Goats

No, we don’t normally have goats in the house.  But, this morning, as we were nearing the end of the day’s school (thankfully!) the boy who had finished first came running in, telling his sister that she had a present in the barn.  Of course, we knew immediately what he meant, since when she checked the goats this morning she came in saying that Cocoa was getting pretty close.  Sure enough, when we went out a pretty little doe kid was being cleaned off.  Soon, a buck kid joined little Spice, but the mama didn’t seem interested in him.  We brought Spice in the house to try to get mama to clean the second kid, and after awhile went back out to milk her to feed the kids.  The mama doesn’t seem very interested in the babies, which is all right with us, as we were planning to bottle feed them anyway so we get a little more milk.  The buck does have Esther a bit concerned, though–he won’t eat much.  Spice is eating plenty, though–nothing wrong with her.  The children named the buck Captain Cook, since he was exploring around the barn as soon as he was on his feet.