Woo hoo! We did it! Our first official full-blooded dairy goat doe kid. With seven out of seven being born as bucklings this past Winter and Spring, I wondered when our first doeling would arrive. In fact, I have actually heard from a goat-friend this year that some bucks can be known for throwing high percentages of either buck or doe kids. Holy milk buckets! We have had a good ratio from Jack with the Spanish and Boer nannies though, so I wasn’t too worried.
I knew on Thursday afternoon that Moon could not be far off from delivery, as her udder had filled considerably since morning and she just could not stop talking. <grin> JW laughed at me as we ran errands in town and I kept saying, “I just have a feeling,” even though she wasn’t really due until Monday. Leave it to a full moon in the sky and a slight drop in pressure for the pattering of raindrops sending me out the door long before dawn Friday morning to make sure that both near-mommas were under a roof. Sure enough, there was Moon stretching and talking and walking in circles in the dairy goat barn.
Before long, Moon’s contractions were only a couple of minutes apart and she began to lie against me to push in earnest. Moon is not one to stay down long though, and much of her labor is spent walking and muttering. When two tiny white hooves and a pink nose with one small spot became visible in the faint light of day, I knew we’d be in for a treat. Moon kept walking around and around in the barn, muttering louder as the contractions and walking motion pushed her kid farther and farther out, finally sliding softly to the ground. With amazing speed, just like Moon’s last kid, this little one was up on her feet within about two minutes and got straight to the business of eating.
Well, Moon’s little Snubian is an October surprise indeed, dressed in colors that can’t help but make you think of Autumn. Apart from noticing the wildly placed spots, the first thing I saw was… ORANGE? Really? Do goats come in orange? There are a handful of Snubian goats here and there that I’ve seen, but generally they are born in some variation of white. Even Heidi, with her soft lemon tones, falls into this sort of standard expectation. Moon fooled us last Winter with her odd silver buckskin, Oiva, but this little girl really takes the cake.
What in the world should I call this combination? Calico? Cornucopia? She looks to have a white base with orange, tan, and buckskin spots. There is really no telling what she might look like in a few weeks as well, since our goats-of-many-colors tend to change as they grow. Some spots change color, some spots appear where you thought there were none, and black spots on noses can outgrow and cover the baby pink. Thankfully, color is just for fun, and our goal is happy and healthy goats. I’m sure that this little doeling will be happy indeed to have a playmate or two once Heidi delivers her own blessed treasure, due at the end of October.
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What fun! I guess we’ll take our Snubians spotted.
