( Gotta take a milk break first! )

( ...you take pictures. )

Little Ruthven passed away today in his surrogate mama's arms.  He was just a few days short of nine months old.  His mother died shortly after giving birth to him, so my SO and I raised him.  He was very affectionate and curious about everything.  He was absolutely fearless, and would just walk into the house like he owned the place if given half ( Read more... )

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Ruthven is one week old today.  He's experienced some ups and downs, but he seems to be doing quite well.

We were initially feeding him Sav-A-Kid milk replacer, which is basically powdered milk with various nutrients added.  I had trouble getting him to nurse from a bottle, but he took to drinking from a bowl almost instantly, which has made our ( Read more... )

For months, one of our goats, Josephine, has been getting fatter and fatter.  She was clearly very pregnant, and we were surprised at just how long it was taking.

Saturday she finally gave birth while we were out.  She had an astounding four babies (the norm for goats is two).  Alas, three of the babies were stillborn.  They were very small and ( Read more... )