I am off to Maine for five days for a much needed break and time with my large extended family. We have rented cabins on a lake at Maine Wilderness Camps. My friend Xuni came in from Oregon to take care of the farm while I am gone. I promise a full update on the farm when I return.
Summer vacation
July 29, 2009 by edgwickfarmFawn sighting
June 14, 2009 by edgwickfarm
At dusk yesterday, I came across this deer and her twin fawns. My first fawn sighting was last Wednesday but this was my first set of twins.
Daniel with Ryan
May 22, 2009 by edgwickfarm
Nothing is as sweet as a newborn baby.
A long week of work
May 22, 2009 by edgwickfarm
It’s been a long week of new baby goats, new goat moms, parenting on my own, law work and farm work. Tonight I am tired so I am taking the kids to Woody’s for dinner and then catching up with the DVR.
Xena & Ryan
May 22, 2009 by edgwickfarm
Xena had, by herself, a very solid ten pound buckling. Daniel named him Ryan. Henry, rather than POG, si clearly the father, making him 3/4 boer.
Joseph
May 22, 2009 by edgwickfarm
Just two more pregnant goats…Xena who will go any moment and Elizabeth who has some time, I think. June maybe? She lost her last two sets of kids because she delivered prematurely and did not dialate. I am hoping for the best for her this time.
Clip of Giselle & Joseph
May 22, 2009 by edgwickfarmGiselle & Joseph
May 22, 2009 by edgwickfarm
In between running Emma to SKS for her dance call and my required appearance at her dance recital an hour later, Giselle had Joseph. She obviously had been in labor for a few hours because I found a huge spot of amniotic fluid in the shed but something was wrong. I moved her into a birthing stall and donned gloves and felt two little hooves but no head. As I probbed deeper, still no head. Up to my elbow into her uterus, I found the head bent backwards towards the tail. This baby was not coming out unless I got the head forward. I pushed the hooves back in and rotated the body until the head finally moved forward. Then the baby came out and Joseph was born, thankfully unharmed from my manuvering. Giselle, a first time mother, took to him right away. I left Daniel in charge of observing the two of them bonding (giving him naming privilges in return) and ripped off my bloody clothes, threw on a dress and some lipstick and headed to the recital on time. Upon my return two hours later, I weighed Joseph and found he was a healthy 8 pounds. I gave him some colostrum with him largely rejecting the bottle which means he got some on his own while I was elsewhere, took some pictures and left Giselle and Joseph to bond for the night.
Victoria
May 20, 2009 by edgwickfarm
Out of Dreamer and POG, seven pounds, frosty face like her mother but black body and markings like her father. Not as feisty as Bernice was, more typical doeling behavior. Dreamer has a beautiful udder coming in.
