[farmmaid]

Having had goats [email protected] years I am getting too old to go to the barn every hour or stay there (I live in NY). A few years ago Aldies had a sale on monitoring cameras..$79. I bought 2 and a friend bought 1. When she did not want it anymore I bought hers, so easy to set up. Since I have 3, I can set them to rotate to 3 stalls on 10 seconds per area. I can also set the dial to monitor just one stall. LOVE the cameras, picture is as if you were in the barn. good for any birthing, we also have sheep.
So with lambing and kidding to start, I sit in the house, watch TV,@6 feet from the wood stove and have a second old TV hooked up to the barn cameras.....our barn is about 90 feet from the house.
They now have a camera that you can call up to watch from your phone. Friend has one and came home early from a concert because her goat was kidding.

 

[farmmaid]

I would also "crotch" her so hair is away from her rear and udder.

 

[ShannonR]

Let us know when she kids!

 

[Courtneyabyrd]

To those of you who have been a part of Dolly Parton’s (and my) journey to her becoming a mommy, I would like to officially welcome Jolene and Shooter to the World!!! One girl who looks exactly like her daddy (Willie Nelson) and one boy who looks exactly like his momma!!

We moved them all inside the barn/shop to stay warm for the night but Dolly is already such an amazing mommy!!

 

[ShannonR]

Oh gosh, the adorableness!!!! I can never get over how cute baby goats are...until they start getting into mischief hahaha.

Congrats!!

Edited: Does the white one have droopy ears or is that just the pic?

 

[Courtneyabyrd]

Oh gosh, the adorableness!!!! I can never get over how cute baby goats are...until they start getting into mischief hahaha.

Congrats!!

Edited: Does the white one have droopy ears or is that just the pic?

They haven’t perked up yet. It’s kind of strange. We only have one buck and he’s a ND and so is momma.

 

[nehimama]

HOORAYYY!

 

[ShannonR]

They haven’t perked up yet. It’s kind of strange. We only have one buck and he’s a ND and so is momma.

You never know sometimes.

Farm partner brought home two doelings last fall... they were sold to him as nigerian X pygmy....but then the sellers went on to say the dad has no ears. And one of the doelings has wattles (actually, I think it's just one wattle). Obviously, in my case, there's some lamancha in their background somewhere.

 

[lmrose]

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To those of you who have been a part of Dolly Parton’s (and my) journey to her becoming a mommy, I would like to officially welcome Jolene and Shooter to the World!!! One girl who looks exactly like her daddy (Willie Nelson) and one boy who looks exactly like his momma!!

We moved them all inside the barn/shop to stay warm for the night but Dolly is already such an amazing mommy!!

Good to know all went well. The babies are adorable! It makes me anxious for April to come when our Rosebud will have hers.