New Babies! Blossom's Kids July 2016

We all went to church a bit sullen after burying Ebony's little kid the previous day.  Yet the Lord did not forget the heart of the little girl on this homestead.  When we returned we were delighted to hear tiny bleating coming from the goat pen.  Blossom had given birth to two healthy kids while we were away.

 

This came as a wonderful surprise!  I had checked Blossom before church and did not notice any definite signs of labor.  She was not in the kidding stall but the kids came anyway and were trying to stand on wobbling legs in the green grass next to the goat shed when we first saw them.

One male and one female.  Both have the buckskin coat and brown eyes like their mother.  Little girl laughter filled the farm as my girls ran about in their Sunday dresses to see the new arrivals.  I quickly moved the Momma and her kids to a clean stall so they could rest away from the butting heads of the other curious goats.

When Ebony came running at the sound of one of the kids bleating, I tried to let her adopt it, but she just sniffed it and ran away when she realized it was not hers.  I did milk Ebony today for the first time and she licked my arm the whole time and softly call to me, just like Blossom in calling her little ones.  Ebony had always been a bit stand-offish previous to her kidding.  But as we milked her and trained her on the milk stand, she warmed up to us and has become very social. 

Our two new little kids were named:  Frost and Cupcake.