After anticipating their arrival since early June, the kids are here. It has been a bit of a rocky start, including:
- Mama goat had triplets, but only two of the kids survived.
- The surviving kids were very floppy, having a great deal of difficulty standing, and needed help getting on and staying on mama’s teats at first. Fortunately, this improved with time, and a dose of selenium.
- Mama goat did not pass the placenta, resulting in a uterine infection. She got pretty sick, but is now an antibiotics and on the mend.
Today, having weathered the rough patch, the kids are thriving (and are acting like typical baby goat “jumping beans”), Mama goat is slowly getting back to normal, and I expect to be able to finally sleep well tonight! Now that things are going in the right direction, I wanted to celebrate our new arrivals, but after a few stressed out days, and with lots to be done with the bees, the garden and preparing for my first day selling honey at the Dexter farmers market this weekend, I thought I would fill this blog with pictures, rather than words! Enjoy!
