Double Trouble!

Friday evening Leslie didn't want to eat her grain. Hubby did a goat check at 10:30PM and came running back in the house yelling that we had another baby. I went out to the barn and discovered a new little baby boy, still wet, trying to stand up and screaming his little lungs out. We kicked the horses to pasture and made a cozy little bed for mom and child. Since Leslie is fairly skiddish, we decided to leave them alone after we were sure the little boy had a good drink of colostrum. It took a little while for Leslie to let the milk down, though I got it going with a little effort.
Hubby went back to the barn at 6AM and found a little baby girl, still wet. She must have been born within the hour. I started getting a little concerned with the scarcity of her milk and the size of the kids. They were quite a bit smaller than Trouble was when she was born. I decided to call another veterinarian for a second opinion. He came within the hour and gave mom and kids some antibiotics, vitamin B injections and calmed me down. Everything would be ok.



Here they are on Saturday morning. They still didn't have a name yet. We kept them inside the stall all day. Leslie doesn't seem to be quite as adept at being a mom as Annabelle does, but we're hoping she'll figure it out. I had collected a bit of her colostrum and was syringe feeding the kids during the day just to make sure they got enough nourishment.
Later that night while we were resting our tired bones in the hot tub we came up with their names.
Please meet.....



PEBBLES & BARNEY!

Here they are meeting big sis Trouble for the first time....



Trouble was indeed living up to her name and wanted to play a little too rough with her smaller siblings. We have them separated for the time being, until the wee ones are a little more steady on their legs.
Daddy Lancelot was proudly surveying his empire and offspring......



And we can't complete the post without this cute picture of Trouble, laying in her mom's food bowl....



In knitterly news; I am almost done with the Looking Glass Top. Just need to do the seaming and weaving in ends. Pictures to follow soon. Thursday we'll get to see the Yarn Harlot in Denver. That should be a great excursion.