We're proud and happy to announce today's arrival of two healthy, slightly wobbly baby goats! Sheila, one of our Toggenburgs, suddenly went into labour late this afternoon, and less than 2 hours later popped out kid #1. Kid #2 followed about 20 minutes after that. Pretty exciting stuff, and the first four-legged birth event to take place here at Wild Thing.

Mama and babies are doing fine. The kids, both females, were up and attempting to stand after only 10 minutes, and within their first hour were both wobbling around well enough to stand and nurse. Kurtis had closed the gate to the barn to keep the others out while this was taking place, and Ellie Cow wasn't too happy about it, since it was her normal milking time and she was ready to roll. She stood at the gate and mooed impatiently for a long time, and then when things had finally settled down and Kurtis was ready to let her in and milk her, she stomped off to her milking station in a huff and only consented to letting down about 1/2 of her normal output. And you thought your children were stubborn.

We're naming our new arrivals Carolina and Amanda, after our nieces in Arizona.

More pictures will follow, once daylight resumes. Click here for Part 2