Welcome Hilarious and Holster!

I am sad that kidding season 2016 is now over (no more setting my alarm for 2am to check on the goats)...

But happily, Charlotte kidded today!

Welcome Hilarious and Holster!

Hilarious is an all black DOELING!  Holster is another cute buckling!  

This was the first kidding that I missed being present.  I had a commitment in town at 2 this afternoon that I was not able to rearrange.  Charlotte looked like she was in early labor, so I left the rest of my family with instructions just in case.  Around 3 they texted the below picture...

After the first kid was born, they thought she might have a twin.  Here is the second "bubble" after Hilarious was born.  They reported that it was about 30 minutes after Hilarious was born that Holster came out!

But, before Holster was born Charlotte did a great job of getting Hilarious all licked clean!

She has floppy ears!  Alpines are supposed to have upright ears, but I am assuming that her ears were squished down in the womb and they have not straightened up yet.  She looks like a Nubian goat!

I don't have very many pictures of Holster (more coming!), but he has two white spots on each side that remind me of holsters!  He is a little sleepier than his rowdy sister.

My scale ran out of batteries, so I wasn't able to weigh them, yet but I would guess they are each around 6 or 7 pounds each.  

Charlotte has very active twins. Just hours after being born, Hilarious was out of the goat hut and mimicking Charlotte by nibbling at hay!  They are also very vocal, especially Hilarious.  Each time I pick her up she screams (none of the other goat kids even peep when I pick them up!).  When I tied her umbilical cord, cut it, and dipped it in iodine, she yelled during the whole process as if I were hurting her.  Poor goat!  I have a feeling that she is going to be feisty!  

There are a total of 5 goat kids!  The goat pen is a delightful place right now.  It fills my heart with joy and thanks to the Lord for blessing my herd with beautiful baby goats!