It seems I am having a "2 outta 3" kind of week. First, I am driving on 2 out of 3 new tires because Mr Farmhand thought he was being clever hiding one on the spare....THEN I got 2 out of 3 goat pens all mucked out and cleaned for the spring time today - which is a whole other post to come....THEN I got 2 out of 3 pictures taken well when I was doing the girls "pregnancy photos" today...oh well, I will be okay with 2 out of 3. Like, for example, if I get 3 kids when the goats pop next month and 2 out of 3 are girls, I will be happy :)
What? When the goats pop? What's all that about you ask??? Well, my saanen does Pomegranate and Lucy are due May 4th to kid!!! Oh yes, SOOOO excited! Lucy is bred to Starmaker for cross babies (part nubian) and Pom is bred to Crisco for all saanen kids! I am REALLY hoping for one girl AT LEAST from each as they both gave me BOYS last year!
First, Pomegranate:
From the side it's not too bad huh? Now look at a birds eye view of that gut!
Yup, she is one wide load! Got good fetal movement and udder building going on and I am getting excited! Then, we have Lucy, my Lu Goose, my sweet girl (who is actually a mega bitch when she is bred!)
Of course she has perfected the art of laying on the side where the babies are at - but she's still pretty big!
With a face that sweet you would never guess in a million years she has been out there tossing the nubians around for weeks now! She won't let any other goats get near me - so jealous! She was like that last year too...it's always a good sign she is bred when she gets SUPER mean since she is normally very laid back! Also, see that dirt on her shoulder? She was helping me clean the pen today by knocking stuff like my rake over - what a peach right? But I love her Sooooo much!
So yes, excitement is starting to build, babies are on the way! Just a few short weeks and they will be here! Usually I have names all picked out by now, but I have fallen behind :( I've been so busy making and naming SOAP that I haven't gotten to goat names yet! Hmmmm....it's a "D" year - AGDA thing, I'll explain later when I remember haha! Anyways, I name kids using the year is for ADGA...so "D" names...someone toss a few my way!
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