I could write about Zap and Zeus’s birth, or I could just post a link to the video that we got of the birth and let you watch it for yourself! For those of you who don’t want to see what some could call a graphic video (we don’t think it’s graphic – we think […]
Emery came out to the barn at midnight, to relieve me, and started checking the goats as I packed up my laptop, hot chocolate mug, and various cords. “I’ll probably be calling you tonight – Secret looks like she could go,” he warned me. “How soon?” I asked. “Probably in the next couple of hours,” […]
I was feeding Vashti when someone came running into the milk room. “Zipporah is having her babies!” Vashti’s stomach was full enough that I decided she was done for now, so I set her down and grabbed a stack of towels for Zipporah’s birth. She was in kidding pen A, with half of my family […]
When I got the “babies!!” call, I ran from the soaproom – but by the time I got there, our newest baby, a girl, was already being licked off by her mama, Vanish. We took her into the milk room to dry her off and spent the next ten minutes trying to decide a name […]
I grabbed a stack of towels, leaving Baxter, Bedford, Raphael, and Renaissance in the milk room, and ran back out to the stalls. Zenith was halfway out of one of the regular kids, pushing her head against Colter’s legs. Instead of trying to get around her, I just climbed the fence, landing on the other […]
I ran over from catching Reluctant’s kids, Raphael and Renaissance, to kidding pen A, where Belle was pushing. Jade had towels waiting for me, and was letting Belle lick one of them while we waited for babies. It wasn’t long at all – maybe a few minutes at the most – before we had our first […]
The weekly GMS meeting had just finished and I was working on writing Kidding Season blog posts when the call rang out through the soaproom – “Babies!!!” Everyone abandoned what they were doing and we rushed to the barn, where we found two goats in labor – Belle and Reluctant. After deciding that Reluctant needed […]
Someone pounded on my bedroom door and announced, “Hummingbird’s kidding!” For the second time that morning, I rolled out of bed and pulled some clothes on, shoved my feet in my shoes, and ran. When I reached the barn, I almost ran into Mom, who was standing around a corner watching Hummingbird, who was in […]
I rolled out of bed to turn my alarm off, stiff and sore and still exhausted. I picked up my phone and stared at it blankly – it wasn’t my alarm, it was my phone. “Brett? Siren’s kidding and no one else is answering their phones and I need help!” Emery said when I answered, […]
I abandoned Varsity, Vereena, and Parcells, knowing that Indigo and Jade would continue to dry them off, grabbed a stack of towels, and ran to kidding pen A. I was just in time to catch our first baby – a buckling that we named Tackled, in honor of the Super Bowl (which was still going […]
About two seconds after I’d finished putting Varsity’s collar on, someone threw open the door to the milk room and announced that Persephone was kidding! Unfortunately, because I was with Varsity and Vereena, and Mom was busy doing what I usually do, we don’t have any pictures of the birth. But it wasn’t long before […]
We had just finished watching the Super Bowl half-time show when we got the call from the barn. The Super Bowl was forgotten – well, maybe not forgotten, but abandoned – as we rushed to get to the barn. The locker room was crowded as nine of us pushed each other around, trying to get to […]
Emery, Andrew and I were in the barn, taking care of Payton’s kids and feeding the other five, when I noticed that Hazelnut had goo. Emery is training to deliver baby goats, so I told him that I’d feed the other babies so he could check on Hazelnut. Everyone else had gone to bed – […]
Not long after Jamaica, Jemima, and Jiminy were born, we were called out to the barn because Payton was in labor. Dad was trying to figure out what was going on – according to him, the kids were pretty tangled up, which is typical for Payton babies. They have a mind of their own. Dad […]
I was walking on the treadmill desk in our basement, getting some work done and getting steps at the same time, when my phone rang. “Brett, there’s legs on one of the goats!” my little sister Jade shouted before hanging up on me. I barely remembered to hit stop on the treadmill before I jumped […]