New baby born April 13, 2008 18:00 hrs

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The proud papa.

Update, April 13th:

Eight days after Sheila had her twins, Margarita joined in and gave birth to a healthy female just after 6 p.m. tonight!

Sheila and her girls are all doing well, and Margarita's baby was up and nursing in no time.

Of course, everything was happening during Ellie's milking time once again, so her routine was disturbed a second time. Cows hate this.

Perhaps Kacey (our 3rd pregnant female Toggenburg) will give birth in the morning so Ellie can stick with her normal schedule. She might be a mother by morning by the looks of it.

What's kind of frightening is that Raven's udder is dropping and it looks like she's going to be a mother before the week is through. She's been unusually subdued and even affectionate with Suzy and Ellie, and actually lets us get fairly close to her. We're alarmed, very alarmed. If you are not up to date on the Raven saga, please check "The milk of human stupidity" blog entry.

Please stay tuned for further maternity ward updates!