Kidding Season Continues

This morning our alpine doe Jersey Rae gave birth to a little nigerian dwarf alpine mix doeling.  She is adorable!  It was a birth that not only did we get to see, but required human help.  The baby was breech and if it wasn't for my friend Jami I don't know what I would have done. 

Thanks to Amanda we have some pictures of the brand new baby and birth.

Sadly, we will not be able to keep little Millie here on the farm.  She is for sale.  This was a hard decision to make, but I know it is the right one.  If you know anyone looking for a great little dairy goat to start a herd or to expand send them my way.  We have the cutest little girl who will make a great milker one day!

From Dairy Goat to Pet Goat

We have another little goat here at the farm.  One that didn't come from our farm's own kidding season, but a neighboring farm's.  Little Lucy is a half nubian half nigerian dwarf imp of a goat.  She is 3 weeks old and has me excited to have another possibly good dairy goat on the farm. Although my mother in law is more excited to breed her with a mini nubian and get little mini nubian babies.  She is big on pets.  I am not.  We agree to not see eye to eye on the benefits of useless animals and thus get along great regarding it.   

She really is quite cute with those little helicopter ears and those colors.  The first time I saw her I thought she would make a great addition to our little farm.  She is currently sleeping in the house, but getting acquainted with the herd during the day.  I cannot wait to see her and Mattie play together in the coming days.

Kidding Season

Kidding Season has begun here at DozenAcre, and what an exciting time it has started out being.  First,  you take complete nervousness over goats giving birth without help or heat.  Then add a little excitement and complete fear that you will find something you don't ever want to see in your goat barn.  Wrap this up with 6 excited boys and the energy of Spring.  Now do you see what I am saying?  Images on my little farm are not like those in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers".  Alas, I have yet to walk around singing "Spring, Spring, Spring."  I guess I am just too nervous.  

Aside from our excited nervousness here, Tilly Mae surprised all of us little people by conquering birth like a pro.  Not only did she look at me like, "what are you doing here", but she gave birth in under an hour and a half with absolutely no audience or intervention whatsoever.  Stubborn little diva that she is she completely amazed me with her go getter attitude and delivered to Amanda the littlest most homely doeling that you ever saw.  Little Mattie is as sweet as can be though and I am so excited to be able to enjoy her for the next few weeks before she goes to her new home.  

Now if only Jersey Rae could handle birth like this, well except maybe letting Amanda and I watch.