Windy’s Girls

It’s been a busy summer and I haven’t found time to post a new blog lately. I guess that’s what happens when kidding season extends into the summer!

Windy kidded the evening of June 6th with 4 tiny chamoisee doelings. We were surprised and delighted by such a large number of kids from a yearling first freshener.  Windy was being a very good mother to them but unfortunately the weather was horrible-dipping down to 40* the day after they were born and then climbing into the 90s with high humidity.  Sadly, we lost two of the babies to weather-induced pneumonia after an all out battle to save them. It was a heartbreaking loss, but we are thankful that two of the sisters survived and have gone on to thrive.

Windstorm (Windy) is Kati’s goat and Kati is a fan of the youth book series Warriors, about the adventures of clans of feral cats. So Kati picked a Warriors theme for Windy’s kids who will all be named after characters from the books.  So without further ado, I introduce Briarlight and Mapleshade…