Nanny Gave Birth

Nanny gave birth to this beautiful blue eyed baby girl at 3:03pm today.


Welcome to the homestead little one.

Nanny cleaning up her baby.

Everyone like to watch

Nestled in the manger with momma, Nanny.

Another New Kid Addition This Evening - Penelpe Gave Birth

Harriet called to me from the other end of the house sounding panicked.  She thought that Sugar's baby had gotten out and she was wondering what had happened to her sweater.  Instead it was Penelope's new baby.  Meet baby number two for the homestead in a little over 24 hours.


She is all black with a bit of gray around her ears.

Penelope is the mother of the first Pygmy/Nigerian Dwarf kids here on the homestead.  Ornery and Ernestine.

Sire - Bandito
1/2 Nigerian Dwarf & 1/2 Pygmy

 Bandito who's name became Pan when our daughter purchased him last year is the sire to all our babies here on the homestead.  He has since been neutered so these are the last of his babies to be born.  The rest falls on his son's shoulders.

Ornery Vaughn

Ernestine Neoma

 Ornery and Ernestine were born June 11, 2011.  They are not sure what they think about the new babies.  they are use to being the babies of the herd and now someone else is getting that attention.

We Have a New Kid - Sugar Gave Birth

Sugar and her brand new baby

Sugar gave birth to her baby this evening at 4:20 pm.  We thought with her being so big that she would have two maybe even three babies but she only had one.  A mostly black female with a tuft of white between where her horns will be.  Her ears are also salt & pepper.  At 5 hours old she was already wanting to play.  She is the first baby to be born in the new manger.


The baby was breach.  Harriet was able to assist with the delivery when Sugar started having a strong contraction she pulled the baby right out.  Thank God Harriet is a retired Lay Midwife.  I'll be honest I was lost at what to do.  I can build but birthing is a whole other ball game.  I think Sugar did good for her first birth.  Thank you for the new addition to the homestead Sugar.

Opal and I watching Sugar clean her new baby.

Opal wants to help Sugar clean the baby.  I have to lay on
her to keep her from assisting.

Can't I help Momma?

Opal finally gets to help.

Such a pretty face

Momma Sugar and baby.  Five hours old.

The day the Pyrenees Came

Sugar and her playful baby.  She is five hours old.

The baby outside the door are the ones born just this past June.

Ornery is the male and close to the end you will hear him butting his sister into the door with a loud boom.