No, I am not giving away my first born. Especially since my first born hasn’t even been born yet and Patrick’s first born, Harry, is way too helpful to giveaway.
I am giving away the winner’s choice of one pound of yarn or spinning fiber to the person you guesses the hour and date our first goat kid or lamb is born this year.
Here’s the rules: since we could have babies any minute, the time to enter this giveaway is short. Get your entry in by 8 pm EST tonight (3/31). In the event that more than one person chooses the correct hour and date we will flip a coin to choose the winner. “Hour” will be defined as within the hour- i.e. 2:05 would be in the 2 o’clock hour. So would 2:50 p.m.. You must indicate a.m. or p.m. on your entry because military time confuses me even when I’m not sleep deprived.
Just so everybody is on the same page- our nannies and one of our ewes are bred to give birth sometime between today (3/31) and April 20th. Get your guesses in now!
Props to Margaret (mugginsquilts) for the idea!
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4/3 8:01 pm (8 pm hour)
I’m going to guess 2nd April at 1am
Hope it starts soon at any rate!
Tomorrow, April 1st, during the 7am hour…I’m hoping not much earlier, for your sake!
Ok. I’m in. 4/1/09 5:01am
4/1 at 4:04am (4am hour)
I’m guessing 3pm tomorrow (April 1). And I’m hoping for smooth, uneventful deliveries!
4/1 at 2:30am
Fun contest!
I’m going to say April 2d in the 6 a.m. hour.
I’m going to guess April 9 @ 6am
April 1st at 11:00PM
How about April 1st at 5am.
March 31 at 10:42pm EST
Since I am convinced they are conspiring to keep you sleep deprived I am going with 4/1 at 3am.
1st april 1 am (sorry, I know it’s going to be the middle of the night though!)
March 31 8:12 PM.
3/31, 10pm
4/1 12:45am
4/5/09 4AM (but hoping for a more shepherd-friendly hour!)
April 1 2pm (here’s to hoping you get some sleep)
4/1 at 2:22AM.
Good luck! I can’t wait to see the kiddos!
03/31 11pm
(I’m hopeful, what can I say!)
My guess is 4/4/09 at 9am EST
Good luck ladies.
4/1 12:21 am.
Tomorrow, April 1st at 0900am….
4/1 at 2:30 pm
It’s a tossup whether to pick a time most inconvenient to you, or a time when I can’t watch. I figure that, between them, the nannies and ewes have many, many opportunities to keep you and Erin out of your warm beds, so I picked the appt I have for an epidural for my back, in sympathy with the nannies who’d probably like one, too.
March 31st 7:50 p.m. (7 pm hour)!
WahOOOO! 4/4 2am
I’m going to guess first baby at 5am Thursday, 4/2!
Oh, how can I resist! Baby pools are the most fun ever. 4/1 at Noon.
Because i think they’ll be kind to you 
4/2 at 4:30am
4/2 @ 3:15 a.m.
I’m going with 4/1, 10 AM hour.
4/11 11 a.m.
April 3rd 3am – since it probably won’t be when anyone’s actually watching!
3/31 at 11:59 pm
April 10 at 8 a.m. (my daughter’s B-day)
April 4th, 3:15am.
Okay here goes!!! How about: 3/31 @ 10:00pm
I have my fingers crossed!!!
April 1st @ 1:00 PM
4/6/09 at 3:15 pm
I’ll guess 4/1, 11 p.m. hour.
I guess April 2nd at 3 AM – you wouldn’t want any sleep would you?!
April 1, 2:37am
Kelley aka BratKnits
4/1 at 6 am.
I will guess that you will have some April fool’s lambies. So April 1st at, oh……. 5:00 pm I’ll say.
Hmmmmm. Let’s say 5AM EST, April 1.
Random guess: Thurs 4/2 1:37 pm
April 1, 12:30 am
I’m going to guess 4/2 6:05 p.m.
