Whimsey with her boys a few hours after giving birth
Whimsey was due on January 19th and she ended up having her babies on the 22nd. I was able to be present during the births last year and wanted to be again this year so once her due date arrived I made sure to check on her every few hours even through the night.
The night of January 21st she did fine through the middle of the night. I did notice that she had some discharge but she wasn't doing any of the usual things goats do before giving birth, like "digging" or "nesting" on the ground or stretching.
So the morning of January 22nd, I checked her at 6:15am and saw no changes in her so off I went to drive the kids to school. Once I came back I went down to do the morning chores of feeding all the animals.
I always look in the window to see where everyone is before I open the door and there she was with both babies on the barn floor and her being a great mama cleaning them up.
I was in SHOCK, LOL.
I helped her clean the off and moved mama and babies into the birthing pen so she could be alone with them to learn how to be a mother, since this was her first time, and to bond with her babies.
This was when I found out what she had, 2 BOYS.
Whimsey's boys only a few hours old
Whimsey is a natural at being a mother and loves her babies and takes very good care of them. The boys are doing so well. They love attention and being held. They really like just snuggling with someone while being held.
They are already running and jumping around in the barn. They have only taken a few steps outside of the barn, they are a little weary of the outside world still.
Whimsey's Boy #1 who we name Allen
Whimsey's Boy #2 who we name Sam
I really hope we can find wonderful homes for these two sweet boys.
We can't forget to mention that Brady is the sire (daddy) to these handsome boys.
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