Baby Goats

......I guess I am a sucker! I went to look at some goats the other evening. The pictures posted on the internet looked alright so I thought I would take a gander at them.

We got there and it was so sad. Both of the mature does literally looked like a bag of bones. They were lethargic and had the runs. The buck didn't look much better and he had a bad foot on top of all of that. There were three little doelings with the youngest being about a month old and the other two being about 2 months old. These poor babies are not much bigger than my newborns. Their hair coats are rough and their bellies are huge. They look like little starving orphans from a third world country. :(

Well.......I guess Chrys couldn't stand it either (he really is a softy :) ). We just didn't have a place to keep the older three separated from the herd and honestly, at least one of the does may not have made it through the night. We did go ahead and bring the three little doelings home with us. They have their own little deluxe accommodations in the barn with an outside pen and a fan plugged in to give them a breeze inside.

We started the de-worming ritual on them when we brought them home. They have received their shots and now have all of the hay, weeds and grain that they want to eat. I am giving them a bottle twice a day, but I guess they as so used to not getting enough that they don't drink much. My normal babies would be drinking a gallon per day "each" and these little girls are not quite drinking a gallon between the three of them.

Oh! They have names now too! :)
The smallest one is Jersey
The biggest one is Penny
and the middle one is Aurora

I don't have pictures yet but I guess I need to post some on here so that when these girls are big and beautiful that we can all see the difference.