I woke up this morning to learn that we have two new baby goats from the other mother. I would guess they were born early in the morning, maybe just before I came down, based on the mother goat licking them clean still.
The goat above is called Spot after the white spot he has on his head. And yes, he is a boy! That is two of the goats born this week that are boys.
The little beauty above is a female, and I managed to squeeze in a name much after that tradition of the llamas we have called Flossy and Pearl. This little one is called Fern.
There was an all black goat born too, but we did not know about it right away. It was dead when I found it. I gave it some stimulation to see if it would come out of it, but there was nothing there. I don’t know how it died, perhaps it suffocated on the amniotic sac when it came out?
Even thought the other goats were only born four days ago, the difference in size is amazing! They pop out, hit the ground, stand up within the hour, and walk around just fine, then grow and grow and grow! Sure can tell they are a prey animal!
So, five new goats this week. That’s a busy one! That puts us up to a total of eleven goats! My, how fast the herd grows!