Friday, April 15, 2011

Our Latest Lip Balm Giveaway: Guess Serio's Due Date!

As novice goat owners, we picked out Serio last year because we felt sorry for her.  Her mother abandoned her and she was adopted by another friendly goat.  She is a rather strange goat with an odd gait.  As she developed and we learned more about dairy goats, we discovered she has the dreaded "forked teat."  It is a serious birth defect and can make milking difficult.  One book I read says you should cull animals with this type of birth defect.  I thought about it and realized, on this farm, she fits right in.  We have got the perfect goat!

Serio's other farm friends include:

Berry, the stray cat with a case of chronic nasal herpes and constipation since birth.

Pumpkin, the abandoned dog who needed expensive eye surgery to correct a defect.

And Otter, the other stray cat currently on three medications for depression, anxiety and lifelong urinary problems.

If you don't have a birth defect around here, you're just not cool.

The Giveaway:

Serio is expecting her first baby any day.  We think she mated with Banjo in December, which means she should deliver shortly.  Please post your guess for her due date in the comments section (date and time).  The person with the closest birth time will win a four seasons gift pack.  I will throw in an extra if you can correctly guess the sex of the baby.  The contest will close on Easter or earlier if she delivers next week.  I will announce the winner as soon as the baby is born!  

21 comments:

  1. March 20
    3:00 PM
    Boy
    Your cat Otter is so pretty! Sarah P.

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  2. Ummmm...I'm going with 4:20 on 4/20 (for Nate Dog and the regulators, RIP).

    :) Shawn Truax

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  3. May 3, 8 am.
    I miss you guys! (and congrats to Serio!)

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  4. April 30 @ 1:30 PM because it would be extremely convenient for me! Hoping for a doe.

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  5. Oh my! I came over from CK and am loving your blog!!!!! My guess is:
    May 1st at 2am, California time (picked the date because it's my 40th bday! 2am because seems like babies always want to come in the middle of the night!)

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  6. Awww, so good to see pics of Otter and Berry! I'm guessing that it will be a girl on April 23 at 7am.

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  7. April 25th 5pm

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  8. I'm guessing a baby girl will be born on April 24th at 6:30 am.

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  9. Ron and Charlotte guess it's May 8th for Mothers' Day, at 3:00 in the afternoon, hopefully it's a girl. The gestation period for a goat is 150 days, so was Banjo in the pen in early Dec. or mid. That is the question.

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  10. So cute! I say girl, April 30th at 5:30pm. (Pacific time)

    I love the story's that go with your pets. How did you determine a cat had depression :)

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  11. I forgot to guess the sex, I'll say GIRL!

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  12. I say May 8th around noon. And it's a girl!

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  13. We're going with April 22, 5:05am, a girl. Looking forward to little wee baby goat photos!

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  14. I'm here from CK, and adore your "defective lot". :giggle:

    My guess is April 29th @ 11am.

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  15. Oooh, and I forgot to enter my guess for gender: boy

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  16. I'll go with April 19th at 7pm and put me down for a girl please. Done and done.:)

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  17. yeah, I found you - again - I thought I had "followed" this blog when you first said you've changed, but obviously not, so I did it again today.

    I'm guessing Easter Sunday, 4/24/11 because I love Easter and since we don't know when in December she conceived, it's conceivable she may give birth on Easter ;-)

    I think we all have some birth defects one way or another, only on some creatures (or people) you can't outwardly see them. I've never heard of forked teats before. It won't interfere with her nursing her babies, will it?

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  18. p.s. and after the kids are born, you can have another contest in naming them LOL

    Hope Oliver and Pearl are doing well - wishing you a wonderful week :-)
    Love,
    Doris and the Gizz (woof)

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  19. Hmmm...how about May 3rd, 2:30OPM, female.

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  20. Was thinking of you and wanted to wish you and yours (people and animals alike) an most blessed Easter Sunday!

    Well, did Serio have her babies today?

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  21. Thank you for all of your guesses! The contest is now closed. I will announce a winner after Serio gives birth!

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