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02-25-2023, 08:32 PM
Snowball is snowballing!
We scaled back this year, but we're kicking things off early! We didn't sell enough of last year's babies so we only bred three does. Snowball was accidentally bred by Clyde in late September and it looks like she'll be bringing her little ones into the world sometime in the next 15 hours or so. I secluded her in one of the sheds. We have 13 goats in the doe pen right now and Snowball hasn't done anything to alert her close-knit family that they may not be welcome to hang around during the delivery. Most does kick their older kids out a few weeks or months before the new ones are due, but Snowball loves all her kids to hang around. My concern is that she will suddenly stop loving them during delivery, and her confused family may not leave her alone easily. New kids could accidentally get trampled or ignored if mama is distracted by nosey interlopers. Molly and Dolly will be a bit distraught tonight. They are used to snuggling up tight against their warm mama, and Isabella (Snowball's kid from 2021) and Dillinger (Isabella's almost-yearling kid) are usually snuggled with them as well. As I said, it's a tight-knit family! I think Snowball will appreciate the privacy though. She seemed a bit worried about the lack of anywhere to lay down by herself. Now she has her own private palace with grass in one feeder and alfalfa in the other.
Can't wait to see what the stork brings us! Snowball makes the most gorgeous and colorful babies. Fingers crossed for boys!
We scaled back this year, but we're kicking things off early! We didn't sell enough of last year's babies so we only bred three does. Snowball was accidentally bred by Clyde in late September and it looks like she'll be bringing her little ones into the world sometime in the next 15 hours or so. I secluded her in one of the sheds. We have 13 goats in the doe pen right now and Snowball hasn't done anything to alert her close-knit family that they may not be welcome to hang around during the delivery. Most does kick their older kids out a few weeks or months before the new ones are due, but Snowball loves all her kids to hang around. My concern is that she will suddenly stop loving them during delivery, and her confused family may not leave her alone easily. New kids could accidentally get trampled or ignored if mama is distracted by nosey interlopers. Molly and Dolly will be a bit distraught tonight. They are used to snuggling up tight against their warm mama, and Isabella (Snowball's kid from 2021) and Dillinger (Isabella's almost-yearling kid) are usually snuggled with them as well. As I said, it's a tight-knit family! I think Snowball will appreciate the privacy though. She seemed a bit worried about the lack of anywhere to lay down by herself. Now she has her own private palace with grass in one feeder and alfalfa in the other.
Can't wait to see what the stork brings us! Snowball makes the most gorgeous and colorful babies. Fingers crossed for boys!