Apparently if you complain on your blog about getting nothing but bucklings then your next doe will kid doelings. Jane, our eldest and most docile Saanen of our goat family gave birth yesterday to two doelings. We have yet to name them, we leave that to our oh so imaginative 3 year old daughter, Quinlynn.
Quin has named all of our Rhode Island Red chickens (see our first image of our first blog) Larry. The only Rooster of the bunch was named Charlie, our ducklings were named Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. She named our calf flower. She even named the puppy that was sewn onto her shirt Breakfast. She's got quite the imagination, for a three year old her vocabulary will amaze you. Everyday she makes me laugh by just what she says. I mean how many 3 year olds say "Thank you for the (whatever), it was extremely delicious and my tummy enjoyed it very much". She used to say words incorrectly and it was cute. Like the word burrfly instead of butterfly, but now she can say it correctly and just for fun if someone calls it a burrfly she will put her hands on her hips and correct how you say it... you might even get a finger wagging in your face while she tells you how to say the word correctly.
So, getting back on topic.... Jane's babies. One of them is healthy as can be but unfortunately one of them is a runt and we are feeding her our self. She is right now residing in our bath tub and will come out when it is feeding time. Her development is slow so for the first 6 feedings Nicole had to tube feed her. This evening our oldest daughter, Alexia was successful in bottle feeding her which is a very important step, it means that she is gaining strength and the will to survive. Since she is staying in the house with us, we put a diaper on her and let her roam the house.
Quin has named all of our Rhode Island Red chickens (see our first image of our first blog) Larry. The only Rooster of the bunch was named Charlie, our ducklings were named Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. She named our calf flower. She even named the puppy that was sewn onto her shirt Breakfast. She's got quite the imagination, for a three year old her vocabulary will amaze you. Everyday she makes me laugh by just what she says. I mean how many 3 year olds say "Thank you for the (whatever), it was extremely delicious and my tummy enjoyed it very much". She used to say words incorrectly and it was cute. Like the word burrfly instead of butterfly, but now she can say it correctly and just for fun if someone calls it a burrfly she will put her hands on her hips and correct how you say it... you might even get a finger wagging in your face while she tells you how to say the word correctly.
So, getting back on topic.... Jane's babies. One of them is healthy as can be but unfortunately one of them is a runt and we are feeding her our self. She is right now residing in our bath tub and will come out when it is feeding time. Her development is slow so for the first 6 feedings Nicole had to tube feed her. This evening our oldest daughter, Alexia was successful in bottle feeding her which is a very important step, it means that she is gaining strength and the will to survive. Since she is staying in the house with us, we put a diaper on her and let her roam the house.
Up next is our 2nd Nubian, Primrose (Prim for short). She was bred just three days after Jane was bred so we should be right back in the action of new babies on Thursday if we are lucky. Maybe I should complain more about the boys we got earlier to ensure doelings from Prim..... here's hoping.
so the preliminary names that Quinlynn has given them is "Baby Jane and Little Baby Jane"
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