Finally Babies!

[CountryHaven]

I finally got the first of the babies! Noon today my little Spanish/Boer x doe went into labor (ate the whole time,kept grabbing hay between contractions. lol). Had to pull the first, it was Really tight so I thought it was just a big singlton but no there came the second. Well only one foot! Ended up in the straw pushed the baby back in and was up to my elbow in the doe. Got her repositioned and had to pull her too. I'm so thrilled. We got a buck and a doe.





ps these were taken the moment they hit the ground with my camera phone so not so great pics

[Minelson]

Congratulations! Boy what a day for you...you should be so proud

[CountryHaven]

Thanks Minelson... more relieved than proud. Just happy it worked out well and both babies and momma are doing good. I still am sitting here laughing at how she was eating while she was in labor, and when she was done, she got up, licked the kids and got them up nursing, and went right back to eating. She's hilarious. I was just in there checking on them all a few minutes ago, and ... still eating.

[CountryHaven]

I'm just so thrilled with these two. They are doing great this morning, and first-time mom is being a great mom. Can't ask for more than that. I still had a hard time getting a good pic of the little doeling, either she was eating, or moving around too much and making blurring pics. It's just dark enough in there that I needed to use the night setting on my camera instead of the action one. If I could have gotten decent light on the pictures and used the action one I could have had some nicer doeling pics.

Buck--we're calling him Bubba for now.


The best pic of the doeling I could get--eating of course (come to think of it, considering how mom was during labor, maybe she just is taking after momma and never gonna stop eating). We were going to call her 'Leap of Faith' since she was born on leap day, but I was joking around with my son and said boy, what a knock out, and he said yeah, it was a lucky punch. I thought that was perfect, since leap day is also supposed to be lucky, her name is gonna be 'Lucky Punch' (I think anyway, lol).


The two of them-Bubba was trying to get his sister to let him have at the bar, she was being a pig, and he hasn't figured out there are two spigots yet, haha.

[Sher]

Cute CountryHaven! WOW..that little buck is nice and wide in his chest. Thanks for sharing!

[CountryHaven]

Thanks Sher, They are getting friendly already, I was in there a little while ago just to check on them and they came hoping over, lol. Too darned cute.