Fulford Farm's Kidding Thread- 2 more boys.

[rebelINny]

yay for doelings!

 

[fanov8]

Thanks guys! I'll try to get some more pictures tomorrow. They sure are tiny little ones. I think they may have been a couple days early. The smaller one still has pretty soft hooves. And her teeth are barely through the skin. Matter of fact that took about an hour after she was born for them to come through. They are both doing amazing! The smaller one is eating like a champ! Mom is doing good but wants nothing to do with them. She cleaned them up but once they wanted to nurse she decided enough was enough. She was head butting them and slamming them against the walls so I had to step in. I got her on the milk stand and got a quart of colostrum from her. She did really well on the stand considering this was her first freshening. Oh! And given when she had them that tells me she wasn't bred to the buck I intended for her to be bred to. Which is perfectly fine, just not expected. That's why I couldn't figure out why she was going so early! She should have been due March 5 at the earliest had she been bred to Bandit. I remember taking Chunk out in the middle of September. I just didn't think he was ready to breed yet, he was 5 months old and showed zero interest. Obviously just not when I was looking! The twist to this story is that we lost Chunk about 2 months ago. Not sure what happened, he was fine one day and the next day I found him dead. It was heartbreaking! My poor kids were devestated. He was the only bottle baby we had last year and was such a love bug! When my 7 yr old came in the barn today and saw them she squealed and said, "Oh!!! She had little Chunks!!!" It was priceless! They do look just like him! Anyhow, more pics tomorrow!

 

[Sweetened]

Congratulations! Look like BIG babies, Im surprised you say small! Pictures are deceptive though

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

Awwww!!! That is just precious! !! I am so glad you have a piece if your baby boy.
My buck got my 2yr old doe at whopping 4 months! A friend of minehad a just over 2month old buck get a 8month old doe! Have to watch those boys!

My first thought was Chunky Munkey ice cream! So cute!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Love them! Lamancha babies are soooo cute! Love those lil ears!

Congrats!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Are they keepers?

 

[fanov8]

Lol, we have a terrible habit of all the girls being "keepers"

 

[fanov8]

I still have 5-6 girls to kid. I think 5 of them are due in the next 2-3 weeks. But atleast I have a little break before then!

 

[fanov8]

Ok so I weighed the babies. The biggest weighs 5# and the smaller one weighs 3 3/4 #. So to me that's tiny. Our smallest last year was 5 1/2# and I thought she was the tiniest thing! Both ate still doing great today! I didn't get a chance to get any more pictures though. It's been a busy day!

ETA pics of the parents from this summer. Here is Chunk earlier this summer. And in the second picture Twister is the darker doe in the middle, her dam is the one on the left.

 

[rebelINny]

Nice looking goats!