GOATS!

We were given goats in December and we knew that one was probably pregnant but we had no idea when she would give birth. We were watching for signs and knew that she was getting close! Well on March 30, 2014, we went to church and came home to a new goat! Gracie gave birth while we were at church! She was pregnant with twins but unfortunately one of the twins died. The other twin was alive and up walking when we arrived home!! It was an amazing sight to see such a new animal! We estimate that she had given birth about 2 hours before. I was able to weigh the new kid, and it weighed in at 2.4 pounds!! So incredibly tiny! We noticed that the kid was not nursing and I could not get any milk out of Gracie so we decided to bring the tiny goat to the house and bottle feed it. We decided to name the girl kid, Cathey! The family that gave us the goat is the Cathey family so we thought it was perfect to name her after them! The bottle and syringe feeding didnt go great so we took her back to her momma and within a few hours she was nursing like a champ! Gracie is a wonderful mom and takes great care of her! Now that it has been a couple of weeks with the new goat, I can say that we all LOVE her! She is such a joy to watch and can make you laugh in seconds! If you have never seen a baby goat run and play, then you need to come over! There is noway a person could stay in a bad mood after watching her for 5 minutes! Camaron loves her so much that we can't get him to stop picking her up!