Princess Buttercup, here in her birthing suite, is in good company, in spite of being separated by a fence from the other goats. Goldie Hen has stayed close by her side as her goat version of Mothers Day nears—an example of the tender interspecies friendships that can emerge among domesticated farm animals. —Susannah Elisabeth Fulcher
About Susannah Elisabeth Fulcher
Susannah Fulcher was born in Austria to a Wellfleetian mother and an Austrian father. She now lives full-time in Wellfleet with her husband, Russell, and two daughters. Her time is spent writing, surviving breast cancer, and feeding her three goats, 12 chickens, and many B&B guests.