The PKs and I arrived home to see PH crouching under a tree close to the front gate. We call it the "birthing tree" because the majority of our goats like to give birth here. No idea why??
Well, Chamomile, our young doe FINALLY gave birth today. I was walking to the garden this morning, and saw her hanging out away from the herd, and she was HUGE. I swear her udder looked as big as a Jersey's, and even now her udder is huge, and she appears to have lost a lot of muscle tone in her abdomen area. I think it is because she had triplets. She is the first one of our goats to have triplets, unfortunately, one of them didn't make it. PH arrived to home to find the third one still in it's sac, and it had apparently suffocated. Poor little thing. I can't blame the mama too much, she did deliver two little girls, and I am sure she was tired by the time the third little girl arrived. Here are a few pictures.
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| Chamomile (mom) and her ALL black kid (this is NOT NORMAL) |
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| Boer kids are normally two color, white with a second (usually brown, but we have tan and black too) |
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| The other little girl |
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| Trying to stand |
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I am trying to come up with flower/plant names for these two little girls. I wanted Nightshade (for the black one) and Narcissus (white), but PD#1 thinks they are stupid names. I don't want Daisy or Rose, I want something unique, so I still might name them my choice. The name needs to fit with the Family. Bluebonnet, Violet, Chamomile, Dandelion, etc., So, I have looked up a list of flower names in English and Latin trying to find a good one. We'll discuss it tomorrow when the girls are awake.
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| Sprouted Tomato Seedlings |
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| Working the raised bed in order to plant onions |
It rained last night, not too much, more of a misting all night. Had our home school co-op meeting today. The girls really enjoyed it. Normally, I don't like going, but today was a good day. I am really NOT a morning person, and to get up and actually accomplish chores and such before leaving at the crack of dawn is not me. Okay, it wasn't the crack of dawn, but to leave at 9 a.m. felt like it. I really like teaching my Emergency Preparedness Class.
After handling the goat situation, arrived at the "house" to discover one of the goats, we are blaming Larry, had broken off the spigot and water had flooded the entire yard, which means the pump/booster pump was running a good long time. A lot of water was wasted. We should have really nice green grass in front of the house in a few weeks, if it warms up.
Everyone is tired and feeling a little blah, the change of weather always makes us a little sick. Going from 26 one day to 65 the next, our bodies don't adjust very well. The PKs went to bed much earlier than normal.
