![]() ![]() You’ll find that bottle-fed babies are more attached to humans because they associate them with food. Which is best, bottle-fed or mother-raised goat babies? It’s important to know which your baby goat is, because that can determine a few different things in taking care of her early on. If a baby goat has been raised by its mother, then it will nurse from her until about 6-8 weeks of age. If it’s been bottle-fed, then it will drink from a bottle until 6-8 weeks of age. Baby goats are either mother-raised or bottle fed, and it’s important to know which yours is. No matter how many times baby goats are born here on our little farm, it never gets old!īut before you run to the nearest farm to snatch one up, there are a few things you need to know. And if you’re hoping for the some goaty, cuddly goodness in the future, here’s where you’ll learn how to care for them so they stay nice and fluffy and jumpy for ya.’ Holding squishy, soft, sleepy baby goats is pure joy. Like the sun appearing after the darkest of days, they named the adopted baby goat Solaris.They are adorable fluffballs of everything that is good in the world. “Your heart just bursts with happiness,” Ted smiles. Weeks later, the sisters are supporting each other while their kids are inseparable. The farm is recognizing Moon and Venus becoming moms with a Mother's Day fundraiser for the farm. “I’m so happy that Moon has someone she can raise now.” “I’m just so proud of them,” Claudia says fighting back tears. ![]() Venus treats the kid like it’s Moon’s offspring. Moon completely accepted her sister’s baby girl as her own. “It was like this miraculous, ‘Oh my gosh!’” Ted says, recalling how joyful Moon's reaction seemed. “So we tried to put on Moon’s nose so she thinks it came from her.”Īfter a few minutes, confusion turned to curiosity before Moon started licking the newborn clean and was instantly elated. ![]() “She sniffed, took her head back a little, and was like, ‘Oooh! This is not mine!'” Claudia says. Venus was so busy welcoming her first kid, named Jupiter, she didn’t notice the arrival of her much smaller second baby.Ĭlaudia was suddenly inspired to give this new baby to the mourning Moon. “All of a sudden we hear this 'bloop,'" Ted recalls. “She was saying, ‘Where’s my baby?!’”īut then Claudia and Ted heard another sound. “And Moon was in the stall next door making these sounds,” Claudia says. It only got worse for Moon the next day when she heard her sister giving birth to a healthy boy. “She was making little ‘Where’s my baby’ sounds,” Claudia says. “She had done all this work and now there’s nothing there.” “I hate it when they lose their babies,” Claudia cries.īut no one was more distraught than Moon. “Sitting down all plump!”īut all the smiles suddenly stopped after Moon went into labour first. “Like a pear,” Claudia laughs, drawing the shape with her hands. While the moms-to-be were named after celestial orbs, Moon and Venus looked like ripe fruit after a few months of being pregnant. “They can raise the kids as a little team.” “They can spend time together,” smiles Claudia Laube, the farm manager. “He’s a spicy boy!”Īnd after Wasabi went on a couple hot dates with Moon and Venus, there was out-of-this-world excitement that the two sisters were pregnant at the same time. “He’s spicy,” laughs John Hartley, a business manager at the farm. Before we can fully appreciate the name of the latest baby goat to arrive at the Beacon Hill Children’s Farm in Victoria, we need to know her story. ![]()
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