So fun to wake up this morning, look out Faegan's bedroom window into the backyard and see Scott still home and striding across the lawn. Hooray! he was so happy to announce that our sweet goat Cassie had given birth to two kids.
What an exciting moment for our family, this being the first birth we've experienced as new farmers. Not only are we blessed with two very cute little kids, we will soon be in the milk as well which is great because I miss having access to organic, raw milk. Guess I better brush up on my milking skills, and my enthusiasm for this daily task.
Before I keep gushing about his wonderful event, I must fill you in on the circumstances which led to this joyous occasion.
So our little brood of goats arrived at Spruce Hill Farm way back last spring as a threesome, Cassie and her two kids whom we named Buck and Nola. Now Buck was the male and he was still a youngster, but we knew we had to keep an eye on him as he matured so that he wouldn't try and mate with his mommy or sister. Time passed and so eventually did Buck. As late winter rolled around we made arrangements with a local farmer to have our Cassie date her buck for a little while in hopes of getting her pregnant. Time passed there as well and no luck hooking those two goats up no matter how long we left her there! So, we disappointedly brought Cassie home, only to discover that she was already pregnant, very pregnant too. Looks like Buck left a little of himself behind...
Apparently this is deemed a "terminal cross" which isn't a problem genetically unless it unexpectedly happens again within the family. Which could very well happen because I think we have two new boys in the family.
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