Poppy, our mother goat, is not too sure yet about what just happened to her. She is resisting milking, she is a lot more friendly with us, which is surprising considering the fight she gives at every milking. She does not recognize her kids, she walks away from them, even appearing scared by them. So we are left with bottle feeding the babies. Obviously, my family hates the experience, as we can see in the pictures below...
Kristen got the kids from their "brooder", while the milk was warming up:
Kristen getting the boy ready:
Kristen is feeding the boy under Mattias' watchful eyes ...
... while Karen is feeding the girl:
Poppy the mother is doing well, and her milk production is slowly increasing. There is barely enough to feed the kids at this point, but we did take a seep of her milk, and it tastes very good.
They sure have long ears. Tell me again what kind of goat they are.
ReplyDeleteThey are Nubians, they are supposed to be good milkers, and mine appears to be. They are also supposed to be noisy, and mine definitely is. They look like the ideal dairy animal for a 5 acre homestead.
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