West Haven goat ties world record for largest litter with six adorable kids
Angela Black pets the five-day-old Nubian dwarf goat kids at her home in West Haven on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. One of Black's goats, Stella, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
Five-day-old Donna Trump looks for a snack at Angela Black's West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. Black says her and her neighbors named the goat due to the toupee-like spot on her head and her constant squealing and noise-making.
Five-day-old goat kids take shelter from the snow at Angela Black's West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. One of Black's goats, Stella, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
On March 10, one of Angela Black's Dwarf Nubian goats gave birth to six kids, tying a Guinness World Record for most goats born in one litter.
Five-day-old goat kids take shelter from the snow at Angela Black's West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. One of Black's goats, Stella, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
Five-day-old goat kids take shelter from the snow at Angela Black's West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. One of Black's goats, Stella, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
Five-day-old Donna Trump looks for a snack at Angela Black's West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. Black says her and her neighbors named the goat due to the toupee-like spot on her head and her constant squealing and noise-making.
Five-day-old goat kids take shelter from the snow at Angela Black's West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. Stella, the adult goat, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
WEST HAVEN — One Weber County household has welcomed six kids to their family — goat kids, that is.
Angela Black has a “mini farm” in West Haven and raises goats and chickens. Her almost 5-year-old Nigerian Dwarf goat, Stella, gave birth to a record six kids Thursday evening, March 10. All six survived birth, and each weighed less than two pounds when born.
“We had no idea how many were in her — we figured four because she had five last year, but she gave us six and I was so surprised,” Black said.
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Angela Black pets the five-day-old Nubian dwarf goat kids at her home in West Haven on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. One of Black’s goats, Stella, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
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Five-day-old Donna Trump looks for a snack at Angela Black’s West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. Black says her and her neighbors named the goat due to the toupee-like spot on her head and her constant squealing and noise-making.
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Five-day-old goat kids take shelter from the snow at Angela Black’s West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. One of Black’s goats, Stella, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
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On March 10, one of Angela Black’s Dwarf Nubian goats gave birth to six kids, tying a Guinness World Record for most goats born in one litter.
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Five-day-old goat kids take shelter from the snow at Angela Black’s West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. One of Black’s goats, Stella, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
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Five-day-old goat kids take shelter from the snow at Angela Black’s West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. One of Black’s goats, Stella, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
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Five-day-old Donna Trump looks for a snack at Angela Black’s West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. Black says her and her neighbors named the goat due to the toupee-like spot on her head and her constant squealing and noise-making.
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Five-day-old goat kids take shelter from the snow at Angela Black’s West Haven home on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2016. Stella, the adult goat, gave birth to six kids which ties the Guinness World Record for most goat kids in a single litter.
According to Guinness World Records' website, the record for largest litter of goats is held by a pygmy goat that gave birth to six kids in Pennsylvania in March 2006.
Nigerian goats usually have litters of three to four kids, according to the Nigerian Dairy Goat Association.
Black said all six kids are female, which is also abnormal.
There were some difficulties with the birth and the babies weren’t coming out naturally, so Black had to pull them out of Stella, she said.
“It was pretty traumatic for her — but she’s healing really well,” Black said.
One of Black’s favorite things about raising goats is watching them bounce and play, she said.
“Even this young — they’re already climbing on some stuff in the goat yard,” Black said.
She said the goats are friendly.
“And when I go out to help with the bottle feeding I just poke my head in their little shelter and go, ‘Hey babies,’ and they just come out — they just know — it’s so cute,” Black said.
Black’s own kid loves the goats. “He wants to keep all of them every year,” she said about her son.
All six of the kids have already been sold, Black said, but five are still with Stella. The babies will be ready to leave their mother at eight weeks old, but Black said one of her clients was already bottle feeding other goats, so she felt comfortable letting her take the goat at such a young age.
Black’s family raises goats to control where their food comes, she said.
“We do it for the milk,” Black said. “We raise them so the babies can pay for the hay in the winter.”
Black has been raising goats for four years and along with drinking goat milk, she makes her own cheese, butter and ice cream.
“(It’s all about) knowing where your food comes from, that it’s not just stuff you buy from the grocery store,” she said.