Capella's twin bucklings

Capella has had her kids! Our Toggenburg dairy goat gave birth this afternoon to two healthy little boys. I was amazed as one of the little guys at an hour old managed to climb into his mums big blue hay feeder! I rescued him from his predicament but did not have the camera out in the barn yet to capture that moment. Here however are some pictures of the new little arrivals. It is our plan that mum will help to reduce or eleminate the need for milk replacer for orphaned lambs. She will raise her boys but we will skim a little off the top and freeze it for future use.  Here is the happy little family. The little guys are 5.4 lbs and 6.4 lbs.