Critter Crest Kikos

05/16/2023

A goat's version of a Springtime mullet. Summer in the front, winter in the back! 😆😆😆

03/20/2023

Farming isn't always about the cute, fun, and amazing things. It also includes sadness and sometimes downright tragedies. I don't usually share that stuff on here because, well, who wants to see that. I'm sharing this one because it has a bit of a happy ending.

We've been lucky in our 8 years of raising goats that we haven't had any major issues when our babies are born. Sure, there have been a couple of easy fix stuck babies and some miscarriages, but nothing we couldn't handle ourselves. Until last week. And we had 2 major incidents within 6 days.

Keeping the story short, the first mom had a baby girl, the next day she struggled to get out the other two babies that were stuck in the birth canal and we had to have a vet help us pull them. The babies were already dead at that time and the situation was so rough the mama died the next morning. Now we have a perfectly healthy bottle baby girl.

Fast forward a few days, after the other 5 moms have successfully given birth to all 10 of their babies, and the last mom goes into labor. She is struggling and we finally decide to go in and help. This time, all 3 babies were already dead and the first 2 were stuck in the birth canal. We were able to get them out ourselves but it wasn't easy.

2 days later, that mom was still with us and looking for her kids. We decided to see if we could get her to adopt our orphaned baby. It took 2-3 days but that mom and that baby adopted each other! It's so good to see the two of them together and the mom is a bit of a "helicopter mom" but the baby, who was without a mom for several days, doesn't understand that she's supposed to answer when her new mom calls to her and stresses mama out! 😊

02/13/2023

I'm guessing one of my girls was a bit uncomfortable for a day or two but she must be feeling better now!

02/13/2023

12/31/2022

The markings on the left side of this buckling's face remind me of The Joker.

12/12/2022

An epic buckling battle! 😂😂😂

11/16/2022

Kidding season has started here! Twin boy and girl.

08/02/2022

5 of our doelings hanging out.

06/10/2022

Anxious to see how this experiment turns out.

05/02/2022

The other day we put Cratos in with his first group of does. Hoping for October babies.