Here is little Cowboy strutting his stuff. He is a real character and keeps his mama, Betty, on her toes.
Here Puff feeds her twins Ned and Nancy. She was the first mama to kid so you can see their newborn pictures below. Puff is a great mama.
Here Margo feeds her twin bucklings. She has her work cut out for her with this frisky pair! She is also a doting mama who caters to her two little guys needs.
This is Nancy, our "first born" doeling and a real princess. She is teeny tiny but still considers herself quite the special little girl. She doesn't walk...she prances.
This is Phil. We found Phil nearly frozen to death as a sopping wet newborn. We took him in the house, warmed him in the bath and even had to perform mouth to mouth on him. His mama rejected him, probably because he was just too darn clean, glowing white and smelled like a civilized meterosexual goat after his bath. We decided to give Phil a new mama, Janice. They took to each other right away. Phil did great for about a week, then one day he was suddenly limp and cold. We brought him in, stomach tubed him and warmed him up. He started to perk up and continued to improve with bottle feeding every few hours. We were sure he'd be a house goat. When he started to improve we replaced the bottles with feeds on his foster mama then back to the life of luxury in his warm bed. He was improving and things were looking up. When we went out to feed him one morning he was just gone. We tried so hard to keep him going. He was a sweet little goat. We love you, Phil! Rest in peace, lil buddy. We wish you abundant fields of willows and lots of creamy milk in goaty heaven.
This kidding is hard work. Like they say "T'was the best of times, t'was the worst of times". I just have to keep focusing on the healthy little ones and looking forward to next year when we won't be facing so many challenges.
Take care,
Tam
