03/18/2026
We definitely don’t play favorites… but someone had to go last, and this girl holds a special place in my heart.
Moon Shadow Acres MB Sassafras was my final doe to kid this season. After a long week of ups and downs, I’ll admit I was a little on edge. The second she started showing signs of labor, I was watching way too early, after pulling an all-nighter with Poppy, I told myself I’d sleep and just check on her every 30 minutes…
5:30am — nothing. 6:00am — nothing. 7:00am — still nothing… and now I’m starting to stress
By 7:30am I was heading to the barn ready to come up with a game plan because clearly something had to be wrong. Then I heard a loud yell and ran down to find Sass trying to push a baby… directly into the wall (genetics, apparently — it’s exactly how she was born 😂).
I slid her over just a bit and that baby came right out. Not even five minutes later, still standing, she pushed out a second with one big yell. My little Sass gave me two beautiful, giant doelings. I checked more than once because I was convinced they had to be bucklings with their size!
She really came through with a smooth, uneventful kidding — the perfect way to wrap up the season. Her girls are already practically as tall as she is, and just like her dam, Sass is completely devoted to her babies. They’re her whole world — a tiny little clique of three — and the only time she’s had any “struggles” with motherhood is when her girls insist on wandering off to play with the other kids 😂 finally I can say, that’s a wrap!