I’m going to guess April 5 in the 3pm hour. That’s Palm Sunday, so it’s a good day to enter a new place!
April 2, at sunset, 7:20 pm
04/04/2009 6:00 PM
Apr 4 10:08 a.m.
I’ll guess April 1st (an April Fools baby!), as 3:30pm
I’m going to guess 4/1… at 9PM…
April 1st, 8am. Ooh, so exciting!
I am going to guess April 1st in the 8am hour
4/1 8:01 a.m.
(I’m being kind – I hope you get some sleep tonight)
New babies…fun for you should show up at: 3:34 AM.
That’s my guess! GoodLuck!!!!!!!!!
I forgot the day 4/1 3:34 AM.
4/2, 2 AM hour.
April 2nd, 5 am
My guess is April 5 at 3:00 pm
April 2nd, 12pm. Maybe they’ll let you get some sleep!
April 13th – 5:13am
april 1st 9:15 in the am (a civilized hour!)
I’m thinking the first one will be an april fools baby (that’s my cat’s b-day too) so my guess is: 4/1 during the 4pm hour
April 2, 2009 at 3:45 a.m. Hope it’s sooner for your sake! Maybe you can build a bunk room that’s in or closer to the birthing area and install a baby monitor!!
2nd of April 3am
I’ll pick 4/1 at 1AM.
4-1 11:03 pm
I’m guessing 4/3 at 11:15am
Great contest!!
Well, someone already picked what I did, so I guess I’ll pick 4/1 at 1:35.
april 1st during the 11 a.m. hour
April 9th at 7 AM
My guess is Wednesday morning, April 1st at 7:45 AM… because that’s around the time Deb, Chappy and I are leaving for MV. Just feels lucky in all sorts of ways
4/2 4 AM
4/6/2009
4am
p.s. here’s how i do military time simply (in MY brain it’s simply but kinda easy too if u do #’s at all)
lets just say it’s 16:00 and u say omg what is THAT?
10’s are always easy to count by…do u agree?
you must if this will work…so try…humor me…try…
so FIRST subtract 10 (it’s easy right? ) from 16 (forget the #’s after the : they’ll always be the minutes /never change)
So i KNOW you can subtract 16-10 and thats
go on i know you know it SIX, VERY GOOD!!!!
now
the tricky part
but not tricky at all since EVERYONE can subtract 2 with ease (ok mostly everyone~~no judgments either)
what’s 6-2?
FOUR
so in simple english
take the first #
in this example 16 – 10 = 6 then
6-2=4
you’ve just subtracted 12 hours
and
can probably do it easily in your head.
anyway
my baby time again is 4/6/2009 4am
sorry if that interrupts sleep
baaaaahahahhaahhahaaaahahaha
love and numbers made simple,
rona
oh…and of course any time the numbers are in that funky military style from 13 to 24 it’s afternoon. (pm)
hope that is helpful
10’s and 2’s
keep it simple.
4/3/09 5:55 AM
April 2, 2009 11:00 a.m.
(jsample on ravelry)
how fun!
4/2 3PM (tried to be sure no one else has picked that yet.. )
April 4, at 1 am. (I kinda hope you don’t have to wait that long!)
My guess is April 8th at 2:00am
I vote for 4/4 in the 4 a.m. hour. (Can’t go wrong with all 4s right?)
How exciting! How about 6:13 am, April 2nd.
4/1 @ 12:00a
(that would be the same as midnight tonight.
)
April 2 @ 10:30 a.m.
2:00 a.m. 4/1/09 – and they would do it just to wake you up!
4:01 am 4/1/09
April 2, 1:15am
4/1 3:33 am
April 1 at 3am is my bet, sorry. I know it’s early.
hmm
April 1 8:pm
I’m gonna say April 3 at 3am
4/1 6pm
Sunday 4/5 11:33 p.m. (11:00 p.m. hour).
I had been hoping someone would have been born on my birthday (yesterday); I’m glad there were no preemies!
