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Congratulations! It's always great to have a smooth kidding 
Enjoy those babies!
Enjoy those babies!
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frustratedearthmother
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Congrats!
Hens and Roos
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Congrats!
OneFineAcre
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Congrats
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Bayleaf Meadows
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Gracie weighed 3 lbs 2 oz; Ferdinand weighed 4 lbs 5 oz. Gracie has white socks on her back legs. Her overall color is a deeper brown/black. Ferdinand is more decidedly brown with a lighter moon spot on his left shoulder. They are enjoying the mild day and the sunshine.
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Weighed the twins today, a week after they were born. Ferdinand gained a pound and eleven ounces; Gracie gained two pounds and four ounces. Ferdinand is a bundle of energy, loves interacting with his humans- especially when they are serving as a mountain to climb on. Gracie prefers to snuggle and is interested in eating everything- even dirt and rotted logs (in addition to wisps of hay and mommy milk).
Southern by choice
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When we dam raised we always found the bucklings to be the first ones to be in our lap. They just seemed to be more adventurous and happy to come up and get love. The doeling seemed to want to stay closer to mamma and took longer to want to come to us. One set of twins (boy/girl) was really funny... the doeling would call to her brother and he would be out playing with the triplets and I tell ya it was like he would have this expression and manner about him that said "sorry guys, gotta go take care of my sister"... she wouldn't leave momma's side without him.
That buckling lives down the road from us and he is still the sweetest most loving guy ever.
That buckling lives down the road from us and he is still the sweetest most loving guy ever.
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Question- Does anyone have a timeline for reintroducing a dam and her kids to the herd?
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Secondly, if anyone is around Raleigh this weekend (Dec 8,9), you may enjoy the Sts. Cyril and Methodius' St. Nicholas European Marketplace at the fairgrounds! https://www.facebook.com/SaintNicholasMarket/ We're participating too with aprons, tees, totes, jewelry, mugs, plaques, boxes, puzzles, bookmarks, magnets, push toy chickens with flapping wings, pull toy jumping Nubian goats with swinging ears (we offer a discount if you want to paint your own.) We have been very busy... I think it's going to be a lot of fun!
Hens and Roos
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we probably give the doe/kids 5-7 days before putting them back with the group- we usually watch how the kids are doing as far as eating & moving around. Also weather- we can still be cold in March/April so if kids are still using the warming barrels we wait to move them.
