Finally they arrived!
Dottie finally had her kids yesterday around 11am. Two large boys. The first one is huge!! She had a hard time getting him out. I named him Sampson. The other one is a little smaller, but not by much. His name is Buddy. They are both healthy and stout. Buddy had a weak knee, but it is stronger today, and he was out bouncing around with his brother just fine. Dottie has a lot of milk! Her udder is the biggest I’ve ever seen it. There will be lots of milk for us and the kids.
I made some goat milk ice cream yesterday. My birthday is tomorrow, so I wanted some ice cream to go with my chocolate cake. I can not have a birthday without that. ☺ I’m also making a marinated goat roast that will be in the slow cooker all day. Yum!! Hopefully at least one of the goats will have her kids tomorrow, too. A perfect birthday present will be some kids born that day.
I brushed and trimmed my mini horse today. Rascal has a lot of hair! I trimmed his forelock and mane a bit. Now he can see again. He’s a shaggy boy! I saved some of his hair to spin. After I’m done with the dog hair order, I’m going to spin up Rascal’s hair and see how that turns out. It’s pretty soft, so I think it will make a good yarn. It will be slippery, though. A fun experiment.
Well, that’s it for now. This week is the week when all but two of the remaining does are due to kid. A busy time! More as it happens……
