Yesterday evening, Alan went out to move some round bales into the pastures for the cows and donkeys. As he drove along the fence line, all the critters gathered around the water troughs eagerly waiting for their hay (they love new bales!) He thought to himself "Man, I've got a lot of donkeys." And then did a double-take.... there seemed to be one more set of ears than usual.... time for a headcount... yup, two more ears than usual!
Remember back in early August when tiny little C-Biscuit was born (with no warning), and Muffin (her mama) wouldn't let her nurse? Knowing that IF Molly was pregnant (she's always been rather "round"), she would have gotten pregnant at about the same time as Muffin, so we were hoping that Molly would have her baby soon so that C-Biscuit could possibly nurse off of her, or at least have a little friend her size!
Unfortunately, Molly didn't have her baby and sadly, we lost C-Biscuit. We didn't know exactly just how pre-mature C-Biscuit was... now we know it was easily several months. It's been so long that we haven't even been sure that Molly was even pregnant! I guess she WAS!
MOLLY HAD A BABY!!
Yesterday morning, Molly looked no different than any other day -- there was no reason for us to even suspect that she was going to deliver ... we didn't even have reason to believe that she was in fact pregnant (I emphasize, she's always been rather round). Today, post delivery, she's NOT round!
Meet Nick! Born just in time for Christmas! This is a wonderful thing to see for any young animal -- successful eating!! He seems happy and healthy and strong ... but LITTLE, just like his papa!
I don't know what it is about the animals having babies either when I'm traveling, or just before I leave for someplace, but that's how they seem to do it... I'm leaving for the airport in just a couple of hours, headed up to Northeastern Washington to spend the rest of December with my family. I'd better START packing!!
If you didn't get to read about C-Biscuit, here are some links for you:
Surprise, A Baby Donkey!
Baby Update
Some Mornings Are...
C-Biscuit Update