We decided to drive to Jim’s folks yesterday for the weekend. Arrived in the dark, grabbed a bite to eat and were sitting around the table chatting when I heard a noise out back and went to check it out. I grabbed Jim and his dad just in time to see “Bossy” the goat deliver two kids.
The little girl, born second, had a tougher time, and Jim’s dad had to help her breathe. She couldn’t get the hang of nursing so at 2:00 a.m. I heard bleating very close by and found Jim’s mom, just home from her nursing shift, feeding the little one calf colostrum with any number of means at her disposal.
I checked on them at seven this morning and both kids were standing, and we just checked on them again and they’re still quite unsteady on their feet but are both nursing. So I got to see two goats born, and help feed a farm animal in the kitchen!
Zoe was going nuts! Photos were taken at night from outside the pen so they may not be very good, or even the ones I wanted. Last week Jim upgraded me to new iPhoto/iLife software that I don’t know how to use yet. Plus I’m on my laptop without large monitor or keyboard so am somewhat handicapped by these issues.
Cheers from the farm! Enjoy your weekend. Dee
