Happy Spring! (Pictures)

Yes, I see spring was officially like 6 weeks ago. But the flowers just started *really* springing up here. You see, without a word from me in about 2 weeks or so, blogging's been on the back burner. But it's not that hard to post a few pictures of the beautiful flowers and goats that have been springing up.

~ Hanunyah

Kid Mania! Spring Kid Photos

Some photos of some of the kids - I like to take them out on a green field and shoot away. Yesterday was crazy - 3 ewes lambed to twins and 1 doe kidded to triplets, so 6 lambs and 3 kids! Oh, and 3 more lambs this morning, too (one of which was found dead).

~ Some of my brother's meat kids ~

Boer/Nubian buckling. We can really see his grandma in him
(who was one of our first goats, an old Nubian doe)

Sister to the buckling above.

Boer/Nubian buckling - cousin to the 2 above.

Meat cross - grandma is a black spanish (?).

~ Dairy kids ~

Blue-eyed Mini Alpine doeling.

Blue-eyed Mini Alpine buckling.

Alpine buckling.

Alpine doeling.

~ Hanunyah

Cute Kid Snaps

I tried to get this post up a few days ago, but for some reason it didn't work.

Here are some cutie pictures of some of the baby goats around here for now, until I get to the rain (LOTS of rain) pictures tomorrow, Lord willing.

Priceless moment! "Grandma" and her matching baby girl laying down on top of her - So cute!

I like this one too . . . Roxie likes her babies!

Baby goat and kitty ;).

"Get me out of here!"

Stacked doelings, from mini to big.

Kid pile!

What's over there?

Soaking in the nice weather. 

Bye-Bye for now!

~ Hanunyah


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{3rd kidding} Interesting Birth

The third kidding of the year was a big, black meat cross doe. We were watching her go into labor, and all appeared fine at first. My sister wrote up a hole long deal about the wild birth, which you can see here.

The doe ended up having 3 live kids (1 doe, 2 bucklings) and a dead, undeveloped kid a day later.

*NOT FOR THE WEAK IN STOMACH*

Bubble!

She needs help . . . 

Yikes! can we get it?

YES! YES, YES!?!?!

My sister's reaction: I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S OUT ALIVE! It's a girl.

And what is behind that placenta?

The doe: I WANT TO KILL YOU! She was not nice to us . . . 

or the other doe's kids.

"NO!"

"Who are you?"

"My new play-mate?"

Gotta catch you again, mama.

And it is another kid . . . 

It's a boy, and he's been wrapped around in the placenta ever since his sister was born several minutes ago. He was dazed.

A nice little family . . . until we discovered the fourth one . . . 

which was dead,

a ugly mess of a undeveloped kid.

~ Hanunyah

2nd kidding of the year!

This spotted black and white nubian doe (my Mom calls her star) gave birth to some red-headed babies (a buck and a doe). We don't know who the dad is, as she was already pregnant when we got her.

These babies are sure cuties!

~ Hanunyah

Good Mama

Very protective of her little New Year's day boys.

~ Hanunyah