Our new "kid"

We came home on Sunday from morning service at church and David noticed Eddie (the male goat) was "peaking" in the shelter....... not usual behavior for him :) So without saying much he asked me to get the kids in and that he was going to check on the goats. Since he'd just built a gate for them the day before I assumed he was checking to make sure it was holding up well. A few minutes later Brianna came in sounding a tad frantic and said dad needed me.......... since I'd seen Chloe (momma goat) laying down the night before breathing like she might be in the start of labor I thought it was probably related to that! Sure enough she'd given birth JUST before we got there! She hadn't even fully delivered the placenta yet so we knew it had all been recent :) The baby was of course quite messy but momma was doing a great job getting her all cleaned up. So here are pictures of her, probably less than an hour old!! Mom and baby appear to be doing great and it looks like we'll be getting a wether (castrated male) so Eddie won't be lonely ;) Goats milk anyone ??






It was so cute, though the kids were fascinated by it all they were a bit grossed out by the placenta ..........Micah thought it was poo :)