Life on the Ranch

Between goat babies, the neighbor's puppy being born, Grandma's 75th surprise birthday party and life in general . . . it is hard to get posts up on my blog. But, here is one pic of the almost 2 day old baby llama. He is doing good and likes to be pet. This morning, my daughter put a baby sweater on him and we have him out in the front yard. He has been running back and forth, chasing the goats that are in that yard, sniffing and checking things out and stressing his mother out, as she follows him making noises at him!

This morning I thought our white llama mama (Salty) was acting different. I even asked my daughter about a possible due date (since we had a male llama in with her last year). We both thought her belly looked a little bigger and lower. Well, a few hours later, as we were going to let the livestock out, my daughter noticed A FOOT hanging out of the llama!!       We spent the next 20 minutes or so watching the amazing birth of a baby llama, called a cria. Here is one pic, as I am busy right now. I'm sure my daughter will get some more pics up on her blog over at   http://goodgoats.blogspot.com/