This is Alicia's story, but she has to go to work so I'll tell the beginning.
Alicia started to leave for work this morning and heard a new bleat from the goat barn - she went in and Gretta had given birth sometime this morning. the kids were all dry by the time Alicia found them so they are several hours old. She found one outside that was really cold so she and I took turns warming it up and then Ruthie came over and taught that one how to nurse and then Alicia taught the others and then Gretta started paying more attention and was nuzzling and licking them all.
when we first went in, she was just standing there sort of in shock - like "WHAT JUST HAPPENED ? ? ? " But after we worked with her a bit, she picked it right back up again and was doing her job. this is her third litter we think - first one for us - so she probably knows more about what to do than we do.
Anyway - we took pictures which Alicia will post tonight. We have 3 girls and 1 boy. Their names are from Desperate Housewives: Bree, Susan, and Edie. Ben wanted us to name one of the goats after him, but we are sort of planning to eat the boy goat, so Ben should let us know if he still wants us to name it after him.
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They didn't name the boy mike? Oh well, I love that you named them after the desperate housewives, and that they are all goats!
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