The following article is a excerpt from Raising Meat Goats for Profit by Gail Bowman. Copyright Bowman Communications Press, all rights reserved 1999. Do not reproduce without express written permission from Bowman Communications, Inc.

I am asked for photos of a normal kidding so often

that I am tickled to share these with you out of the book

Raising Meat Goats for Profit!

Plate 1: … another bag will appear. This one has a kid in it.

Plate 2: If you are watching you will soon see two little hooves and a nose. Often the tongue is hanging out.

Plate 3: Once the shoulders are born the kid will usually just slide out in one slurp.

Plate 4: Then, pull the newspaper with the kid on it around to the mother’s head and let her lick the kid