This morning at 5:30 I was awoken by a bellowing doe. Ming was having her kids! She had twin boys, both are really nice looking, beautiful coloring and cute ears. Just after that was done, Speckles, the dairy doe was having her twins. So I ran across the yard to the dairy side of things and watched Speckles have her two. Actually I got there just after she had the second one. A boy and a girl. Both are huge and strong, healthy babies. No wonder she looked so big with those two in there!
Luna had her boy around 2 pm, then Heather had a boy around 3 pm. Just before feeding time, at 5 pm, Oksana had a boy. Lots of boys this year! So far there have been 15 kids born, but I lost one. Little Oscar died sometime in the night two days after he was born. I went out to feed in the morning and here he was laying in the spool house dead, with Olive standing beside him. Bummer! I don't know what he died from. He hadn't seemed quite right from the beginning, but I couldn't see anything wrong, he just seemed "off" for some reason. He must have had something internal going on. At least Olive is alive and well. She's a playful kid, more than the other ones, so far. Out of the 14 live kids, there are 9 boys and 5 girls. Shades of brown are the dominant color. As soon as I get pictures of everyone, I'll post them on here. Now there are 5 more does to go, and it will be all over for this year. Two more are due this week, then one in late April, mid May and mid June.
Today was a long day! I should sleep good tonight. No one is due to kid till Wednesday, so I hope I get a good night's sleep tonight anyway. I'll have pictures up soon....
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