Amanda’s Girls

Amanda decided to deliver her kids ahead of schedule, and in the middle of the night.  But I’ll forgive her the sleep deprivation she caused because she gave us two beautiful, blue eyed doelings. Unfortunately we lost a third kid when I thought she was done and ran in the house for more towels and she delivered one more but the sac didn’t break.  A difficult reminder why it’s so important to be there when kids are born. Even 5 minutes can mean the difference between joy or heartbreak.

Thankfully the two doelings are doing well and Amanda is making plenty of extra milk so I’m excited to see what this lactation brings for her.  We may be retaining one of these sassy girls as we would like to add another Casanova daughter to the herd.

 

Amanda’s Twins

Amanda delivered a pair of buck/doe twins on March 8th.  The kids were so eager to get into this world that they were both trying to come out at the same time.   A little internal intervention (much to Amanda’s displeasure) got things rearranged so the kids could come in an orderly fashion.  Both kids were good sized with the buckling weighing in at 3.7 lbs and the doeling at 3.3 lbs.

Amanda’s doeling
A couple weeks old and strutting her stuff
A very sharp boy with moon spots to boot
Baby blue eyes, just like his mamma