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A Sure Sign of Spring

3/10/2016

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This is Sally. In October of last year, Sally and her herdmates were each bred to our Lamancha buck so that in the spring, they would have babies. And we would have milk.

(Goat pregnancies last about 5 months, so the time is near for babies to be born.)

A couple of weeks ago, Calvin -- my intrepid 10 year old goat farmer -- told me that Sally wasn't eating like the rest of the goats and that she spent much of her time lying down.



This is almost always bad news.

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Fearing the worst, I went down to the barn to check her out. I did a thorough examination and could find nothing wrong with her. Her temperature was fine. Her eyelid color was nice and pink. Her poop looked normal. She wasn't in pain, and her respiration was normal. She was chewing her cud, and when offered food, she ate it with gusto.

So I concluded that she was just in the very end stages of pregnancy and didn't have the energy to fight the other goats for access to the hay feeders. And then I prayed that I was correct in my diagnosis.

This past Sunday morning, as the family was scrambling to eat breakfast, get dressed for church, and finish all the animal chores, Calvin hollered from the door: "SALLY HAD BABIES!"

Well alright then! All hands on deck in the barn!



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Three babies! That's a lot for a goat. It's not unheard of, but it certainly explains her general malaise for the past two weeks.
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All's well that ends well.

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8/23/2022 10:34:16 pm

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