A couple days ago we had our first baby goats of the season. I'm keeping a friend's goats for while til circumstances are better and we had decided to breed the alpine. Even though she's a senior lady, she was in good shape and had plenty of spunk. I mean, you'd never believe her to be 15. Her teeth are in better shape than my 9 year old goat.
Here's the old girl a couple of days before kidding.
I always have big kids here, not sure why. I have been working on that issue for years, but am not having much luck. This old lady ended up with a 10 lb 15 oz buckling and a 7 lb 6 oz doeling. It was a long, difficult delivery but she came through it like the trooper she is. She's a good mom and it looks like she'll be a good milker as well. The kids weren't even close to keeping up with her yesterday so I milked her out and got 6 lbs. Not bad for 2 days fresh and 15 years old!
The little girl, whom we are calling Tidbit at the moment.
And the monster little boy.
Anyway, she seems to love being a mom and the kids are doing great! Three does yet to go, but the first ones are always the most exciting.
That's pretty amazing. I didn't realize they could still kid at that age. Glad to hear all went well. The kids are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI was a little hesitant about it, but since she was in such good shape, we decided to give it a shot. I'm still thrilled at how well it went, overall.
DeleteTidbit and Monster, so cute!
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