goat babies are! They look just like big goats, only in mini (as opposed to looking like hairless, squirmy alien things - like so many newborns (of various species!) do)
I've always told Bubba that I want a goat one day - this just cements it!
• Mar. 6, 2007
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Posted by Anonymous
Congratulations!!
The babies are so cute :) Glad everthing went well. Good luck with the rest!
hakucho
• Mar. 9, 2007
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Posted by Anonymous
How fun.. all those cute babies!! Would love to have a field trip to your farm!! We have quite the celebration every time a baby llama is born around here!! It's a GREAT experience for kids!!
Janice
• Mar. 9, 2007
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Posted by Anonymous
Oh my gosh. How do you keep up? And are you surprised to hear me say that living on a farm sounds so wonderful? I think I would love it!
xoxo,
Kelli
• Mar. 9, 2007
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Posted by Anonymous
oh my god! BABY GOAT PICTURES!!! ( can you see i am a little behind reading everyone's stuff this week?)
and yer goat is named nellie. that is the best name for a goat.
baby goats are so cute!
xoxox
jen of piddleloop
• Mar. 10, 2007
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Posted by Pink Dandelion
Those baby goats are too cute!!!
I hope the births for your other goats and sheep go as well as this one did :-)
• Mar. 11, 2007
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Posted by Anonymous
Oh my gosh - these babies (and mama too) are adorable. I hope one day to have some animal babies (other than dogs) of my own...I'm thinking a farm with goats, sheep, and rabbits - oh and at least one horse.
Love - Raesha
