Baby goats at last

After weeks of waiting Biscuit has had her kids at last.   Goats are pregnant for five months, it seemed a lot longer than that for Biscuit.   We don’t know exactly when she was mated so could not be sure about the date.   There were a lot of false alarms – Biscuit is a ‘no kidding’ expert!   She kept having a tummy ache and getting up and down, all signs that birthing is imminent and we’d be standing by with hot water and clean towels and iodine ……. and then nothing would happen.    Her tummy has been bulging for over a month, we thought she would burst in the last few days.    She’s had milk for the last month so this was quite a production.

On Saturday she was a little different in her attitude, she kept rolling her eyes and saying that she didn’t want to go out.   Alright then Biscuit, we’ll leave you on your own for a bit.   Within a couple of hours this gentle mommy goat had produced two kids and was fussing them and licking them clean  – Why were you worrying?   It was no bother at all.   They’re both boys and they are just beautiful.