Eleven
I noticed last week that Eleven had a lump on her neck. I watched it for a day, it grew. It felt like an abscess so I called our wonderful […]
Tag Archives: dairy goats
Dave
This is Dave He is an Anglo-nubian buck who has already fathered a few kids. He is hopefully going to be the baby-daddy for next year’s kids and thus is […]
Last Dance
Yesterday was a glorious day and the baby goats spent it outdoors playing on the climbing objects and dancing. This was good, because as fate would have it, it was […]
Good Friends Get It Sorted
I remembered two important things yesterday: dog metacam is good for inflammation and pain relief in goats, if you can’t get to a vet; positive encouragement from a friend can […]
Be Prepared ….
It might look at times as if I am over-prepared – what with the little goat coats in two different sizes, the bottles of ewe boost, tubs of glucose and […]
Goat Gymnastics
It’s been weeks since there has been a baby goat update here – sorry – there are more regular updates on the goats on my instagram account. Anyway, all three […]
Goats in Coats
I had bought the coats, so it was inevitable that the baby goats would wear the coats. Obviously the coats will fit the goats only for a few days, but […]
Hindsight
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Last night I got up at 2am to check on the babies – they were fine. I then checked at 7am. All was going well. […]
And Then There were Eleven
Between the 2am and 4am checks Elsie had triplets. There was no sign when I checked just before 2, but when James went at 4.15 there were 3 new little […]
Waiting
A long day teaching in London followed by a night waiting for Elsie to kid. I thought she was close to giving birth when I left yesterday as her ligaments […]
