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Blessings abound:)

Blessings!

   These past couple weeks have been so very busy and it shows no signs of stopping. I give thanks to the Lord for the blessings that He has showered us with throughout this year.

   Another bit of exciting news for us...day before yesterday we had done our normal daily stuffs around here. You know, cleaning pens, rearranging the barn, feeding, checking on our expectant mommies etc.

   That night we did our normal nighttime check and locking up chickens (coon troubles) and making sure everything was...well...normal:P Nothing happening, nothing strange. At around 9pm we hear something out in the barn. I go out and see nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, all the does were laying together and seemed quite annoyed that I had interupted their slumber:P

   We are all in bed when around midnight we hear something again. Louder this time. ALL of us, including brother Craig, (armed in case of predators) head out to see what is going on. At first we see Sparky laying down near the fence. It looked like she had gotten out and couldn't get back into the pen. We figured this was the cause for all the commotion.  As we get closer we see that she is indeed inside the fencing but cuddled up with Twister who is pitching a fit...noisy noisy noisy. Just as we round the corner of the stall, up pop TWO LITTLE HEADS! TWINS!:)

   It seems that Miss Sweet Brandy had done the quiet deed just like Twister had:P The babies were nearly dry which meant she had delivered them sometime soon after we had left them at 9pm:P Silly things...

   Upon closer inspection...they are BOTH BUCKS! Ugh:P So now we have 3 bucklings! Yikes. That is it for our Nubian does this year. I had hoped for at least one doe to hold back. Not this year:( And unless Sparky is pregnant and not just fat, then it's done.

   Now our Nigers are due from the middle to the end of July. Knowing our luck we'll end up with all does from them and we aren't KEEPING any of those:P Well, we'll keep ONE from our Blackberry if she gives us a doe. This is her last breeding as she's 9 years old now. She's our matriarch and a real sweetheart so she'll be kept for a companion when we have more babies and such.

   I have a couple pictures of them but haven't loaded them to the computer yet. I'll post them as soon as I do which will hopefully be tonight:)

   The good Lord has blessed us again and we are truly thankful. Healthy does, lots of fresh milk (well after the colostrum is finished), healthy babies. All is right with our world:)

God be with thee!

Sister Lori

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{ 20:24, Thursday, June 26, 2008 } { Posted by Kitty }

Congrats on the new babies. What a blessing for sure. Can't wait to see the pictures........Kitty