Before We Started Kidding

Back on March 25, before any of our kids had hit the ground, we purchased a purebred (or so we are told...) Boer Doe and her two kids, a doeling and a buckling. The Doe goes by Kirby, and we have named the doeling Peanut Butter (P.B. for purebred also equals Peanut Butter) and the buckling is Rambo (their father's name is Bodacious).

 Kirby with Rambo in front.

Rambo on the left, Peanut Butter on the right.

We will be using Rambo to breed our 2011 doelings in 2012. We're hoping for some good strong meat babies, with lots of color.

Jump ahead a bit to April 14; the day was miserable, it was snowing and blowing, everything was wet, and we had to bundle up as if it was January. For those of you with any farming experience you know that this means it is "perfect" weather for having a baby; enter Zorro. FIL had been told that one of the llamas we had received last year was due to have her baby in May, well that was wrong because she decided that a snow storm in April was the perfect day for a baby. He was quite chilled when we found him, and he had some raspy breathing, but happily he perked right up after a couple of days in the barn with his mom (I'm sure the antibiotics helped too). For those of you who are interested to know, a baby llama is called a cria.

 Zorro and his Mom

A closer look at Zorro, boy was he ever wet!