She was showing signs of labor last night but about 10pm quit contacting and settled down to sleep. I went to bed.
Asher awakened me barking at the house at 5:40. I knew he was telling me kids were coming. He did the same thing when Scilla kidded before dawn. I ignored him then and missed it. This time I was wiser and listened to my dog. I really need to stop underestimating him- he is an amazing animal.
When I got out there, the doeling was just getting to her feet. I was there for the buckling's birth.
This is the doeling. She will be joining Onyx and Buttercup's doelings and staying here. I will reassess who stays and goes after kidding next spring.
And this is the boy. He will need a new home. They both still need names.
I need to redo some disbudding on the two Alpine bucklings. They are the hardest to disbud! I'm not looking forward to that.
too cute!
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We have disbudding to do tonight :(
Congrats on a successful 2014 kidding year!
Yay! Kidding season is over! Now sleep can resume! I know my sister likes it when kidding is done.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the kids! Sure are cute.
Beautiful animals you have . Do you ever read Pioneer Preppy's blog. He raises lambs and he sells them to butchers. I know this is how it works, but I couldn't do it.
ReplyDeleteHow cute! The little doe looks just like Mirabella. They could be twins.
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