Sunday, March 8, 2009

Kidding Season Has Begun!





Well, it's official - kidding season has begun at Four Seasons Farm.  We were expecting one of our Saanens to kid yesterday, but that has not happened yet.  We actually had a surprise today.  We were in the house, both doing our own thing around 5 PM when we heard a grunt on the "baby cam".  This is quite alarming because we did not have anyone in the kidding pens to watch!  Both Chris and I rushed out to the barn expecting the Saanen that was due on Saturday to be in labor.  To our surprise - Lynn, one of our Nubians - had given birth to 1 baby and was cleaning him off!  This was a complete surprise because Lynn was not due until Tuesday!  Just to keep us on our toes, she decided to give birth to 3 babies - that's right, TRIPLETS!  She had 2 beautiful bucks and 1 very cute doe.  Everyone is doing well, and we are excited that kidding season has begun!  Now, Chris is taking a nap until the midnight feeding, and I am staying up to get some work done that I have a deadline for tomorrow.  Anytime you want to volunteer for the midnight shift, just let us know!  See you soon!

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