More babies but Pinkie dies

We've had a busy week as both Spot and Pinkie have had babies. Spot had two on Friday. You can see them being born in the video above. Pinkie had one baby on Saturday afternoon. All seemed fine with her and we could celebrate a Pinkie birth that, for the first time, did not require the intervention of a vet. On Sunday morning we found Pinkie was very poorly. The vet came and gave her some injections and we moved her to the new shelter. Sadly, she died through the night. This is a serious blow to us. We adored Pinkie and she was our only milking goat. We are going to have to start the search for a new milker.

Pinkie's baby is quite at home with the other kids and goats. We are bottle feeding him. Fortunately we had taken what milk we could from Pinkie as an insurance policy against her death. It means the baby will be fed milk with the necessary colostrum and antibodies needed in the first few days.