I am very happy to announce that we had our first baby goat of the season today. Heidi gave birth to a baby boy around 5:30 AM. He is doing very well and being taken care of by his mother as you can see in the attached photo. He is only 3 hours old in this photo. This is Heidi’s second birth. She had a male kid in March 2010 but he only survived 1 day. This kid looks much healthier.
Waiting in the wings of the maternity ward are Betty, Maria and Debbie. Betty is due any day now with the others to follow in intervals. We have learned a lot over the last 2 ½ years of raising goats. We are attempting to space the births out this season so that the milk production will last through the tourist season. Last season, the milk production began in March just about the time that “high tourist season” was ending. Not very smart of us. I am gearing up for making goat cheese, yogurt and soap.
I have also included a photo of Shakira who was born in February 2010. She is looking over the fence and trying to see what is going on with the new baby. Shakira is too young to have babies. She will have to wait until next year.
I will keep you posted on the upcoming births as they happen. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed for female babies.
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