Friday, January 4, 2008

Jan 4th -- more new life!

Our agouti doe finally did it. She has looked pregnant for months! I found her with twins around 1:30 just before I headed out for a dentist appointment. All looked well, still wet but in the sun with momma licking them both.

What a surprise when I checked them later and found yet another one! Two white with black and one white with rusty red. At the later evening check I decided the youngest one was too weak and chilled to stay out in the goat house with momma and her sisters. So she is in for the night, for warmth and supplemental feed. We'll see tomorrow if her mother will take her back. We had a doe take back a kid last winter and were extremely grateful for that. But that was a single and this is the smallest of triplets. We shall see what tomorrow brings.

1 comment:

Walter Jeffries said...

Cutie pie!

LJB, Yes, think very short legged horses for our bigger pigs. Sometimes Ben and Will will ride the pigs - sows at least. They will be quite patient for a back rub and bagels.