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Still no baby goats - really hoping today is the day (because tomorrow is all day Zoom meetings)

The plus side of having to go out to the barn at 2am to check on pregnant goats is that there were faint auroras (which actually must have been pretty bright just to compete with the nearly-fully moon), and I heard 2 great horned owls calling back and forth to each other.

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impermanen_ šŸ•Šļø
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I grumble a bit when I know I need to go out to the barn to check on one of the four-leggeds in the middle of the night. But once I get out there the night offers up so much inspiration. Then Iā€™m so grateful I got out of bed.
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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No baby goats yet, but it's nice to see all the animals enjoying the warm sun. That goat in the middle of the picture using the other goat as a pillow might be the most blissfully comfortable creature in the world.
A hay-filled barnyard with many animals in the background eating (including a small brown horse, and several brown and black goats). In the foreground are several sleeping white goats. One goat is resting her head on the back of another goat. The goat resting her head looks completely, blissfully relaxed and asleep.
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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...still no baby goats
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Everyday.Human Derek
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i hope goat babies hold off for awhile ā€¦ we only ever lost 1 horse. no goats though. lots of Nubian and French alpine, and angora, i think around 30 horses being born in total . GL!
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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Guess what? Still no baby goats.
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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Still no baby goats.

But the livestock guardian dog found THE BEST spot in the whole yard to guard from. What a good dog!

A view of a farmyard with a tall wooden fence and a metal-sided building, under a cloudy sky. In the background, there's a very large hay bale, an approximately 5 foot tall cylinder, with a yellowish dog majestically sitting on the very top. Below him are a whole bunch of brown and white goats milling around, along with a tiny white horse.
Same view as before, slightly different angle, now the dog is laying down in a very alert position, using his very tall vantage point to look over the tall wooden fence.
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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...still no baby goats. But it's actually been kind of nice to force myself to go outside and check on the very pregnant one every hour or so during all these meetings!
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Kit Bashir
Kit Bashir
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i would go to more meetings if there was the possibility that someone would bring baby goats
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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augh still no baby goats. Probably will have them at 2am.
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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Still no babies! That poor mama goat is huge and her udder is so big it is painful to look at.

Starting to get a bit worried, but she's not quite late enough for it to be likely there are any problems (also there are no vets at all anywhere around here who work on goats, so I'm on my own whatever happens ā˜¹ļø )

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Estarriol, Cat owned Dragon
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similar to sheep in vet terms.

Sometimes it is just patience needed. Is she in any distress (outside of the I am heavily pregnant type)?

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Estarriol, Cat owned Dragon
Estarriol, Cat owned Dragon
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we worry about animals in our care it is only natural. Sheep I have helped birth but not goats, so only the most general of help and support.
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Snowshadow
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Oh dear....šŸ˜Ÿ this is worrisome news. I hope everything turns out alright.
Baby goats are adorable.šŸ˜€
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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Still no babies.

But I did get to watch the llama and the livestock guardian dog having an extremely chill disagreement about whether this hay bale is a comfy watchtower or a delicious snack.

A view into a straw-filled barnyard bordered by a tall wooden fence and a metal-sided building, in the centre is a large hay bale with a large yellowish dog laying on top, looking very comfortable. There is also a large brownish fuzzy llama eating from the side of the hay bale the dog is laying on. The sky is blue, and it's quite sunny.
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ouinne
ouinne
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the poor mama goats must be so ready to hurry up and have the babies!
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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STILL no babies! I was so sure she was going to have them last night I turned on the heat lamp for her. Only to find a very comfortable, very pregnant goat, basking under the heat lamp when I checked on her at 2am and 6am (man I am tired...) Last year one of my goats was 5 days late and all the babies had severe nutritional problems, which I worked really hard to not have this year...ugh farming is hard.

Anyway...the baby chicks are doing great! (Definitely in their "awkward stage" though)

A bunch of partially-feathered chicks in a straw filled pen. There are a whole bunch of different colours: most of the yellow-fuzz chicks have grown white feathers with black speckles, the black-fuzz chicks are a combination of fully black and black with white speckles, and the orange-fuzz chicks are getting reddish feathers.
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winter storm advisory abby
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fingers crossed all goes well with the goats, but man the awkward phase of chicks is cute.
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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@vapaad It really is. I love this stage! Their bodies look like tiny, fully feathered chickens, but their heads DEFINITELY do not
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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I'm reasonably sure the mama goat is *finally* in labour! I'm going to go sit in the barn with my tablet and read a neutrino PhD thesis while keeping her company and making sure everything goes smoothly.
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Anna
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love social media, I have been totally invested for days! From another continent šŸ˜€
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GoatsLive
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You know she'll wait until 2am to drop them though! šŸ˜ šŸ
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL: WE HAVE BABY GOATS!!!

Oh my gosh they're so cute

A tiny white baby goat with very small ears in profile, standing in a straw-filled barn stall
A tiny black goat with white and brown highlights looking directly at the camera, standing on straw. He has tiny white ears.
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Everyday.Human Derek
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omg šŸ˜±šŸ„°šŸ„¹šŸ˜ƒthe goats are here Ooo Congrats!! So happy for you and family! šŸ¤—
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Babies and mama are looking great (the mama passed the placenta with no trouble, yay).

They will get spoiled with a heat lamp tonight (even though it's not even getting below freezing tonight), and tomorrow night I think they'll be just fine with snuggle-warmth.

I think I can safely sleep through the night tonight without a 2am barn check, but I have 2 more goats due in the next few days, so I'll make sure to fully enjoy my uninterrupted night's sleep tonight

A long-eared white mama goat laying in clean straw, next to a tiny white baby goat and a tiny black baby goat, both of which have very small ears. They're under a heat lamp, so the whole picture is rather red-looking.

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The S Kate M šŸ’›šŸ’™
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baby goats have the second softest fur (just a hair less than kittens) known to man. Those two are so incredibly sweet!
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Elyse M Grasso
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Do I remember correctly that you bred them late so they would be kidding after the bad weather was past? Maybe they are on strike to protest these weird conditions...
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Prof. Sam Lawler
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@ranx It was super warm and nice out yesterday! Today it is raining. Maybe she has a different idea of nice weather than me.
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@autolycos Don't worry I will share LOTS of pictures šŸ˜€
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p.s.

If you don't send pics I'm reporting you

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@CedarTea I only used the ones that smelled the least detergent-y. The rest are still hanging up because they're soooo smelly. ugh.
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@CedarTea Yeah no kidding! I was wearing an N95 mask while I was looking for towels at the thrift store so I didn't notice how absurdly potent it was šŸ˜¬
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