By Lee Koelzer | Director
In goat years- Ruth is the equivalent of a young teenager - and she acts the part! The little hussy broke her rope and snuck off to fraternize with the neighbors boy goat.
We did not realize that they had actuallly consumated their 'relationship' until one morning WHAM a teeny tiny baby goat dropped out. We hadn't even known she was pregnant!!! She did not get very big when pregnant and she actually just looked healthy. The baby (named Haruna in honor of my friend's son who was volunteering with us at the time, and she really likes to suck on his chin hairs) is definitely underweight and probably a bit premature. We are bottle feeding her as well as letting her suckle with her Mother.
Though being an underage mom- Ruth is ferocious in protecting her baby. As I was trying to leave the farm, baby Haruna was sleeping in the middle of the driveway. Our farm worker Charles tried picking her up to move her and Ruth attacked him! She jumped up on her back feet and started beating the daylights out of him with her front hooves. Needless to say Charles retreated. As a bystander it was really quite hilarious. :)
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