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The Relaxed Farming Dairy Goats: Our offspring...
All about us
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Why keep dairy goats
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Our offspring
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Relaxed Farming Our offspring... (as told by Cheddar). This is where I get to tell you all about our kids, you're all going to want one (or two) by the time I've finished...

  • Goat kids are VERY high on the 'cute factor' scale: Read more

  • It all begins with the billy goat: Read more

  • Our gestation period is around five months: Read more

  • A day or so before we give birth we start to prepare: Read more

  • But it is SOOOO worth it: Read more

  • It is very normal and usual to have two kids at once: sometimes a goat might have one or three but two is great: after all we have two teats on our udder for them to suckle our milk.

    There are records of goats having four or more kids but this is very rare.

  • Unbelievably our kids can be up and about within HALF an hour: Read more

  • The first few days are all quiet and calm: Read more

  • And then sometime around two-three months: Read more

 Pickle with Willow and Rowan, just born
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Hips and Haws, a few hours old
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