I reckon I'll start with the bad news. On March 30th, my sweet River gave birth to a single stillborn doeling.
River loves babies, so it made me doubly sad. She cried for her for about a week.
The good news is that nine days later, Willow had twin doelings.
The is the first year I've had 100% does! And I've never had this much milk this early in the kidding season. Usually I only get the leftovers from the kids, but River is in full production, so I milk her twice a day. And Saluda's production has doubled since winter. She kidded last year and I've milked her all through the winter and she continues to produce. This has been the first winter I haven't had to buy milk to make our kefir.
I may possibly breed for a fall kidding. It's nice to have milk all winter long.
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