~A NEW BABY GIRL~

Essie FINALLY had her baby!!!!!

It's a beautiful little girl, and my goodness...is she huge! I had to assist in the birth because for some reason Essie couldn't push her out! So I pulled the baby gently while Essie pushed and with both of us working at it...a big baby girl popped out!! We still don't have a name but I am just so relieved all of our kiddings are over (for now!). Thank the Lord!! He is miraculous!!! :)

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~Kidding Close At Hand~

These past couple days I have been closely watching Essie for any signs, and finally! Last night she had a string of discharge that prompted us to put her in our Birthing pen. This morning we woke up, I went down to check on her...no babies...but she still had a string. This string I think was a little different. I'm almost possitive that it's the mucus string, because her ligaments feel like they're either already gone or they're almost gone. Her stomach has dropped and her body looks ready for the big moment! I'm thinking that in just a few hours we might have some new additions to our goat herd!!!!!

~A Glimmer Of Hope~

Essie is getting really close! This morning her udder looked like it had grown more and ever since yesterday morning her body has begun to drop QUITE a bit! That's great news for us! Come on Essie!!!!!!!

Still Waiting

We are still waiting for Essie to show more signs. She has started to act like she's about to have babies in a couple days. It's just so hard to tell...we don't know how she's going to act. I keep waiting to see new babies down there each morning. I'm beginning to become a little impatient...I'm ready for all of our kiddings to be over so we can really start to enjoy all our new babies. :)

Waiting On Essie

Still no babies yet. It could be any day now. This is her first kidding so we really have no idea when it's going to happen or how she's going to act. With Cassidy it almost seemed like a wild goose chase. We thought for sure she'd kid before Valorie...but low and behold...just the opposite. She had her baby 11 days after Val had her's (Val kidded Feb. 10 and Cass kidded Feb 21). We also thought that Cassidy might have her babies even before Velvet had Annaliese and Genevieve (Jan. 3rd)! But boy! We were more than a month ahead of her!!! So Essie could be just the same...we might be waiting for a while! :) :) :)...

Pictures

Still trying to get some pictures posted.Might take another day or two. Our computer doesn't seem to be cooperating right now. I'm hoping I can post some pics of our goats soon. Sorry. :)

~More signs~

Essie is still showing more signs. Her back end keeps getting softer and softer. And I'm not sure, but I thought I could see a little discharge on her earlier today. I'm actually thinking that she could kid any time now. This is the perfect week for it too...there is going to be really nice weather for the beginning of this week. I really hope she has those babies born soon (or baby...we don't know yet). :)

Showing Signs

Essie is showing more signs as the time is nearing. Her bottom is getting much, much more softer and looser. I'm thinking that here in a week or so we will have some new 2009 babies! Hurry up Essie!!! :) :) :)...

Arthur And Essie

We are debating whether or not to keep Arthur. He was born just last month so it probably won't be until April or May if we decide to sell him. I would really like to see him as one of our bucks...but that would more than likely mean we would have to sell Pete (our boer buck at the time) in order to keep little Arthur. The Lord will work it all out. No signs from Essie yet except that her udder is still growing and her back end is softening. Can't wait! Come on Essie!!! :)

~Birthday "Babies"~

Here are all of the birthdays of our goats that we know:

Stardust: February 23rd 2007 parents: Cookie and Velvet

Comet and Starlight: November 28th 2007 parents: Cookie and Velvet

Jeffrey and Joey: January 28th 2008 parents: Cookie and Stardust

Skylar and Katrina: June 9th 2008 parents: Cookie and Velvet

Annaliese and Genevieve: Jan. 3rd 2009 parents Cookie and Velvet

Charlotte: February 10th 2009 parents: Pete and Valorie

Arthur: February 21st 2009 parents: Pete and Cassidy

This month Essie (one of our boer does) is due. Very soon we will hopefully have 1 to 2 more babies!!!! She is our last kidding so far that we know of right now. We've already had 4 babies born this year! I'm hoping to post some pictures soon. :)

~Introducing My Goat Farm~

I can't imagine life without my goats! They are all so sweet, loving, and cute! I have 12 goat "babies" on our farm right now...with more on the way! We started out about 4 years ago with just three pygmy goats. My dad had gotten them to keep the grass down in our lagoon (believe me... it works!), but when one of our pygmies became pregnant and had our first baby...that's when life with raising goats really began! We bought them for the lagoon, but then they became our "babies" and they haven't been in the lagoon very much since.:) We have had quite a few babies born since our first. Stardust, Comet, Starlight, Jeffrey, Joey, Skylar, Katrina, Annaliese, Genevieve, Charlotte, and Arthur are all babies our goats have birthed during the past couple years. Stardust and Starlight parted from us due to an aweful dog attack in April 2008. It was a horrific nightmare and my heart still aches for them to this day. On a lighter note, however, early last spring we began a new trend by adding a couple boer goats to our herd. We loved them so much that we bought some more that June! Since then, last month Charlotte and Arthur became our first baby boer goats...and I can't tell you how much we adore them! Both of them are from two different mothers but they are with each other a lot, so most people would think they are twins. Joey and Jeffrey also left us in October due to the fact that they were bucks and we didn't need anymore. They were sold and are hopefully in good homes. My goats mean so much to me...life would not be the same without them. :) :) :)...