I was right. 🥳
Gerda's twins were born Thursday late afternoon.
This is Chaiavar, Chai for short.
He was definitely the first born kid. By the time we found them, he was completely dried off and very steady on his feet.
This is Senka, which means shadow, a little girl. She was mostly dry but Gerda continued to lick the wet spots on her back. She was still unsteady on her feet, but she'd gotten up on her own!
It was unclear if she had nursed- just one of Gerda's teats was empty. We moved her close and she nosed around. She did latch eventually, so we knew she had colostrum, the first milk that's really rich and full of good stuff for energy and the immune system.
The twins are small; the chickens are bigger! That's from the Norwegian Dwarf genetics on their dad's side (Cocoa, Svetlana and Fritz's son).
Before we went in the house, we ushered the new little family to the back corner where they could bond and have some privacy. We'll keep them there for a couple of days to make sure the babies know who mama is and mama knows who her babies are.
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