Chloe’s Girls

Photo of Nigerian Dwarf Doelings

Chloe delivered twin doelings Friday afternoon. While both girls are technically buckskin in color, they are very ChloeAndConfettiWebdifferent in the way they look. The littlest one is a miniature model of Chloe herself, mostly dark with a few white specks. The bigger sister is mostly white with cute little brown and black speckles.

The white twin, nicknamed “Speckles”, had some difficulty with wobbly back legs the first day but she’s looking much better today. Sometimes a kid is just scrunched up in the womb and needs time to stretch out and strengthen it’s muscles and tendons.

SpecklesBoth of these little cuties are getting lots of attention and they are loving every minute of it, just like their mom. They both love to snuggle, climb on laps and give “sniffy kisses”. I had a heck of a time trying to get photos because as soon as I’d lie down to get on their level, they’d come running over to say hi. I finally had to recruit Kati to help distract them long enough to get some photos!

 

Kati, Confetti & Speckles

 

 

 

The Two Annabelles

I remember when we brought home Chloe and her baby. The first order of business was to name the sweet little doeling. Considering her registered name was Liberty Star Acres Annabelle, it probably seems like Annabelle would have been the obvious choice. But we already had an Annabelle-a beautiful, extremely rare American Milking Devon calf. So our little doeling became “Dolly”.

This year our two Annabelles coordinated their efforts and both presented us with babies on Sunday, just hours apart. Annabelle the cow delivered a healthy, friendly heifer calf and Annabelle the goat (Dolly) delivered bouncing twin bucklings.American Milkng Devon cow with Hereford cross calf

 

It was truly a Sunday filled with blessings of the sweetest kind!

Nigerian Dwarf Buckling

Clayton with Despereaux

 

2015 Kidding Season Begins

Stormstruck's 2015 Doeling
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Cabochon DJ Windstorm

Stormstruck blessed us with a beautiful moonspotted buckskin doeling today. She weighed in at 3.5 lbs and was up walking around and nursing quickly. Stormstruck is proving to be a very attentive young mother and we’re quite proud of her. The birth was attended by Kati, 11, and Clayton, 14. Mom provided moral support on the phone on the way home from work and everything went well. This was the first birth the (human) kids were in charge of and they can be proud of their work. We’re especially grateful for this healthy little girl because Hurricane delivered a premature buckling on Wednesday night that was much too small and despite our best efforts he passed away. His loss reminds us what a miracle life is and that a healthy baby is always a blessing to be celebrated. Nursing Doeling