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There's nothing cuter than new "kids." Newborn Angora Goats are about 2-4 pounds, maybe 10" to 14" from nose to tail. They stand within a few minutes of birth, looking for their mother. Of course Mom is usually close by, cleaning and talking to her newborn. Twins are common. About half of our does have twins. Triplets happen, but not very often, we average just over half of the kids as boys. The kids in the pictures below were photographed at about two weeks old. The new babies keep us BUSY for the 6-8 weeks of kidding season, usually from mid-February to early April. Here's pictures of some of the babies. Me holding a kid buck (he's huge!), and a close up of him.
A colored Angora Doe with her two babies. She's black and gray. The babies are black/white (boy) and gray/white (girl).
Our friends brought Nathan to visit. It sometimes takes two to hold the babies. They're as flexible as a lasagna noodle...unless you get a good strangle hold on it. This doe decided there must be something in that bucket. And Nathan was getting some attention from an always hungry mother more than happe to be hand-fed. And, NEVER try to head-butt a Goat! Here's Courtney and Jason with two of the 2001 babies. These were our first of the season, born 2/14, Valentine's day. They were both red, how appropriate!, and both boys. The larger one was really a jumper and climber. He kept trying to climb on his little brother. Jason named them Rough and Tumble. One was Rough and the other got Tumbled!
Here's a white doe with 1 day old twin girls.
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