Welcome to our 2nd goat family:
Early Friday morning, two more newborns made their appearance. I neglected to report in my posting earlier this week that our farm took in not one but two female goats (Note: A female goat can be called a nanny or a doe.) that were both rescue animals and yes, the 2nd sister from another mister, was also pregnant. Our hard-working volunteers prepared another box stall for the impending arrival and the healthy, black & white kids were born around 6AM.
Got goat's milk?
The proud new momma & kids are doing just fine, thank you and the kids' main food source right now is her mother's milk that the little ones are enjoying in the photos. The first milk these newborns receive from their mother is rich in colostrum that helps protect them from things in the barn & from the other animals that could make them sick--it's a germy world out there.
Photo credits: Thanks to my fellow farm volunteer Demerise for sharing the 2 photos in this post.
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