As the newsletter “editor” I am going to abuse my power and brag for a moment. (It’s OK, Randy told me to!) On January 15^th one of our Boer does had quintuplets. Each was born weighing between 6.5# and 9/5#, 38# of goats total. There are four bucks and one doe. The mother, Sassy, is a 4 year old Boer cross doe that we bought from a herd of range goats in Texas. In the past she has had twins, we had no idea she was going to be so prolific this time. In fact, after she had the first two we assumed she was done. Imagine our surprise when we went out later and there were three more there! She did all of the birthing herself, no assistance required, and did a very good job of cleaning them all off. We have left the three smallest ones on her to nurse, the other two are in their own pen being bottle fed sheep/goat milk replacer. Each one eats 8-10 ounces, three times a day. Last year we had one set of triplets from a different doe, otherwise we’ve always had twins and single births. Not sure, but there must have been “something in the air” the night they were made!

blondie, ruby, diamond, eli, & angel