Spring has Sprung with Baby Goat Fun!!

Natural siblings...plenty of fighting and plenty of making up!

"Woe did you see that!?"

I just LOVE her face!! 

Look at those blue eyes!

Run little Goat Run!!

Video Nigerian Dwarf Goat Kids Playing

Does it get any cuter than this!? I set up these logs for the little ones to play on and they sure do love it! They are only 2 weeks old and just full of energy! I love the sound of their little hoofs on the logs and the walkway.  

Goat Playset...just a few logs!

 King of the mountain...or in this case its Queen of the Log!

She prevails!

As the boys fight it out she remains on the highest log...She eventually laid down to take a nap cause no one was challenging her. 

 Stickin her tongue out at the camera!

Just a little bit of goat fun!

I adore these little baby goats! I could sit outside and watch them play all day! Well, actually I couldnt because they sleep alot of the time. But then every once in a while they take off through the yard and play for a while!!

They are so curious!

They sneak through the fence to come play in the yard and then scurry back through when they want a little milk or rest!

My Niece Laken

Here is my niece Laken. She is SO ridiculously photogenic! I love taking pictures of her. 

She has also recently decided that when she grows up, she wants to "have a farm like Aunt Abby". 

Goat time! Baby Goat Pictures are so FUN!!

 Henry and Addie wanted to build the goats a playground...so they did! There are boards and ramps all over the place! The little baby goats absolutely love it! Now Peaches and Poppy seem quite annoyed by the "playground", its quite funny. They just go off to another part of the yard and lay under the tree...I call it "Mommy goat time". 

This little buckling is hilarious! He will make a great service buck for anyone wanting to start a Nigerian Dwarf herd. He already prances around like he owns the place ;)

Who wants to snuggle a baby goat!! I DO I DO!!

Addie couldn't be happier!! She adores all these new little babies!

 I have to make sure to keep the goat barn cleaned out with fresh hay quite regularly...not necessarily for my goats, but for my kids! They are constantly climbing in there to hold the babies!

Henry has named this little guy "Zoomer"...wish we could keep little Zoomer, but he will be going to another home soon. Now I completely understand why people end up with a ton of goats...you just want to keep them ALL!!

Its like a Kitten...you just want to hold and snuggle them all the time!!

Now, if you knew this little boy, this picture would be ALL THE MORE precious!!! He is all boy, full of energy and very intense...He is Grant! When he held this little goat it made my heart melt. He snuggled it close and was so sweet! Of course that didnt last long and he was off running with Henry in no time! But my goodness, does it get any more precious than this!!??!

 And his dear sister Taylor!

Peaches had her babies!!! 1 Doeling and 1 Buckling April 17, 2012

 I seriously dont think there is a more precious goat than my little Peachy Peach. I just love how sweet and affectionate she is...as well as being a fabulous milker and excellent mommy!

Last tuesday Peach was acting mighty uncomfortable and I knew she was quickly approaching the birth of her babies. I talk to our breeder who told me that is she is showing all the signs of labor then I could go ahead and give her "Magic Goat formula" (1 part molasses, 1 part oil, 2 parts corn syrup)...the sugar gives a boost to the system as well as the added energy to go into labor. After giving her the formula it was only a few hours and she was hunkered down in the barn ready to deliver her babies. 

Now let me add here how drastically different Peaches and Poppy are during birth...Poppy sure wants everyone and I mean everyone in the world to know that she is in pain and about to give birth. Then there is Peach, just so extremely quiet! She only cried out a few times and that was in the moments she was pushing out the babies. I sat with her just about all weekend to make sure I was there to help her if there were any complications. After the events of last year I didnt want her to be all alone and end up loosing one of her babies. So finally the moment was here...as were some of our friends who were intensely excited to see their first goat birth!!

 Peach did great!! The first baby to come out was a little white and black female with blue eyes! This baby was by no means small!! I was so shocked at how big she was and within a few seconds that tiny little baby was up walking around...seconds!! She is so extremely strong! She was heading for milk from mommy before Peach even had a chance to push out baby #2! Within 5 minutes her second baby was here and it was a precious little tri-colored blue eyed male!

 I have never seen such a precious bond between an animal and her babies! Peach just LOVES these 2 little goats! And Ill be honest, I just about cried too! Shes had her babies almost a week and hasnt let them out of her sight! Whereas Poppy makes an escape and hides every chance she can get...but she also has 4 babies runnin after her for milk and Peach only has the 2. 

My friend Rebecca took the above birthing pictures and she did a FABULOUS job! She took some amazing/shocking but VERY impressive pictures of the actual birth...I wont post those on the blog though ;)

Here they are!!!! This picture was taken the morning after they were born...just SO soft and adorable!

This little buckling was sold immediately! A family snatched him up right away to be there startup herds service buck. 

 He has absolutely beautiful coloration and just a precious temperament...like his mamma!

 Then there is this gorgeous doeling!! She is so wonderful! I love her coloration and her cute pink nose...not to mention she has blue eyes and is polled (no horns and will never grow horns). 

I couldnt be happier for my little Peachy Peach!