Monday, October 3, 2011

On the possibility of baby goats

We bred Bugger to Mr. Pee-pee face in late spring/early summer. At first she seemed to be carrying, but then it looked as if she wasn't so we just assumed that she wasn't pregnant. But as Jed and I noticed yesterday, her utters seemed to have elongated and her milk ducts seem to be filling in. Sooo, our little girl might be pregnant and she might be getting to deliver some time soon. If so, that means milk (Yaaay! even though I would be unable to drink any due to Ivan.) and more baby goats. We haven't noticed any difference in Uni-goat so we'll see if we might just have to get her bred again. And as an update for those who don't get to visit often. Here is the update on our goats: Big goat - eaten, Ramses - eaten, Rosie - donated to neighbors for letting us breed our goats to their Mr. Pee-pee face, Bugger - still on the homestead and possibly pregnant, and Uni-goat (previously Lucy) who is probably not pregnant but who we hope to breed soon. We've also decided that we wish to keep our number of goats on the property pretty low as they have a tendency to be the most destructive to our plant life. So we'll be keeping our number down to 2 does, depending on how much milk they give us.

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