DW got home a little before 4:00 this afternoon, and Susie's twins were doing fine.
Then she went out to check the other round ladies, and Sallie ran out to the gate with the others, expecting to be fed. Then DW heard a faint maaaaa! Sallie has twins also, this time a buckling and a doeling!
They were mostly dried off, but hadn't been born long enough to suckle. I hotfooted it home after getting the call, and we got Sallie and her kids into the same enclosed barn room where Susie is. Pictures will be along soon.
Sallie was more interested in eating than seeing to her little ones, though. And she did NOT want to stand still and let us massage the first colostrum down. Apparently she is seriously ticklish underneath (rarely lets us touch her anywhere but her back at the best of times). We finally saw the buckling nurse, but have not yet seen the doeling do so, although she is up and walking around, and crying a lot.
We are NOT wanting bottle babies! We both work day jobs in town, and for sure my building would not like barnyard animals, even the cutest baby goats, inside their building.
So I'm really, REALLY hoping that the doeling gets to nurse. we'll check again shortly.
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