Due dates

We have 5 goats well into their pregnancies. Gestation for a goat is approximately 150 days, or 5 months. There is an excellent chance they will have twins, and a possibility of triplets. Of course, last year Gigi had twins and Harriet had a single. So, we shall wait and see.

Rochelle (LaMancha)- March 21

Gigi (Fainter) - Apr. 6

Cookie (Fainter)- Apr. 7 (maybe, if she took from the first time she was in with the bucks)

Harriet (Fainter)- June 3 (that's from the last time we saw them breed, could be sooner if she took earlier though)

Selena (LaMancha) - May 2

We have buck on the farm for the Fainting Goats (Frank). When the time comes, we just put them in the same pasture as Franl and let nature take its course.

Our LaManchas are taken off the farm to be bred when them come into heat. That is a major chore in itself, especially trying to time their cycles to get them bred at just the right time. Rochelle took just one breeding, Selena took three, which is why their due dates are so far apart.

With a little luck, come Spring we will have at least 10 new kids running about the farm.


Below is a picture of Harriet giving birth to Geraldine last Spring. That's Cookie standing up in the front. Geraldine is of course named for Geraldine Granger, the lead character on one of our favorite britcoms - The Vicar of Dibley. Harriet and Gigi are named in honor of our Uncle Harry and Aunt Genevieve.