A family farm near Christina Lake, B.C. is thankful after a whirlwind effort by neighbours and local farmers to save a baby goat. Little B次元官网网址淐omet,B次元官网网址� named after SantaB次元官网网址檚 reindeer and the B次元官网网址淐B次元官网网址� patterned in his fur, was born breached at Fuster Cluck Farms late Saturday, Dec. 18, Amy Enns-Haywood and husband Nigel told The Grand Forks Gazette.
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A local veterinarian was able to see CometB次元官网网址檚 mother, also called Amy, through her difficult delivery, keeping her alive long enough for her to start suckling her kid.
Somehow, she managed to stand on her four legs so that Comet could feed on her colostrum-rich milk B次元官网网址� the natural formula goatherds call B次元官网网址渓iquid goldB次元官网网址� for its life-sustaining nutrients.
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Tragically, Amy the goat died early the next morning. With her motherB次元官网网址檚 milk running low, Enns-Haywood and her neighbours tended to Comet. Enns-Haywood said she tried nursing him through a bottle sheB次元官网网址檇 bought for baby girl, Riley.
Comet was having none of it, but nearby Jerseyland Organics came through with a special goat bottle and a supply of bovine colostrum. Meanwhile, about half a dozen others had volunteered to help.
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Comet is B次元官网网址渄oing awesome,B次元官网网址� she continued, noting that the kid is probably more of a handful than newborn Riley ever was. B次元官网网址淚 find him more high-maintenance,B次元官网网址� she laughed. Riley and Comet have grown quite close, she added.
Amy the goat came to Fuster Cluck with another goat, Clarisse, who gave birth to three kids on Dec. 13. Comet snuggles with them at night.
The Haywoods said they will plant a tree on his motherB次元官网网址檚 grave after the spring thaw.
laurie.tritschler@grandforksgazette.ca
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