April 3 at 6:15 am
2nd April 3.30 AM
April 2 at noon because it is my 10th wedding anniversary! Although some of the nannies are looking really uncomfortable and I have a feeling tomorrow might be more accurate.
MY GUESS IS 1202AM – AN EARLY APRIL FOOL!
I’d like to guess that the first will be born on April 1st, at 3am
4/01/09 9am
I’m guessing 2 April, at 11am (a decent hour, to be sure).
Thursday April 2nd at 6:30 PM
April 1, 2009 at 11:15 a.m.
Hmmm… I guess April 2nd at 4:45 am.
April 3 at 3pm (my own birth day and time)
March 31 at 11:50 pm.
April 3, 2 AM
april 2, 7 a.m.
April 3, at 9am
4/1 1 a.m.
March 31st 1029 p.m.
How about my birthday? 4/20 at 8:30am. On ze dot.
4/1 April Fools Day 7pm
April 3 at 4:08 am
Well, considering the gestation period, my guess is that the first kid or lamb will be born Wednesday morning, April 2nd, at 9:30 a.m.
Oooooops . . . I mean Thursday morning, April 2nd, at 9:30 a.m. (SORRY!!)
4/3 at 10:00 AM – that’s my guesstimate..
I’d love to say April 03, as that is MY birthday, but I don’t want these poor mamas-to-be to wait that long…
my guess is March 31, 845pm…yes, tonite! Susie and Erin need some sleep!
my vote is 4/2/2009 @ 3am EST. crossing everything!!! XXXXXXXXXX
2-3am 1 April 09
Also none in Military terminology as odarkthirty, hope you don’t have to get up at that ghastly hour for a lambing but I would love a lb of yarn. Yummy
4/1/09 at 4:01 AM
4/1 2 am
3/31 at 10:32pm
First, my guess: Saturday, April 4th in the 7th hour (7-8am)…
Secondly – wow! We bred our nannies at exactly the same time! I am so tired of waiting for my baby goats that I’m trying reverse psychology on the nannies. “Fine! Don’t give me my baby goats! I didn’t really want them anyway…” hmmph.
I’ll guess April 9th at 8:37 pm.
April 3 at 4 a.m.
4/2 4:00am
Hmmmm…I will say 4/2 at 4am.
I guess April 1st at 12:47 am
April 4 4:00pm
4/3, 4:04 a.m.
I’m guessing 04/02 @ 3:43 pm
April 1 at 2:01 a.m.
My guess for the first born is April 2, 2009 at 3:45PM
April 2nd, the 8am hour
Sorry, guess I needed to be more specific about the time – April 2nd at 8:04 am
I hope it’s soon! I can’t wait to see babies.
I’m going to go with April 3, the 6am hour!
I love this one! I think that the first born will be April 1st at 4:00am.
let’s see… how about at 4:00am on April 1st?
I pick April 10 at 3am.
4/3/09 at 4pm
3/31 7 pm
4/1 2am.
4/1 4am
April 1st 10am (had to pick a time when I would be there!)
April 2, 6:55 am
4/3/09 @ 6:00 am
April 4, 5am!
April 2nd 5PM hour
April 2nd at 5 am is my guess.
My guess for first baby(ies) would be 4/1/09 4am
Have fun and thanks for the contest!
April 1, 3:00 am (sorry – but early morning just seems like the thing)
My gut says April 1 in the 3pm-4pm hour. I hope the nannies’ guts agee!
4/2 3:00 pm
4/7 (9AM hour)
My family and I are really enjoying checking on the mamas…thank you for putting up the Lambcam.
4/2/09 6:09 pm
April 3 3:oo a.m.
Hmmmm….. Miss Linda has been messing with our heads – the drama queen. So I say April 1, 7:56 pm. A nice time for lots of us to watch!
I think April 1 at 6PM!
i hope it is soon and also that you all can get some sleep!
My guess ia April 3rd at 3:00 am.
Can’t wait for the new arrivals!!!!!!
April 1st at 3am (sorry, I know that would mean very little sleep for you!)
I’m thinking 4/4 at 4 a.m.
6. April 4:15 am
3/31/09 @ 7:48am
4/03 3am
I guess April 2 at 4:42 am
4/2 5pm
4/1 at 5:00 am
April Fools (4/1) at 11pm
Thanks for sharing your babies with us!
I am going to say April 1st at 7:09 am. Love the picture in this post, what a sweet face. I wish we lived in the country!
4/7 3:15 PM
4/2 12:01am. Come on Nannies! Auntie needs a pound of yarn!
April 4 at 10pm
April 4, 10am hour
Okay, I’ll be consistent. I’m going for 4:01 am on 4/1/2009. Hope it’s soon!!!!
Oooh, fun. I guess tomorrow morning (4/1) in the 4:00 am hour. I’m sure somebody wants to get it over with! Go girls!
April 5th at 9am. A wee bit closer to the full moon when I bet a lot will pop.
Even though I’m betting that there is No Way, we’ll have to wait this long, I’ll have to guess my twins lucky birth times. So I’m guessing twins, April 13th, with the 1st one being born at 12:06 pm and the second close behind at 12:13 pm
I’m guessing 4am on April 4th
hehe
April 1st, 9AM
Now, do you consider a baby goat to be “born” when it first pokes its nose out or when “Elvis has left the theater” (i.e., baby is on the ground)?
Okay, the first baby will be born: April l, 2009, at 1.34 a.m.
I will guess April 5th in the 6:00 a.m. hour.
3/31 at 9:33pm
Good Luck with all the lambing and eweing! Can’t wait to see some pictures!
April 2, 4 am
Good luck, goat-mamas!
I go for 3 a.m. Thursday, April 2
April 1, at 2:22 PM
Liz (newsas on rav)
april 6th, 12 noon
11:15 pm, April 1
4/2 7:54pm
How about 4/15, 3:15 a.m.
4/01 at 11:05 a.m.
oh shoot… I have been away at a high school baseball game that went extra innings… I missed the cutoff time Sad face
Ok, I’m guessing 4/4 at 6:15 am. But I really hope that it’s sooner…can’t wait to see those babies!!!
I’m going with April 1 at 6 am. But heck, I couldn’t even guess when my own offspring would be born!
4/2 in the 5 am hour
i am thinking april 8th in the 4pm hour!
April 1 at 7:05 pm.
4/3 at 3:33 p.m. — my Birthday!
4/14 at 6 am
the first going to be born in April18 at 8 pm
April 1 11am hour.
4/2 @ 1:00 am
I’m entering late, but want to give it a go anyway…
4/1 4:14pm!
Jennifer, my partner says 4/2 at 2:32pm (she listens to the lamb cam from her side of the office)
4/4 6:52 am
I don’t think my first comment showed up so here it is again.
April 2nd, my grandmothers birthday.
9:44am my firstborn’s arrival time.
I am gonna guess April 1st 6 am
April 10th 4 am
(just because I have no idea… and my husband’s birthday is April 10 and I was born at 4 am)
April 3rd at 6 am
4/2 at 9pm
April 9, 4 am
Just realized that I forgot to adjust for three hour time zone diff, but I doubt it’s going to matter.
April 4-3:15 am EST
oops – I forgot to put the actual date down: April 02, 1202 am
I’m too late for this giveaway, and I live too far away to want to try for the B&B giveaway, but have you given away the Shear Spirit book yet, in honor of the Int’l Year of Fiber? Did I miss the announcement? love your site.
April 4th in the 4am hour
april 7, 2:57 pm
I’m guessing April 8 at 3:01 am
Darn…I’ve been so busy watching lambcam I didn’t catch the contest in time by reading the blog.
My guess is 4/4 1:30 a.m.