Kidding season is well underway, and the first lambs have arrived.
Thankfully the weather has been very cooperative, with nice warm sunny days - except for this weekend! Practically torrential downpour and a strong wind. The goats hide in their shed, but the sheep remain outside. I worry about the lambs getting wet and getting chilled. But then I have to remind myself, once they go to pasture there isn't much shelter up there either, so they just have to tough it out.
Fresh babies out in the pasture!
Llama comes to supervise
mom eating the placenta. Not all goats do this but some do.
getting to know her kids
Its hard work being a growing kid!
Kids hanging out in the corral. Where the sheep seem to take their lambs with them wherever they go, the goats tend to leave their kids in the corral. I love the two running in the background!
The bare dirt in the corral is warm and a nice spot to lie in the sun.
Come on mom, get up!
I love the babies and can spend way too much time just sitting and observing them!
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