Our pregnant goat, Janet gave birth to three healthy kids April 13th! We lost one of the babies two days later because the mama rejected it. Then a week later, April 20th, our other female goat, Judy gave birth! She was pregnant as well when we bought her! We had not known this and had been trying to breed her. We started to think she must be pregnant now but had no idea its been so long. What a surprise to find out she had been just as pregnant as Janet when we bought her! We hadn't payed for a pregnant goat but that's what we got. We are so excited for the goat milk program and to see how already God is multiplying our efforts. The mama's have not had enough nutrition throughout their pregnancy for us to be able to milk them and have milk for their babies. We even had to bottle feed Judy's smallest baby so she would not reject it until she was producing enough milk and he was strong enough to fight for it. We have planted the back field with goat friendly foliage and have just completed goat milk booklets on the nutrition of goats milk and tips for raising goats for better milk production. We just purchased materials to build a fence for the goats. Right now they stay in the chicken coop at night to protect the kids from dogs.
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| Our first kids: Chocolat and Rire |
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| Fritz and Cayil's daughter Witleen |
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| Janet with Candice and the kids of Cayil, our animal caretaker. |
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| Judy with her kids: Clovs and Yona |
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