Lady In Waiting........
Valentine, the Nubian goat, was put in a pen by herself yesterday. This will be the "first delivery" for this young lady. Valentine was the only goat last year to not get pregnant and I was very glad.
Val had a very difficult time when she was born back on February 12, 2005. She was born in a little barn to her Mama, Clarice, on a very very cold winter day. She was not discovered until approximately 5-6 hours later.......standing shivering in one side of the barn alone. Her Mama did not like her or know what to do.
Valentine almost died that night. Her head hung sideways and her tongue hung out like a dead deer. A quick dash to an all night open Walmart...a good distance away....to buy some Karo syrup, Gerber baby bottles and Gerber nipples and a lot of praying saved Val. It truly was touch and go for the first couple of days.
She has grown into a very strong and quite beautiful goat. Her first year or so she would pick up every little thing going around. She had pink eye a few times.....a trip to the vet for medicine. She had diarrhea quite a few times....another trip to the vet for Albon and Corrid liquid medicine.. measured and down her throat. A skin irritation.....shots, just in case, for infection....then back home from the vet. The vet staff soon knew her by name....or called her the cute little goat with the "skunk behind"...
Now Valentine is about to become a Mother herself. I have feared this day forever. I just want it to be done and over with and all having gone well. As of tonight.....still no baby....but her udders were so much fuller tonight than yesterday.
The guys think she will be the next to deliver......I don't know. Her "Aunt Bambi" sure is HUGE......
I guess we'll just have to wait and see and pray all goes well.
Lady In Waiting........
Valentine, the Nubian goat, was put in a pen by herself yesterday. This will be the "first delivery" for this young lady. Valentine was the only goat last year to not get pregnant and I was very glad.
Val had a very difficult time when she was born back on February 12, 2005. She was born in a little barn to her Mama, Clarice, on a very very cold winter day. She was not discovered until approximately 5-6 hours later.......standing shivering in one side of the barn alone. Her Mama did not like her or know what to do.
Valentine almost died that night. Her head hung sideways and her tongue hung out like a dead deer. A quick dash to an all night open Walmart...a good distance away....to buy some Karo syrup, Gerber baby bottles and Gerber nipples and a lot of praying saved Val. It truly was touch and go for the first couple of days.
She has grown into a very strong and quite beautiful goat. Her first year or so she would pick up every little thing going around. She had pink eye a few times.....a trip to the vet for medicine. She had diarrhea quite a few times....another trip to the vet for Albon and Corrid liquid medicine.. measured and down her throat. A skin irritation.....shots, just in case, for infection....then back home from the vet. The vet staff soon knew her by name....or called her the cute little goat with the "skunk behind"...
Now Valentine is about to become a Mother herself. I have feared this day forever. I just want it to be done and over with and all having gone well. As of tonight.....still no baby....but her udders were so much fuller tonight than yesterday.
The guys think she will be the next to deliver......I don't know. Her "Aunt Bambi" sure is HUGE......
I guess we'll just have to wait and see and pray all goes well.