#1: Curious goat staring into my camera

#2: Biting on the fence

 #3: Bleah!

Hey, peeps! So, I went to the goat farm with my gf during the weekend. Played with the goats and drank some goat milk.

This was my first time visiting the farm at Lim Chu Kang, and it was certainly a surprising eye-opener to witness a doe (female goat) giving birth to her two kids!! Below is the picture of the mommy and her 2 babies:

I shall describe briefly about the interesting process of the doe giving birth!

Initially, we noticed that there was this sticky fluid coming out from the back of the doe, leading me to think that it was just some kind of discharge from her when she got sexually excited. (I wasn’t thinking dirty. A male goat was harrassing her, and hence the thought.) But, the discharge turned out to be some mucus, signalling that she was about to give birth in one to two hours’ time.

And then it happened! We witnessed the doe trying to force an amniotic sac (with the kid in it) out of her uterus. But, it seemed that she did not have enough strength, and so the sac kept coming out and contracting back. This process went on for more than 1/2 an hour, and finally someone informed the farm owner about it.

Well, the guy was definitely experienced in helping his goats deliver their kids. He came down to the stable and immediately bursted the amniotic sac of the doe. Fluid that looked like raw egg white and yolk came flowing down (yeah, it looked kinda grossed). The guy helped to shorten the doe’s pain by immediately pulling her kid out of her uterus. (I realised later that this process needs 1-2 hrs’ time to complete if there isn’t any human intervention.) The kid’s front legs came out first, then its head, and finally its hind legs.

When I thought that was all, the guy actually dug his hand into the doe’ womb again! Actually, he was feeling physically if there was anymore kid inside. True enough, there was one more, and he again swiftly pulled it out and lay it onto the floor. The guy then gave a jab into the doe (I don’t know what was that injection for) and left the stable. The two kids were covered with mucus after they were born, and the mother naturally came to them and started to lick the babies until they were clean from the mucus. (The picture above shows the process of the mum licking them.)

Finally, we observed how the two kids tried eagerly to stand up on their own. Their rubbery legs kept giving way, but they kept trying, and just before we left for home, one of them succeeded in balancing itself standing up! They would be able to stand and walk in 1-2 days’ time.  

Ok, I guess brief description wasn’t that brief after all. LOL. So, yeah.. it was a gd experience there. I did caress those goats there (and allowed them to nibble on my fingers), and it seemed to me that they enjoyed the attention that they were gaining. Go down and have a look when u people are free. It’s worth it!!