Sherry on the left and her mother Daphne on the right, are both very pregnant and ready to give birth. They are Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats and have huge udders for such little goats. Beautiful girls! The girls may be diminutive in size, but they almost rival a full sized goat for their udders. Daphne and Sherry are pure bred Nigerian Dwarf goats and Cecelia is about 7/8ths Nigerian. Cecelia had quads last year and kept three, but the little girl was the tiny one and got pushed away all the time. She would not take a bottle either and got weaker and weaker and succumbed one day after about a week. Daphne has had triplets and twins in the past. This is her third pregnancy and she is very large and so is her udder. Her daughter, who was bred to a Nigerian buck, is also ready to birth, likely a day before her mother by the look of her and her udder is huge and engorged. I have not tried to milk any goats, but the long teats would make the process quite a bit easier than say a Pygmy goat, though the Pygmy has richer milk with a higher percentage of butterfat. This year, I may try a milk share so I can make some goat's milk soap for the farm store. It is just a waiting game now, with any of the three ready to give birth at any moment. Beautiful little ladies, they are!
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