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Tipsy, you have all the luck! 6 girls and 1 boy ( of course, that is only good luck if you want girls) is great. Baby goats are too cute! Bummer for the open doe, AHayes. Our buck turned up infertile, so we won't have babies this season, but we already have a replacement lined up so we will have babies next year. But we do have 5 piggies running around, a coop of biddies, and bunnies are due any day. I love spring!

My friends down the road from me have had 2 bucks and 6 nannies so far this season. They still have 3 does to go.

AHayes, "uninvited animals" :D

I'm waiting for my Doe to drop her kid(s). She's been showing signs of prelabor since Saturday but hasn't started actual labor yet. She's a gold ran frostie half lamancha bred to a solid black pure lamancha.

@Coeur That's great XD I'm 110% sure both my parents would notice if I brought home a new goat (since I only have 2 right now it'd be kinda hard to miss). But I think I could get away with bringing home a new rabbit without them noticing. Especially once i'm done with school, my parents wouldn't set foot in my rabbit shed so they'd never know who's in there!
@Haltanny I have a pygmy doe and her "oops baby" that is a kinder (Pygmy/Nubian cross). He was definitely not supposed to happen. We all thought she was pregnant with a few pygmy babies but surprise! One month before we thought she was due, my friend (who I was boarding them with at the time) walked out and there he was XD He was such a big baby that he had to get down on his knees to suckle. She gave birth when no one was around so my friend and her mother were terrified since Blizzard was so small. Thankfully, everything went great and there were no health problems. Turns out, Blizzard had managed to get in with their Nubian buck (who's like 3 times her size) and then gotten out again without anybody noticing, a month before I planned to breed her.
@WildlandAcres It's so hard! I got to college in a whole different state, 9.5 hours away from home! Thankfully I have such a wonderful mother who takes amazing care of my animals :D

All mine are "on purpose" babies. I have a small goat dairy (just 3 does). I'm hoping Goldie gives me a good buck to keep, but she's still holding them hostage. :)

@Tipsy03 That's sad about your goat but awesome about having rabbits! I raise Mini Lops as show rabbits and I tried to breed Californians for meat but the does just wouldn't have babies so I gave up XD I'm gonna sell them and get a new meat breed another time. I've shown rabbits in 4h for about 7 years now and just started breeding 2 years ago.