Goat News!

Twins for Anna!

They were born last Tuesday around 10:30 that night.

She wasn’t due until Saturday, but Tuesday morning I noticed her standing in the stall, shifting her weight back and forth, not paying attention to anything going on around her.

There was no discharge (a very tell-tale sign), but I’ve seen this behavior in does before, usually half-a-day or so before they start pushing.

I checked on her frequently but there was still nothing happening at dusk so I put her in the kidding stall for the night.

Right before I went to bed I made another check. The two babies had already arrived!

The little buckling was already on his feet and Anna was giving him a good cleaning. The little doeling must have just arrived because she was very wet and covered in the birth membranes.

So I had gotten there just in time to get her cleaned up and put her next to her brother so Anna could clean her off too.

Anna is a first time mom so she wasn’t too sure about them at first.

Later the next day I let her out because she was hollering for the other goats. She ran off after them, and then remembered that her babies were still in the barn. Back she ran.

That first day out my two February born doelings (Ellie and Sky) took to butting the little ones so that I had to put them back up. Anna just looked confused.

The following day when I let them out, the first thing Anna did was flatten Ellie and Sky! Everybody keeps a respectful distance from her babies now.

So kidding is officially over for 2017. Five doelings and four bucklings made for a good year.