New life on the farm, part II

Just born!




Baby #1



Baby #2

This is snowflake, our baby that was born a few weeks ago.

First thing this morning, Scott came in saying that our other goat, Pepper, was definitely in labor.

So, we bundled up and headed out to watch the excitement.

Sure enough, there was part of a baby starting to be born!! We watched it happen and it was beautiful - yes, even the birth of a goat was quite a sight to behold.

Simultaneously, there drove up a huge backhoe to dig a gigantic hole next to the house for our in ground storm shelter. Another big piece of excitement for the kids! Before long, there was a huge pile of dirt to play on. So back and forth we went - answering questions from the guy digging the hole and birthing goats. Goats with an s! She had twins! They are so cute. I am a little worried about them though. Her teats are the size of Route44 big drinks from Sonic and the poor little things cannot nurse. Scott has been having to go out there every few hours and squirt milk into their mouths. They went all day today without any milk, because I could not catch the momma goat even though they were in a small pen.

Anyway, the next feeding is at midnight!?!?! Nothin' like farm livin'

So much for school today. A lesson in animal husbandry and ditch digging.

The kids had a lot of fun watching this big hole being dug and playing in the dirt upheaval!