Goatsplosion
Apr. 21st, 2011 12:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
captpackratI was beginning to wonder if something was wrong with one of our goats. The other two nannies had given birth several weeks ago, but Josephine still hadn't.
This afternoon I heard a high-pitched bleating noise from the barn, but the other kids were all out on the lawn. I checked out the barn and found Josephine had given birth to TRIPLETS! Two females and a male. They look quite healthy and are already starting to play.
Sheep and goats usually only have two young, three at a time is rather uncommon. That might explain the unusually long pregnancy.
That gives us a grand total of 2 males, 5 females and 1 stillborn. We're going to have to give away a few goats at some point. Including the adults, we've now got 11, and I saw our billy goat trying to mount one of the females, so there could be more on their way in a few more months.
This afternoon I heard a high-pitched bleating noise from the barn, but the other kids were all out on the lawn. I checked out the barn and found Josephine had given birth to TRIPLETS! Two females and a male. They look quite healthy and are already starting to play.
Sheep and goats usually only have two young, three at a time is rather uncommon. That might explain the unusually long pregnancy.
That gives us a grand total of 2 males, 5 females and 1 stillborn. We're going to have to give away a few goats at some point. Including the adults, we've now got 11, and I saw our billy goat trying to mount one of the females, so there could be more on their way in a few more months.
