My moonspotted doe Dot had triplets last Friday night. She has only had singles until this year. The two boys are growing like weeds and thriving but I have noticed the tiny little girl is always crying and seems to be hungry. I have been having to hold Dot to let her nurse since her brute brothers are beating her to the food. Another one of my goats kidded Tuesday and she is a gentle sweet natured girl so since she only had 1, I got the idea to let the little girl nurse off of her. Well mothers don't accept other babies easily so I am having to hold her still but I successfully got the little girl who I think I will be calling Pixie to eat last night and again this morning. I have another doe whose baby will be leaving to go to her new home in Illinois this weekend so I am hoping to transfer Pixie over to Fudge and hopefully she will be having "empty nest" syndrome and will accept a totally new baby to foster for the next 7 weeks. I just hate to have to start bottle feeding Pixie so I am crossing my fingers that the baby switcheroo project will go smoothly.
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