Molly finally kidded last week on Wednesday (the 3rd), wrapping up this year's kidding season in fine style with healthy, good-sized triplets. The first two were girls, as I had told Molly before taking her to be bred that I would very much like two daughters from her and Harry. I was beginning to wonder if there were only the two when Molly laid down and delivered the boy. According to one of my goat books, this is unusual, as "95% of the time" when both genders are in a kidding, the boys will be born first. All three are horned, which means I need to fire up the disbudding iron, and hope I do a better job than I did with Cocoa Puff. I'm working on switching them over to the bottle, as bottle babies are so much friendlier. The punchline here is, after over 7 weeks of refusing, yesterday morning Cocoa Puff's daughter Cinnabon decided she wanted to try the bottle.
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"Molly loves that camera -
she always thinks it is food." |
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| almost like three peas in a pod |
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| now you can see all three faces |
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