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| Starlight's kids are eager to eat after a few hours apart from their dam. |
With the warm weather we're currently enjoying, the forage has been shooting up quickly. This provides us with ample opportunity to let the does roam to forage during the day, and snag some milk for ourselves--after the runt little Emmilye has had her fill, before returning the dams to their by-now-hungry kids. At just a few days old, Starlight's kids have not yet begun slipping through the fence to be beside their dam; however, that should start any day now. Today I reached over the fence and carried each of the new kids to Starlight before getting the other dams--Pamela and Marcie--onto the milking stand.
We cannot claim to be "in milk" for the season yet, since we are still sharing so readily with the kids. But their days as sole recipients of the delicious milk are numbered. As soon as I am convinced that Emmilye can fend for herself, we will be able to enjoy milk regularly again in the house. Can't wait!
Life on the farm is a daily gift for which we are most thankful.
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