Sarah was the first doe due this year and she was due way earlier than my other girls. Sarah was just determined to be difficult and kidded the Wednesday before my spring break, when I'd be able to be home with the babies. Sarah kidded extremely quickly, once she finally got to business. Sarah was extremely loose, and I barely had to help with any of the kids. The first baby came out head first, he was a big brown boy and he was lively! The second kid was a pretty, splashy brown doeling, who came out head first with one leg back. Sarah has only ever kidded with boys, gave us a girl! We were overjoyed and set to work drying the two off. We had thought ourselves pretty lucky to have such a quick, easy kidding, but Sarah wasn't done! She started pushing again, and I was barely there in time to catch a little, brown buckling with a huge white belt. He was tiny compared to his siblings, but no less lively. All three of them were up and trying to walk before the next morning and all ate a good amount on their first meal. Sarah passed her placenta without a problem, and the kids were loud, healthy, and certainly get the "healthiest kids at birth" award. This was also the fastest and easiest kidding of the year.
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