Twins... again! Now with pics of them looking human. Well... goat.

[DrPizza]

Named: Bosco and Markus (Bosco is the darker one)

12 hour old pictures (these ones are cute, not gross):
here
here
and here

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Okay, here we go again... I shot video this time, but the light was too low. Pictures of the babies being born.
I don't even know if they're boys or girls yet...
earlier in the day
legs showing
first one out
here comes the second one
making sure 2nd is alive
plop goes the 2nd one
5 minutes old
on its feet and ready to nurse

updated pictures of the babies from below:
playing
nap time
Donnie
Marie

Say cheeeeeese

Oh, and dammit... they're both boys. (The difference between 4 girls and 3boys/1girl is about $450-$500)
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One boy, one girl.
Here

I have gross pictures of them covered in slime when they were 10 seconds old, but figured a 5 hour old picture would be nicer. The girl is still a little damp in this pic.

edit: The wet pic, for MegaVovaN: here

 

[imported_LoKe]

How those two fit in that...defies me. Holy crap.

 

[phreaqe]

haha..nice title. i was trying to think what it was, but i should have known seieng your name. very cute. congrats.

 

[Epic Fail]

I, for one, welcome our new sheep overlords.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: LoKe
How those two fit in that...defies me. Holy crap.

if you shave off the fur (or wet it) you would see how tiny they are

YAGT

 

[DrPizza]

Wife wants photo software with "blue eye correction"

 

[Epic Fail]

OMG, they doubled in size in less than a day!

 

[Rogodin2]

Do you make homemade goat cheese?

Rogo

 

[FreshFish]

Do you have a prego picture? I am with Loke in that I don't understand how the babies fit in the mom...

 

[SSSnail]

You're the father, I take it?

 

[Tylanner]

ummm they lay eggs

 

[Leros]

I think the first picture makes them look larger than they are. Look at the "wet" picture and it seems like they would fit.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: yamadakun
I, for one, welcome our new sheep overlords.

You live in the city ?

 

[MegaVovaN]

Yep, thanks for wet pic, Pizza

 

[rgwalt]

Hey Doc, how do they get "deslimed"? Does Mom clean them (lick it off)? Does the slime evaporate? Or, do you get in there to give the little ones a bath?

R

 

[DrPizza]

Their mother cleans them off - licks them. They're a little damp when she's done.

 

[MegaVovaN]

I got a question too...see the cord hanging from their pup? How you deal with that? Does it dry off and die naturally?

rgwalt - maybe the slime just evaporates or mom licks it off? Drowning newborn in attempt to clean them off would be a bad idea.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Their mother cleans them off - licks them. They're a little damp when she's done.

Thanks, I always wondered how baby animals got cleaned up.

R

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Rogodin2
Do you make homemade goat cheese?

Rogo

Not yet. My wife and I are traveling to Vermont this Spring for a cheese making class though. These goats aren't really considered "dairy goats" - milk production is too low to be worth the bother.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN
I got a question too...see the cord hanging from their pup? How you deal with that? Does it dry off and die naturally?

rgwalt - maybe the slime just evaporates or mom licks it off? Drowning newborn in attempt to clean them off would be a bad idea.

Yes, the umbilical cord dries out and falls off eventually. However, as a precaution, we spray it with an iodine solution. That's about it for our end... the mother takes care of them fairly well. At 4 weeks of age, they get their first shots (then again at 8 weeks)
Shots: CD&T at 4 weeks, 8 weeks CD&T booster and 1st worming.
(CD&T: for clostridium perfringens and tetanus) Plus, we may give them shots this year to guard against some causes of pneumonia.

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: yamadakun
I, for one, welcome our new sheep overlords.

You live in the city ?

:laugh: n00b.

 

[DrPizza]

The next set of fall babies was born tonight. 1 more to go this fall, then a couple dozen kids are due this spring. Updated the OP, plus today's pictures of the original thread babies.

 

[Twista]

Excuse me, but ewwwwwwwwwwwww.

hehe, im surpised im the first to say that.

Cool, but freaky.

 

[lupi]

There's that much of a goat market to be raising and selling them?

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: lupi
There's that much of a goat market to be raising and selling them?

Dairy market for goats is growing rapidly.
Meat market for goats is huge. Would you question people raising cattle and selling them? More goats are consumed worldwide than cattle.
And, as far as the fainting goats go - there are less than 5000 registered animals, making them a somewhat endangered breed (although there are plenty of people preserving this breed.) If you watch much television, they've recently been featured on Dirty Jobs (twice), Animal Planet, and numerous news programs. They're among the easiest breeds of goats to raise, and one of the most mild mannered goats.

However, ours are raised as pets, and yes, the market is very good. Of the three males, I expect one of them to be sold within minutes of my wife posting it - it has good conformation, tri-colored, and blue eyes. The other two have about a 50/50 chance of being sold. The first was "taken" within 5 minutes, but the buyer had reservations because they were distantly related. (and since all the fainting goats come from 4 or 5 original animals about 100 years ago, all of them are distantly related.) For in-breeding, anything less than 20% is considered fine. We won't breed unless it's less than 10%. In order to accomplish our breeding goals, we have goats from Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, and New York. This provided us with a wider variety of bloodlines (but, all were selected for desireable genetics.)

The male in question's relation was negligible - less than 1%. We're still hoping that the person who wanted him changes her mind. If not, oh well, someone else will want him.

Oh, and I posted 12 hour old pictures.. in the OP.