Fall First: Baby Goats!

When I chose Kinder goats, I planned to split kidding to spring and fall events, rather than just once a year in spring. We really miss the milk when the does are dried up for the final months of their pregnancies, and I don’t mind milking year around. However! I’ve never been successful at this because the goats have never cooperated! Kinders are aseasonal breeders (meaning they can breed all year), but their heats are more subtle in spring, so it’s been difficult to get a successful spring breeding. So, these fall babies are a first!

Some of you might remember when I bought Sky back at the end of May. She went into heat shortly after that, so it was an opportunity for fall kids. She gave birth to twins last Thursday at dusk, a girl and a boy. It rained all day but the temperature was mild. Thankfully, it was an easy, straightforward birth.