Sweetened's 2015 Kidding thread (Last arrival 2/23)

[bonbean01]

A first freshener!!!!!! Yes, we do get to thinking and talking that way with enough critters around us

I grew up on a farm just east of the town of Dundurn. Bussed to Hanley for middle school and grade 10. Then off to Church boarding school in Rosthern, north of Saskatoon for grade 11 and 12.

Grew up on a cattle and grain farm....know the beauty of Summer on the Prairies and the 40 below thing in Winter. Believe I have a good idea of where you are Bet you have a jar of Saskatoon berry jam in your house!!! I always stock up on that to take back when I'm home and also creamed honey Not something I've found in the South.

 

[Sweetened]

Lol. I compare all my learning to goats really, its quite funny. I know that area, we are very central to regina, stoon and Moose Jaw, closer to moose jaw than the others and not far from davidson.

I know, no creamed honey in the south, but creamed corn you can get almost anywhere lol. I do miss deep friend and pickled ocra...

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

Sorry i have missed everything! This move stiiiiinks! Yaaaay for the buckling. He is flllllllashy!! I love me some flash many congratulations!

Yaaaay for July baby!!!! Mine came the 8th! So right around us celebrating her year, you'll be in the most intense pain of your life ahhhh the joys of motherhood. Goats have it so easy....

So happy for you my dear friend!!!!!!!

 

[Sweetened]

Are you almost done moving?

Yeah, not looking forward to the pain but its all part of the experience, and theres something about that thats just cool. I dont think goats have it much easier, i think theyve just evolved for less drama as to not attract predators haha

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

HAHAHAHA!!!! You can let me know the day AFTER you push out your child's shoulders especially if you do everything natural. I did! (Just dont wait too long to go to hospital/birthing center like dummy me, and start to have them in the car!) Goats just have to get the head out, the rest is streamlined....us, not so much!

We are nearly done, moving the house. Lol. Haven't moved one single animal....waiting on kids. Our friend has 2 trailers especially set up for goats! How cool is that?!!!

Sorry didnt mean to hijack your thread. So excited for you!

 

[Sweetened]

LOL That's alright. I like conversation. Better than me counting down the days to 145 (4).

I am wondering if Flora is one of those goats that bags up a couple days before or the day of. She has really absorbed the last of the milk she refused to dry up over these past few months, and I haven't milked her because I didn't want to break any plugs or pull colostrum that may have formed. She is not, however, putting milk back in yet, but she's still 9 days away from 145. I watched her again this morning, and I still see light popcorn movements under her skin every half hour or so, so I do think she's pregnant.

Ahhh the doe code.

 

[bonbean01]

 

[Mantis71]

 

[Sweetened]

Because I can't just let it be, I was out there again checking out the girls. We are 3 days to Gretel's 145, and 4 days to Gladys'.

Glady's udder doubled overnight, and I know she's nowhere NEAR where she will be, but boy is this udder coming in beautifully. I am so excited! I got down behind her to take pictures and she started kicking right away, she will be a little wild, I think, when she learns to milk, but she will do fine.

First freshener! I love love love how this looks!

 

[bonbean01]

Yup...udder is getting closer!!!! Because I just can't let it be....LOLOLOL....do any of us??? Here with hair sheep and undocked tails, I have to add lifting the tail to those checks and makes for some funny positions trying to get a photo of an udder while holding a tail of a modest ewe