Victory!

These two little booties in the air are the most beautiful things I've seen in a long time! Both Sage (top picture) and Chive are now drinking from their moms' on their own. I am so relieved and exhausted and proud. Proud that we stuck with the every four hour ritual of driving to the kidding barn, holding the nanny goat, getting the kid latched on and waiting while they drank, then moving on to the next pen and doing it again. Last night I was so tempted to give up and feed them with a bottle, but its nearly impossible to switch them back to their mom if they have successfully nursed on a bottle. I decided to give it one more day and by lunchtime today we realized they were drinking on their own.

Sage's leg problem has also been corrected and I was able to take the leg splints off today. We have three healthy kids now and tomorrow Sage and Chive will be coming out of their kidding pens. Thyme is so anxious to play with them; she stands in front of their pens looking wistful. The real fun of kidding begins when the babies start playing together. I promise to take lots of pics of frolicking kids for you.

The best news of all is that I am going to get a good night's sleep tonight. AND I just found out that my office is closed on Monday! So a have a loooong weekend to visit with the shareholder coming to visit and get lots of farm chores done.