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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: smithycraft on May 01, 2012, 08:17:41 pm

Title: Just born
Post by: smithycraft on May 01, 2012, 08:17:41 pm

My Lily goat gave birth at 6pm this evening to 2 lovely kids, one boy, one girl.

After all the trauma of lambing, it was a piece of cake and all over quickly with very little help from me.  This is her first time, although she was a maiden milker.

I was surprised by the different colours of the kids.

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/shallywells/bothkids.jpg)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/shallywells/brownkid.jpg)
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d41/shallywells/blackkid.jpg)

Title: Re: Just born
Post by: countrywoman on May 01, 2012, 08:19:16 pm

Congratulations, they look lovely!

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Post by: Mammyshaz on May 01, 2012, 08:22:06 pm

 :love:  :love: both beauties. Mum looks a sweety too. Congratulations

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Post by: little blue on May 01, 2012, 08:46:36 pm

what little beauties!

Is Dad a toggenburg, or cross?

Title: Re: Just born
Post by: smithycraft on May 01, 2012, 08:59:25 pm

Lily's mother is a toggenburg.   I'm hoping she's pregnant and should be due in about 8 weeks.

Not sure what the kid's father is but he looks exactly like the black one,  only bigger :D.

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Post by: Anke on May 01, 2012, 09:37:11 pm

Now where does the brown coat clour come from  ???, any Golden Guernsey in the family tree?

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Post by: NormandyMary on May 01, 2012, 09:43:42 pm

They are beautiful beautiful babies. Congratulations!!

Title: Re: Just born
Post by: smithycraft on May 01, 2012, 10:06:46 pm

No Golden Guernseys that I know of.  Lily's father looked more like a Saanen but I don't know for sure.

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on May 01, 2012, 11:11:58 pm

They are gorgeous.  Congratulations.

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Post by: Roxy on May 02, 2012, 11:46:49 am

They are gorgeous!!  Lily has some horns on her for a female!!  Although I had an old Toggenburg who came to live with me for her last few years and her horns were enormous too.

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Post by: poppy2012 on May 02, 2012, 10:18:45 pm

such amazing pictures, congratlations :)

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Post by: jaykay on May 02, 2012, 10:23:12 pm

Sooooo pretty  :love: