When I checked on the babies about 1pm this afternoon the 3rd baby was very weak and barely swallowing the colostrum. I was afraid he wasn't going to make it and unfortunately when I went back to check on them about 5pm he was dead.
Ari & Bekah were with me and they immediately realized the baby was dead as soon as we walked in the room. Without any prompting on my part, they both very sweetly told Pumpkin "I'm so sorry about your baby." Bekah went on to tell her that she needed to pay extra special attention to her other babies because they probably are going to miss their brother.
The gold/white buckling is looking pretty healthy, but I'm a little concerned about the darker colored one. He isn't as strong, but at least getting up and nursing on his own. I gave both of them a little extra colostrum and will give them a little more when I got back over to do chores again in a couple of hours.
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