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Way to go, super cute!

It felt like forever :) then my leg fell asleep and the human kids wanted to be fed so back to reality lol

Sleeping good.

Long time lurker but finally able to take tons of pictures of the kids to share bc they're home! Seems like it's been foooorrrevvveeerrrrr bc I've been researching for so long. Sorry for the incorrect color/general terminology - I'm new . It's been 2 days since the twin bucklings Cookie...

Thanks again all! I love reading about why people prefer/do this over that vice versa. Keeps my mind open to new experiences and ways to enjoy life to the fullest. And our babies are born...I said babies!!!! Twin bucks born last night, figuring out the logistics now regarding pickup. Breeder...

Thanks for your input @Goat Whisperer and thanks for sharing roll farm's post; they were both very insightful.

Good thought. I don't know if I personally could wait any longer after waiting so long lol We'd have to check with the breeder but my husband won't let me talk to him yet bc it's the breeder is also his coworker and my husband feels I am/will be overbearing with questions :)

@Latestarter that is an excellent response and makes perfect sense! Thanks so much!

If I get baby goats from the same breeder a couple months apart, would the new baby still need to be quarantined? My assumption is yes BC it's someone else's worms coming onto my pasture (think I read that somewhere). But wasn't sure if it was necessary with them being from the same farm a...

Thanks again all, definitely lots of good reading. No idea if we'll have a bottle baby but hopefully we find out soon - breeder said his dam? is expected to kid this week. He's keeping all the does, so far 4 babies and all does. I'm getting anxious so fingers crossed for a buck this time!

I guess this is the newbie in me and I can't say I've read about it before but what would be the reason to remove the kids from the doe immediately vs them nursing and weaning later? Think I've only read about removing the kid sooner when mom rejects it.

Oh my, that is heartbreaking. I am so sorry for your loss @misfitmorgan.

"9 bottle kids all at once. It wasnt really that hard." You're being modest!!! Lol. I'm curious to know what happens with your broken leg lamb. I'm lurking and learning a lot here. Yay!

Thanks so much everyone! And my apologies for not replying sooner, I thought I was set up to get flagged as others responded but guess not :) I'm so glad to hear all of your experiences, it's very reassuring and encouraging. I'm guessing once we get our first two goats - "goat math" will hit us...

I thought we got chicken math going from 6 to 21 but 74, that's really addictive chicken math lol can't say we won't end up there too though haha

Awwwww!!! Now I want lambs. Glancing through your journal and your animal's names (barbie, Elsa, diamond) sound like my human kiddos named them - some chickens now are shimmer glimmer, Leo and Raph. Future nigy wethers will be dinosaur and rainbow.

Thanks @Ponker, I'm a long time lurker so I've read that post over and over lol. I'm just really in my own head and didn't want to dive into something I couldn't handle then not be able to provide the appropriate care.