Between the 15th and 25th of December all 4 does kidded. There are 3 sets of twins and one singleton for a total of 7 kids. Unfortunately, only one of them is female. The upside is that we will get plenty of goat meat out of the bunch, but, of course, there's an unpleasant aspect to that too. Anyway, they are all as cute as can be! With Paul and Terra out of town for an extended holiday vacation with family, I played midwife with Andreas the wwoofer as my assistant. The births all went pretty smoothly, with Lily leading the way with her boy Augustus. Zella gave birth 4 days later, producing the only female plus another male (names to be determined by Paul and Terra but for the time being we are calling them Diana and Apollo). Katie birthed Caligula and Nero the following day, and Maegan kidded on Christmas morning. We couldn't resist naming Maegan's kids after some of Santa's reindeer, so we named them Comet and Cupid. Romulus (the mythological founder of Rome) sired this crop of kids, so the kids' names have a Roman connection.
We are now back in milk, so we have started making cheese again. A batch of mozz was made yesterday. We are looking forward to making the cheeses we made last year and trying out some new ones as well. We also have plenty of eggs right now, since The Haven pullets started laying in October. Lots of milk and eggs - yay!
Happy New Year!
-Annie
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