Birth and Death

This is more a blog of cute pictures than anything else :)

The live twin, super cute! He was trying to nuzzle my jacket

On Sunday we headed out to the goat farm, and got there just in time to see a birth! One of the kid's front legs was twisted slightly, and it had to be rotated. The kid then came out, slimy and cute. I got to help towel it off, and held it while it's umbilicus was cut and treated with iodine dip. There was a twin to it that took about a half hour coming out, but unfortunately this little was unable to take it's first breath. It's heart was still beating, but despite what the vet was able to do, he couldn't get the little thing to breathe. It died very quickly after entering the world. It was the first dead kid of the year for them, so it was kinda disappointing. They toweled it off and laid it outside, to bury later in the day.

 We got to play with the other babies, and one of them had bowed tendons in it's front legs, so they got splinted (something the vet had done in the past which had worked well). We also got to see ultrasounds, feet trimming, and got some more goat milk to drink! Here are some cute pictures: