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More Goats!
Feb. 10th, 2011 06:23 pmYesterday morning Mama goat Francesca had QUADRUPLETS!
Two boys and two girls. They are enormous for quadruplets!
We didn't want to take them away from her right away because its stressful for the mama. Having the babies there helps her have the afterbirth and let down her milk and eat good, but it was nose hair freezing cold out today(that is -15 with wind chill, for those who want to know) so I spent the day swapping kid goats inside to outside every couple of hours.
All four of the new ones are inside now sleeping in the kitchen, and making loads and loads of laundry. And being rather cute. The other three are in the barn in a straw bale house with a jug of hot water and a blanket keeping them warm. The best news of all is that we are forecast to have weather in the upper thirties and maybe even forties this weekend! Hallelujah for spring!
( More Pictures! )
Two boys and two girls. They are enormous for quadruplets!
We didn't want to take them away from her right away because its stressful for the mama. Having the babies there helps her have the afterbirth and let down her milk and eat good, but it was nose hair freezing cold out today(that is -15 with wind chill, for those who want to know) so I spent the day swapping kid goats inside to outside every couple of hours.
All four of the new ones are inside now sleeping in the kitchen, and making loads and loads of laundry. And being rather cute. The other three are in the barn in a straw bale house with a jug of hot water and a blanket keeping them warm. The best news of all is that we are forecast to have weather in the upper thirties and maybe even forties this weekend! Hallelujah for spring!
( More Pictures! )