Mar 10:
Sadie had her kids on Thursday the 8th but it was a terrible delivery. Sadie was in labor for about 18 hours because the first born was huge and breech. Sadie had to be rushed to Dr. West, our local vet, who delivered 2 still borns and a miracle baby. It was a terrible event for all involved but Sadie and one little miracle baby survived.
We put both in a private pen to get acquainted and recuperate. Come friday evening it was clear that Sadie was in no condition to raise a baby and had basically rejected her. In that day of getting nothing or very little to eat the doeling lost 10% of her body weight so we decided to intervene and have ourselves a bottle baby. We are saddened by the whole event but happy that Sadie is okay and ecstatic that we have a little treasure to raise.
Mar 4:
Like the pro that she is, Hildy has given birth to her Spring kids. She had two doelings and a buckling.
Feb 26:
After much delay we finally have all the pictures of the new kids up. With a grand total of 4 bucklings and 2 doelings - with more to come.
Feb 12:
It has been cold all weekend and there was snow in the forecast. Lo and behold this late afternoon it actually starts to snow. Well I guess its as good a time as any to have some kids.
Donna and Delilah both had their kids today. Donna in the morning and Delilah in the evening. Donna had 2 bucklings and a doeling (one of the bucklings did not make it). Unfortunately we were not there for their birth hence we lost a buckling. Delilah also had 2 bucklings and a doeling. Glad we were there for that birth it was long and she needed some help not to mention it was snowing and freezing.
Jan 10:
We have added a guestbook so those of you without a Facebook can leave a message. Let us know how your goats are doing, ask a question, tell us what you think, or just say "Hi."
We have added some pictures to our Facebook page of Charlie of Charlie's Acres keeping an eye on her goats.
Jan 4:
All our does are growing full with kids and puffy with thicker coats. Poor girls don't run in from the pasture anymore they waddle.
We are expecting the kidding to start around the end of February and hopefully all 5 does will have kidded by the end of March.
Sept 5:
Being labor day, why not have a goat go into labor? Kristin had her kid today - a single. It is a doeling. Pictures will be up soon.
Sept 4:
Sadie gave birth this morning to three kids. Two bucklings and a doeling, unfortunately the doeling didn't make it.Check out our Facebook page for pics of the new little guys.
July 22:
Welcome home to Buttercup - The smallest of Delilah's Spring 2011 kids. She has really turned out to be a beautiful and noisy goat.
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May 22:
We have been making cheese and bread from our goat's milk. Take a look on our facebook page for the latest pictures.
May 15:
All of our baby goats have gone off to their new homes. We are happy they have all gone to nice homes but we will surely miss them.
Check out our facebook profile. We have added pictures.
May 13:
Finished giving all the kids their final vaccines, dewormer, and trimmed their hooves. The new hoof trimmers did an amazing job, they were so good in fact that we gave everyone a pedicure.
May 12:
Welcome Dr. Cornwallace, or new herd sire, from Ten Mile Farm. Pictures of this guy will be coming soon.
