Calico went into labor at 9:00 last night. It seemed to take her forever compared to the way her mother always kidded. We missed Calico kidding last year, so I didn't know what to expect. She didn't seem to be in any distress at all and was quite calm and relaxed about the whole thing. By 9:30 she had the first big buckling, he is brownish with no spots. She took her sweet time cleaning him up.
After she was convinced that she couldn't do anymore to make the first kid any more comfortable, she started on having the second kid. He was a little larger than the first and a buckling also. I am not sure of his color, neither has spots like their daddy.
Since it was dark and they were still damp last night, I haven't gotten a good look at them or good pictures. This morning they are all curled up together in a tight little ball with hay on top of them where their mommy has been eating.
At first I thought that they were identical but the second one is darker than the first.
2 comments:
Good job Calico! Goats are such good mothers. I don't think I've ever heard of a doe who was a bad mother or rejected her kids. I think her babies look a lot like her! Congratulations!
Yeah!! Way to go!! This is the most fun part of it all! It makes all the wading in the muck worth it, or just about worth it. It makes our DH's wading in the much worth it! Yea, that's right! Ha! I want one! Seriously!
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