Don’t count your kids too soon
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381905)
Rockingham, Australia
February 17, 2021 6:29am CST
When the bushfire threatened my sister and nephew’s place, they evacuated over 80 goats to a safe place. Five of the dwarf Nigerian does were heavily in kid. Now they are all safely home again and two of the does have had their babies.
Our nephew posted on FB that the two had each had twins. However, later he posted again, to say that the next time he checked the does, one had had two more kids so twins for one and quads for the other.
Aren’t they just the cutest?
The photo is my nephew’s. Used with permission
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@DaddyEvil (174296)
• United States
17 Feb 21
OMG!
Can you imagine how big the one that gave birth to quads must have been? Talk about being the size of a barn! 
Yes, they are very cute! 
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@DaddyEvil (174296)
• United States
17 Feb 21
@JudyEv I feel sorry for them... Can you imagine how miserable they must feel?
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@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb 21
@DaddyEvil Fair enough but they never look miserable. The does were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when we saw them on Monday.
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Awww they are so cute, such a pretty face. They seem in good health.
@kaylachan (84736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Feb 21
They are cute. I'm glad to hear that they are all safe and alive.
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@wolfgirl569 (135643)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Feb 21
They are adorable. I love the fuzzy headed one that is facing left and has the ears down.
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@wolfgirl569 (135643)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Feb 21
@JudyEv What I can see of the face markings it looks like it.
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@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 21
@wolfgirl569 I wonder if the ear with straighten out? I should think it would.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
17 Feb 21
nature is resilient, That is so cool that the kids did well despite all that stress
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@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 21
@DocAndersen The logistics during the fire would have been something else. 300 horses were moved to one area and another area had over 100. Then there were donkeys, alpacas, sheep, goats. It must have been mayhem for a while.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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18 Feb 21
Now those goats would sure come in handy come lawn mowing time Neat photo!
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
18 Feb 21
@JudyEv I love goats and soon I will start to rear them!
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@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 21
@Laurakemunto My nephew has Nigerian dwarves. This breed originated in Nigeria.
@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
18 Feb 21
@JudyEv no am planning to have it from another county (maasaibreed)
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
18 Feb 21
Quads sound like a huge burden for a mom of any sort, except maybe a cat or dog.
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@JudyEv (381905)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 21
That's true but, with these, the kids are always taken off the mothers and hand-reared.
@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Feb 21
They sure are adorable and that is a lot of goats
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@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
18 Feb 21
Oh. My. Goodness. Massive cuteness alert. Thanks so much for posting this picture.
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