Sometimes goats give you a lot of warning that they are going to be kidding soon. And sometimes they don’t! We were all hanging out at the barn waiting for the Vet to arrive to check on Red Bird. I had the children all out front. I was standing in the sunshine outside of Red Bird’s stall when I heard a goat grunting. I looked around to figure out who was grunting and why and in the stall farthest from me I saw a goat with a big bubble! I yelled, “Bubble” and started climbing the fence.
In less than two minutes everyone was in the stall and within 5 minutes, Elvis was born.
A few minutes after that, after Jim easily repositioned one of her legs, Esther was born.
Esther at 5.6 pounds is the smallest goat we’ve had born this year. (The smallest goat we’ve ever had born weighed 4 pounds). She looks just a lot like Reluctant, only smaller and with white legs.
It was the fastest birth we’ve had (if you don’t count Vanish and Venice). I would love it if they all could be that easy.
Seven pregnant goats done. Ten more to go!
Kid count: 6 bucklings. 8 doelings.
#GMSKids
2014 Goat Birth Stories
- Castro and Cedar
- Vanish and Venice
- Saturn and Secret
- Rampart and Reluctant
- Quality and Quest
- Idina and Iliana
- Elvis and Esther
- Factor and Ferocious
- Java and Jericho
- Tapioca and Tempest
- Lampy
- Yahoo and Yesterday
- Happy and Hera
- Patriot
- Zea and Zany