Glory delivered two very nice moon spotted bucklings this afternoon. (Hmmm…I wonder if the excitement of yesterday’s ultrasound adventure helped things along?) One bucking is a very unique and lovely smoke gray color. And yes, we’ve nicknamed him “Smoke”. Maybe his brother will get tagged “Coal”?
These guys are so sweet and already loving people. They’ll snuggle up to us just as quickly as they snuggle up to their mom. They’ve even developed a fondness for being scratched at only six hours old. (Please pardon Glory’s rather scruffy look in the photo below. She’s still shedding her cashmere and we didn’t take the time to brush her off before taking photos of the kids.)
We always provide the girls with a bucket of warm molasses water after they give birth. It’s great for restoring energy and the girls always seem grateful for the offering.
This is the last kidding of the year for us. While I’m rejoicing at being able to sleep 
though the night again, (no more 1 a.m. goat checks!) it’s sad to know it will be almost a year before we have more sweet, soft, snuggly kids to dote upon. In a few short weeks we’ll be sending most of this year’s babies off to their new homes-another bittersweet time. If only we could keep a few more each year, … but we’d soon run out room so we must say goodbye to more than we’d like. It makes it just a bit easier knowing that they will be going to new homes where they will surely bring joy to others.