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Farm Photos of the Week
February 13, 2006
Photos and text by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
Goat Giving Birth at Celebrity
Dairy
Siler City, NC
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| Apple cleans her newborn kid. Research has shown that this early touch stimulates growth and has positive benefits for newborns. |
| Apple cleans her new baby. Don't you love how his white markings mirror his mom's? |
| Once mom has cleaned up the kid, Tristy takes him in a dry towel for his first feeding. Meanwhile Apple is pushing out her second kid. She had twins! |
| Weekend apprentice Alton Justice bottle-feeds heat-treated colostrum to the newborn kid. Bottle-feeding helps prevent CAE, or Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis, which is transmitted through mothers' milk. |
| The newborn kids huddle under a heat lamp for warmth. |
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