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Still no time to post photos, but we've named Spats' little sister "Toots" and Skeeter's boys are Rosco and Bugsy. Can you detect a theme here? We had them all out playing today and it was so much fun! They're too little to run very far or climb on top of things yet, but they twitch and pop like little jumping beans. They're so cute! Phil is going to have a lot of fun video footage for his livestream this Sunday! Bonnie is the sweetest, most outgoing, and adventuresome kid so far this year. She had fun learning about the teeter-totter today. Roscoe is my lap cuddler. Bugsy has yet to express his personality. Clyde was Phil's lap cuddler today. Whenever Phil sat down, Clyde came over and put a foot up on his knee and asked so politely if he could be let up. Toots is a little nervous and high-strung. When she goes somewhere, she races all out! Spats is just sweet and laid back at the moment. I think it's his personality, but it's hard to tell because he was born with bent knees and pasterns that fold over forwards. Yesterday it was hard for him to walk and he went in kind of a crab-like motion with his feet way out in front of him. Today he's much straighter and stronger, but he's still slow compared to the other kids.
I buried a couple of old truck tires in the pen today. The lower half is in the dirt so the top half sticks up in a half-circle. I think the kids are going to have a blast with those once they're big enough.
We're still waiting on Isabella and Snowball. They're due any time, but Snowball looks like she could wait a month. I don't think I could've got her breeding date wrong, but who knows. I thought Isabella was going to kid last night. She laid down and refused to budge. I made her get up and dragged her into the pen where she promptly threw herself on the ground and assumed the birthing pose. She kept stretching and groaning. Then about an hour later she got up and went about her business like nothing was the matter. In hindsight she was probably just positioning the kid(s) and feeling generally yucky. Her udder is starting to form and it was probably quite sore, which was likely why she wanted to lay down. She seems fine tonight.
I buried a couple of old truck tires in the pen today. The lower half is in the dirt so the top half sticks up in a half-circle. I think the kids are going to have a blast with those once they're big enough.
We're still waiting on Isabella and Snowball. They're due any time, but Snowball looks like she could wait a month. I don't think I could've got her breeding date wrong, but who knows. I thought Isabella was going to kid last night. She laid down and refused to budge. I made her get up and dragged her into the pen where she promptly threw herself on the ground and assumed the birthing pose. She kept stretching and groaning. Then about an hour later she got up and went about her business like nothing was the matter. In hindsight she was probably just positioning the kid(s) and feeling generally yucky. Her udder is starting to form and it was probably quite sore, which was likely why she wanted to lay down. She seems fine tonight.