Babette decided to finally let her little ones see the light of day! Day 151 arrived and she started becoming talkative and wanting lots and lots of petting and loving. She decided to just keep holding off having those babies until late in the evening....
Interestingly, she labored quite happily throughout the day. Towards the end, she continued to eat and want lots of pets. We could see that she was having strong contractions, but she'd just keep her head in my lap, raise her tail, and tuck her bums, all the while standing.
Finally, she lay down and immediately pushed out a water sac, soon followed by two babies, a doe and a buck. The doe presented incorrectly, but Lexie saw the baby and Babette through it and all was well. The buck, well, he just about came flying out! The photo above shows the kids at about 30 minutes old, the doe is the right top one.
Babette is a great mom, very gentle and patient with her babies. They are all thriving and how lucky are we to be able to witness something so wonderful?!?
What beautiful kids those are - I am so glad that everything went so smoothly with her birth - that is always a relief!! happy farming!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe how quickly her labor appeared to go and how well she handled it - Babette is truly a very special doe and a wonderful mother to her babes!!
ReplyDeletethey are trmendously beautiful little ones...
ReplyDeleteCrumbs I wish I'd taken on the persona of a goat during all my labours, I might have birthed those 10lb. bruisers a little easier! What a wonderful result for you all.
ReplyDeleteMillie ^_^