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Because they are the antidote to all that ails us.
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Mrs. Guy and her 11 sweet babies.
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Charlie, napping with her 'lambie'. S she loves this stuffie!
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Not a recent picture, but a baby nonetheless.
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sweet baby calf

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Well, they've got to live somewhere!
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Cute, noisy and messy - typical ducks!
Cute, noisy and messy - typical ducks!

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Shetland sheep and Pilgrim geese here.
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Pilgrim goslings. Gander on left, goose on right.
Pilgrim goslings. Gander on left, goose on right.
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Spotted ram lamb
Spotted ram lamb
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Lily's twins--another spotted ram lamb and a black ewe lamb
Lily's twins--another spotted ram lamb and a black ewe lamb
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And the black ewe lamb living down to her black sheep reputation....
And the black ewe lamb living down to her black sheep reputation....
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while her brother poses nicely for the camera
while her brother poses nicely for the camera

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I went to the Tractor Supply a few days ago, and a box of ducks somehow managed to find itself in my shopping cart...
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baby ducks
 
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Kc - I *hope* you know what you're in for! They're very cute.

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Not the baby-daddy, but he's being a patient guardian and mentor!.....
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Jay Angler wrote:Kc - I *hope* you know what you're in for! They're very cute.



Very cute, but VERY messy! I hatched and raised both of my geese but, since these were already a few days old when I got them they haven't imprinted like the goslings did, so they're a bit more skittish.
Right now they're in my guest bathroom, using a tote as a brooder with a heat lamp clamped to the towel rack. I've been running a few inches of water in the tub and letting them have "bath and splash" time every day while I clean out the tote that they manage to completely soil in under 24 hours. Now, it seems like they're already outgrowing their tote, so will probably move to a larger brooder in the rabbit barn this weekend.
Hopefully I can have them fairly tame by the time they feather out. Lately I've been bribing with immature sweet peas and mealworms, and if I can get them to trust me enough, we'll start learning how to hunt slugs and snails in the gardens. 🤞
 
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I could load pages of baby pics, here is a few...
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baby deer fawn
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cute baby goat. look at those ears!
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baby kittens and mama cat
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mother goat and kid
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mother goat and twin buck kids
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Kc Simmons wrote:

Lately I've been bribing with immature sweet peas and mealworms, and if I can get them to trust me enough, we'll start learning how to hunt slugs and snails in the gardens.

If you have access to lemna "duckweed" I've found it a great bribe with Noisy Ducks (any breed that goes "quack"). Mine need to be introduced to it tomorrow, but things have been rather busy this week!

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Seven week old English angoras.  They will all have "V" names this year, hopefully "V" for Vaccine and not only "V" for virus.



Same babies at four days old.  The pink one will become white.



Six week old babies from a different litter.

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just hatched 16 baby chicks
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You don't get to choose where some birds pose for their portrait!
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Our new little bull named Duke. He was born on a day with 3 inches of rain!
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cow and baby bull calf

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Here's a few of a different nature from our photo safari to South Africa (at Zulu Nyala near Hluhluwe) last March.

It was special to see those three species of babies nursing.

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Zebra foal kicking things up
Zebra foal kicking things up
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Kudu nursing
Kudu nursing
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Very young African elephant
Very young African elephant
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Same elephant showing size contrast
Same elephant showing size contrast
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Black-faced impala
Black-faced impala
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Southern giraffe
Southern giraffe

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John Weiland wrote:Not the baby-daddy, but he's being a patient guardian and mentor!.....



He looks like my Caucasian Shepherd. What kind of dogs are they?
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Since we are reviving this old post, I might as well add in my favorite chick pictures :)

"Going for a ride" and "What is this bright place outside my egg". I'm sure you can guess which is which.
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Hitching a ride on mom
Hitching a ride on mom
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Peeking out at the world
Peeking out at the world

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Babies!

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So, Gina, why do baby goats have such ridiculously long ears? Just so they can flap around and try to fly?

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Do they need another reason? Lol, my goats are mostly all or part Nubian. Long ears would be a good way to cool a desert animal, no? Goats have every size ear imaginable from long eared Nubians, to no-eared La Manchas and everything in between. There are Pakistani breeds of goats that have ears down to their knees!
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