Creativewriting : A Day Feeding My Father's Pregnant Goat

Early morning sunshine disturbing me while trying to cut fodder for my father's Goat

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Goat is a ruminant animal that has four stomach compartment which includes rumen, reticulum,omasum and abomasum which is the true stomach in ruminant animals.

The gestation period is 150day which is approximate 5 month duration period before they will kiddle or give birth, but it can varies depending on species, nutrition, age and overall management.

Shoot from itelp65c	Here's the pregnant goat

My father has been experiencing maternity losses or miscarriage in his goat, the last one happened few months ago on the bases of lack of fodder, goat pregnancy is just like humans because if proper care are not given as required it might lead to abortion which is very painful after all the stress.

So, these very particular goat is approaching delivery soonest either this month ending or first week in december and I don't want it to abort the pregnancy that's why I decided to step in and nurture the goat by myself.

Shoot from itelp65c	Here's how it was bleating when it was the fodder

Early in the morning I woke up the leftovers feed or fodder were dried and the goat was seriously bleating and I don't really like when the goat bleat, so I went in and cut fodder but the early morning sun was disturbing and I have no option than to bear it and cut the fodder, so I was able to cut a sizable quantity packed up inside my wheelbarrow and took it home.

Shoot from itelp65c	Here's the greenish and freshly cut fodder that I could plug that morning

When I got home, I hang all of the cut fodder for the goat to chew, aside from the fodder, there are other food materials that can be fed to the goat example include; plantain peels, cassava peels, yam peels, etc but there's another feed called concentrate processed, package and sell for farmer who can't source for legumes or fodder for the animal.

In conclusion, I believe to welcome new kids from the goat because it usually give birth to more than one, I will come back and testify and probably show up the kids.