This week our two pregnant goats gave birth. I was there for both of them, one on Wednesday and one on Friday. First was Fennel, who gave birth to three young goats, two girls and a boy. Fava gave birth to two babies, one boy and one girl. The first birth was very smooth and the babies came out easily with almost no sounds from Fennel. Fava had a harder time with her first baby, and after a minute of huge contractions where the baby was coming out a bit and then going back in, Lyn reached out and grabbed the little legs to help deliver the boy. Fava bellowed quite a bit, but Lyn knew from a pregnancy the year before that you need to help the mother if she is having trouble – otherwise you could have a stillbirth. All babies are jumping around today and seem to have lots of energy from their mother’s milk. By next week they should have names – very exciting!
Fennel's third baby arrives
Cleaning the newborns
Two girls and one boy
Respectfully congratulating Fennel!
Fava's first baby
Yawning after all that work
With two babies
We love the goats
