IT'S A GIRL . . .
I went to the feed store today with my friend. We were on our way home and talking about how tonight was forecast to be the coldest night of the week, down to 17 degrees. I jokingly said to my friend, "You wait, there will be babies there when I get home."
All the goats had come out to the car to see if I bought them any goodies. All except Girl. I went looking for her in the loafing shed only to find her trying to dry off her new kid while keeping it out of the chilling wind that was blowing. I grabbed my sweat shirt and bundled baby up. Then the three of us made the long trek to the chicken coop where I turned on the heat lamp and got Girl and her doeling out of the wind. We cuddled and got all cozy. I got baby's sweater on her and she stopped shivering and perked right up. She is a real beauty!
I had been out with the goats about an hour. I was just getting ready to go inside when Girl started pawing at the ground and grunting. I thought she still looked kind of big! It wasn't long before baby girl #2 came along.
Girl was sooo funny. It was like she couldn't figure out what was going on. The kid came out and Girl just looked at me like "What just happened?!" (last year she only had one kid). I jumped up and tore the sac from the kid's face and she made a squeal. That was all it took. Girl literally twirled around and immediately started tending to the wee one.
Each has been dried off and their sweaters put on. Girl is attentive to each and has seen to it that each has had their turn nursing. I will get more pics up soon but now it is getting late, and cold. So, I leave Girl and her girls in the chicken coop for the night where they will be safe and warm and I retire to my nice, warm bath. TTFN from me and the girls :)
AND . . . IT's A GIRL!
All the goats had come out to the car to see if I bought them any goodies. All except Girl. I went looking for her in the loafing shed only to find her trying to dry off her new kid while keeping it out of the chilling wind that was blowing. I grabbed my sweat shirt and bundled baby up. Then the three of us made the long trek to the chicken coop where I turned on the heat lamp and got Girl and her doeling out of the wind. We cuddled and got all cozy. I got baby's sweater on her and she stopped shivering and perked right up. She is a real beauty!
I had been out with the goats about an hour. I was just getting ready to go inside when Girl started pawing at the ground and grunting. I thought she still looked kind of big! It wasn't long before baby girl #2 came along.
Girl was sooo funny. It was like she couldn't figure out what was going on. The kid came out and Girl just looked at me like "What just happened?!" (last year she only had one kid). I jumped up and tore the sac from the kid's face and she made a squeal. That was all it took. Girl literally twirled around and immediately started tending to the wee one.
BUT WAIT . . . THERE'S MORE!
Girl had just barely started drying off #2 girl when she stood up, arched her back and turned and looked behind her. A little bulge soon manifested itself as . . . can you guess? . . . little girl #3.
Each has been dried off and their sweaters put on. Girl is attentive to each and has seen to it that each has had their turn nursing. I will get more pics up soon but now it is getting late, and cold. So, I leave Girl and her girls in the chicken coop for the night where they will be safe and warm and I retire to my nice, warm bath. TTFN from me and the girls :)
posted by Kathleen Hawkins at 6:28 PM
4 Comments:
G-O-A-T----Greatest Of All Time.
Oh how I wish I could be there. It must be so fun to see all those babies in their early days. Is there really 9 kids now? They are all so stinkin' cute. One has to wonder though what on earth you are feeding them. Seems they are all having an inordinate number of babies. Keep it coming, whatever it is. Babies are never a bad thing! One more thing, is the momma's name really "Girl"? Please do tell how on earth she got a silly name like that. Hope all is well. . . Love you!
Actually there are 8 kids with this batch and yes (alas) the nanny's name is really Girl. When she and her brother were born I didn't think I would keep either of them so, as not to get attached, I just called them the little boy and the little girl. Then I fell in love with the little girl and decided to keep her. She was so used to being called Girl, (or little girl or girley girl or other variations) that the name stuck. She doesn't seem to mind though. (big sigh) That just goes to show you, name your goats! :)
I can't wait to get there and kiss them all!
BTW, Sasha, I came up with Girl's silly name! :-P Sometimes, simple is better - she's a girl, so there you go. Actually we couldn't think of a name for her for a while, so we just were calling her "girl" and it stuck. We tried several times to change it to "Pixie" without success...
Love ya!
P.S. I like your acronym Mark! You are the GOAT! Nice catch phrase I just coined. :-)
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