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** Updated 04/14/08 ** We have babies, babies, and more babies!! Belle kidded with triplets on April 10, 2008 at 8:30 AM. She gave us plenty of notice by pacing, pawing and talking
for at least an hour before she actually delivered. She had a bit of a rough time delivering the first baby because
it wasn't in the normal birthing position, but she managed OK without our assistance. The first baby born was a
buck, followed about ten minutes later by a doe, and about ten minutes after that by another doe. As a third freshener
Belle's udder is unbeatable! Mom and kids are doing great! Lucy, on the other hand, didn't give us any notice. She woke us up with
her screaming on April 11, 2008 at 4:00 AM (we have a baby monitor in the barn so we can hear what's going on during
the night). We raced outside in the pouring rain, just in time to see the miracle of her delivering two pure white bucks
about ten minutes apart. We had to use a permanent marker to mark the hoof of the first kid so we could tell them apart
because they are identical, other than the first one having floppier ears than the other. Now that his ears have straightened
up, it's really hard to tell who's who! As a second freshener, Lucy's udder is outstanding! Mom and babies
are doing great!
Emma kidded on April 14, 2008 at 12:45 AM
with twins, one buck and one doe. She gave us some warning with some quiet moaning and pacing for about an hour before
she went into hard labor. This was her first delivery, and she was in hard labor for almost a half hour before delivering
the first kid. Her babies were quite large (almost four pounds each), and she needed a little assistance with the first
kid, but she delivered the second kid twenty minutes later completely on her own. She is a "natural"
Mom and cleaned up her kids and started nursing them immediately. For a first freshener, her udder is smaller than the
other two does, but capacious and well attached. Mom and kids are doing great!
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| Belle and her Triplets |
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| Lucy and her Twins |
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| Emma and her Twins |
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