This week we welcomed Camellia’s and Porsche’s kids into the world. Let’s just say, we should not play the lottery anytime soon. Our buck kid to doe kid ratio is currently 7 to 1.

Camellia (Camellia pedigree ) started filling up her udder for real on Tuesday and presented with a little bit of mucus discharge late on Tuesday evening. Anna spent most of the night checking on her and things did not progress in a normal fashion. She started having some bright red bleeding discharge early am, but no real contractions and we went in to check her and could feel a head but she was not completely dilated and we could not get in any further. With the abnormal signs we were seeing and the length of the labor, at 5 am we decided to call our vet out, as we were concerned about hurting her in the process of getting the kids out and felt the kids were probably in distress at this point. Camellia had aborted with CVV last year and had had a retained placenta, so we knew her delivery may not be textbook. We had given her some calcium and as we were waiting for the vet Camellia started to have some smaller contractions. Dr. Cara came and helped us deliver live triplets and one mummified fetus. We had US Camellia with potential quads, so that checks. Two bucklings and one doe kid. Camellia was bred to Carolina’s son Sawfish Crete (Crete pedigree). The kids were 9, 8 and 7 pounds, and their names are Churro, Apple Fritter and Peanut Brittle. Churro came out pretty distressed and weak, but breathing. Apple Fritter (doe) is a spunky little thing. And Peanut is catching up. Camellia is milking a gallon a day already and while a little sore, is recovering well. In hindsight, Camellia may have been slightly hypo calcemic and we should have given her calcium sooner. But we live and learn.

Porsche, Camellia’s daughter decided to have her babies on Thursday afternoon. I had a dentist appointment mid day and she was kind enough to wait for me to get home to kid. Rob and Amanda made it home from work and school just in time to welcome her two buck kids into the world. One is a broken black and tan, the other a solid black, both weighed in around 8 pounds. The have been named Smore’s and Macaroon (Rooney). Porsche (Porsche pedigree) was bred to Apollo (Apollo pedigree). Porsche is doing great after kidding.

We are happy to report all the kids are doing well, and we are grateful for that, however if someone knows how to summon the doe fairy, we would like for her to visit for Chili and Carolina, who are up next for kidding.

And, yes, there is certainly a certain color trend in our goats so far…