Venus at 30 minutes old

Our princess doesn't feel right... She's in early labor!!

Venus at 3 days old.

Opal and Venus resting in the barn

YEAH!!!! Our last cria has arrived! We had another girl.  Opal, our princess, went into labor on Sunday afternoon, just a few hours after my last posting.  She didn't make things easy on herself.  She laid down for most of her labor.  Venus was born just before 4 pm on Sunday, June 3.  She is white with lots of curls and crimp.  Her fiber looks like berber carpet.  She is very small: 12 lbs 6 oz at birth.  Her mama is our smallest female.  Our vet came out the next day to check on her.  She was not premature.    She has spent the first week being very passive but now that she is 10 days old, she runs and plays with Mocha.

Our first girl!

We have finally had a female cria!  Bubbles delivered Mandoline (Mandy, for short) on Friday, May 25 at 10:15 am.  I didn't have to assist with this birth either but was able to see most of the delivery.  She is a beautiful little thing with berber carpet fiber!! We're very excited about her overall appearance.

We have one more preggie on the farm to deliver still.  Opal is due within the next week.  I think she'll have deliver in the next few days.  She was our little PR gal before she got pregnant but she's been pretty aloof since she's been bred.  Just in the last couple of days though she has come back around for attention.  She's following in the same pattern as Ginger.  Anyone want to take bets on whether I'll be proven right?

Today, Sunday June 3 has been pretty busy for us so far.  We bred our junior herdsire, Zamboni, to Ruby.  He wasn't too interested at first, with this being his first breeding.  We brought Ace in to the pen to show him the way and after that he was fine!  Ruby is a dark brown  and Zamboni is a light rose grey so they will make a really nice cria!  We'll find out next year!

Surprise! We have another cria! Ruby delivered a little boy yesterday afternoon around 2 pm.  He appears to be a rose grey.  He weighed 18 pounds at birth.  He was up and around 45 minutes and was nursing within an hour!  He's beautiful!  Her delivery was quick and easy.  I saw the whole thing but didn't have to help at all, so I took photos! Yeah for I-Phones!

We haven't named him yet.  We do have a name for Ginger's cria now.  Officially, his name is NRVA El Corazon's Don Quixote.  His farm name is Quixote. I call him cutie Quixote!. He is growing by leaps and bounds. By yesterday he was 35 pounds!

We have named Ruby's cria. His name is Mocha Latte.   Here is another photo of him.