We have a nest camera in the barn over the two stalls we have been using for kidding. One doe is in the stall on the right because she is close to her due date and we are watching her. The other doe has a couple of kids that were born last Thursday. I got to do my first assist that night when the little buck came out one foot and tail first. That was scary. I don't think I hurt her but she is being very quiet. She has not felt like doing much till today. In fact she didn't want to be out of close range of her babies at all. So I was surprised when Bennie told me he had let them out for a bit.
I was really surprised when I brought up my camera from work to check on the pregnant doe and a saw my tiny tiny little doeling trying jump up on Cal Pernia the pregnant doe. She did it not once but three times. That caused more movement from Cal Pernia than I have seen in a while. She shot up and chased that little girl out of the stall and I did not spot either of them for several minutes. Apparently, Bennie had decided to give the quiet ones the run of the barn aisle for the afternoon. The doeling was fine, but I did have a scare. In the picture below the babies are in their stall and mom is visiting Cal Pernia with the little girl asleep on the ledge. So they must have worked out.
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Melinda and Bennie PepperWe work in technology but are homesteaders at heart. We're trying to set up our homestead with productive systems that are sustainable. We have Nigerian Dwarf goats and chickens and are trying to garden and raise fruit trees. Archives
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