The morning after the episode of finding lice on Cherokee and taking precautionary measures, so the other goats wouldn't get them, Grommette's udder filled up. I called some friends who had asked me to please let them come over and watch a kidding and set up all the articles needed for a birthing. At 10:00, Grommette began pushing, just as my friends showed up. The birth went uneventfully, for which I was thankful and a couple hours later, my friends went home. They had really enjoyed the birth & had learned a lot. Grommette had three kids in quick succession. Two boys and a girl. The girl we named Gloria, the boys Granite and Gopher. Some things that I have observed with Grommette are that she always gives birth 3 days late and at 10:00 am & that two babies are almost identical and the third is different! When my friend's were leaving, I checked Kasaw out, who was due one day after Grommette, and her udder was filling up!!! I moved some older babies into a pen that used to be occupied with chickens, moved Grommette and her youngens into the pen that the older kids were, and got the birthing stall ready for Kasaw...

Grommettes Birth -

Grommette had a nice easy birth. This time I was there to see it. When I could tell that she was ready to begin pushing, I called Mom out to see the babies be born. Grommette quickly pushed out two girls and a boy. One of the girls was pure black that I named Bitty. The other girl was named Blossom & the boy, Bobby.

Suzie's birth-

Suzie started labor early in the morning & pushed out her girl and boy in early afternoon. She had a great birth.


Spice's birth-


I could tell that Spice was going to have her baby soon. Mom called us in to eat & while I was eating, Spice went into a little ditch & had her two girls. I was watching her out the window, but Spice never did show anything that made me think that she was in labor so I missed it! We named the babies Rosemary & Clover.

Grodivia's birth-

One afternoon, Grodivia's udder was full, so I knew that it would be soon. The next morning, Grodivia would go out into the field for a while then come back into the barn then go back out. I was busy doing schoolwork, but asked Mom if I could go out with her for a couple minutes. Mom said yes. When I got out into the field with her, she turned and headed back towards the barn. I followed her and sat down beside Grodivia. Soon she laid down and began pushing. When the baby bag appeared, I ran into the house and informed Mom. When I got back outside, I found to my surprise, that Grodivia had stopped pushing & was waiting for me. As soon as she saw me, she laid down and finished pushing her boy and girl out. I named the girl Snickers & the boy Hershey.


Winter's birth-


One evening, some friends were over that had goats themselves. They were the ones that got me started in goats. Rachel mentioned to me that Winter's udder was filling with milk. I checked it and indeed it was! The next morning the udder was full, so I called some friends that had let me know that they wanted to see a goat's birth. They came over and a couple hours later, Winter was in labor. It was a start and stop labor, but eventually I saw hoofs and then the baby was born. The next girl was born soon after. We named them Spring and Autumn.



Valentine's birth-



A few days after Winter gave birth, Valentines had her babies. I didn't know when Valentines' due date was, so just kept an eye on her. The morning that she had her twin girls, I checked her udder. It was empty, so I thought that it wouldn't be for a couple more days, but I had a fleeting thought that I would miss the birth. At 2:00 p.m. I went out to check her and Birch who was late by two weeks! There was Valentines' laying near a hay feeder with two girls tucked up next to her.


Birch's birth- that same day while tending to Valentines' babies I had another thought that I was going to miss Birch's birth. I hastily pushed it away. That night Birch's udder was filling, so I set my alarm to go off every 2-3 hours. At 2:00 a.m. Birch had two babies. I got there right after the 2nd was born. I sat down on a box and began petting and drying off one of the babies. Birch lay down and began pushing. I thought that it was just the placenta, but when I looked closer, I saw ears, and eyes and a nose. Another baby!! We named the two girls Hazel and Holly & the boy Hickory.

Birch's birth-

Birch gave birth to two healthy kids on Feb. 10, 2006. I had know that she was going to give birth soon, so had locked her up Saturday night in the birthing stall. Sunday morning I went out to check on her and found to my surprise and delight that I hadn't quite missed it, but the kids would be born anytime soon. I ran into the house, grabbed up the towels, camera, and bottles, and raced back outside. The first one was born seconds after I got inside the birthing stall. The other one was born a few minutes later. She had a girl and boy. I named the girl Valentines, and the boy Valiant.

Suzie's birth-

Suzie had a little boy that I named Scamper. Since Suzie only had one and this was her first time, Mom had to pull him out. I wasn't there for this birth. We named him Scamper, because that was what he did best...running, jumping and playing all the time!!

Laritta's birth-

I had been checking on Laritta quite often throughout the day. I missed Bambi's birth, but saw the other two born. We named one Splash and her only girl, Spice. Larrita had a stillborn or Mummified baby as well. That was so sad. It was the first and only time that I have seen a stillborn.

Grommette's birth-

I knew that Grommette was going to have her babies any time, so I began checking on her every twenty minutes. At one of those times, I noticed that she was having a hard contraction, but I didn't know that I should stay with them at that point, so I went back into the house and set the timer for another 20 minutes. When the timer went off, I ran out to check on her again. This time I found her with two babies on the ground and the next one being born. Grommette had a girl and two boys. I named the girl Grodivia, because she was pure brown, the boys were named Tinder and Steel.

Mary's birth- Mary had her two boys on June 26, in the morning. The birth went well and easily. Calvin and I were the only ones that were home. He helped me wipe the babies off with a towel when they were born. We named them Marxy and Molassas.