Are there more problems when a goat has triplets?

[Faith Hope]

Thanks for all the information everyone. I haven't been on here in a while. We have been on kid-watch all week. The alpine goat from my original question has been having contractions on and off all week. Today she has had contractions almost all day. We really thought this was it, but after opening quite a bit and contracting all day, she has now quit and decided no babies today! I really hope she only has twins. I assumed there could be problems with more, but we shall see. She is due tomorrow. I will be up off and on all night checking on her.

 

[goatboy1973]

She'll probably kid as soon as your back is turned. My Alpine doe did this to me. 30 mins after checking on her, I checked on her again and 2 kids up and already nursing and nearly cleaned off. I told her I could take a hint. LOL!!!

 

[SkyWarrior]

If she has had kids before, triplets shouldn't be an issue. If she hasn't, they still may not be an issue. What's more important is birth presentation. I've had problems with triplets and I've had problems with singles. And then, I've had triplets turn out just fine. Luck of the draw.

 

[goats&moregoats]

Hope she has them soon, one of Dwarf Nigerians had contractions one three different occasions with no babies, she was nice enough to have them on may 3rd while I was out at the barn. She had beautiful twins.

 

[Faith Hope]

I hope she has them soon too! I was every hour or two all night with her. She has big contractions where she arches her back, then some that are milder. She did this off and on all night. She slept some; I slept little. She has opened just a little and has had a bit of mucus. How long is too long for this -- it appears to be early labor, but I have not seen her pushing at all. I don't want her to get too exhausted before she needs to push. I am wondering if they are positioned wrong.

 

[Faith Hope]

I thought I would update with this girl. She finally had her babies on Tuesday -- twins -- a boy and girl. She didn't ever push until after we went in on her after we thought her water broke Tuesday morning. She finally started pushing and popped out her bag and two babies all in about 10 minutes! Go figure. This HUGE girl gave me twins. Ironically, our other goat due this week, who looked just normally pregnant, gifted us with triplets this morning! I guess I will never figure them out!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Congratulations

 

[goats&moregoats]

Awesome, hope you post pics soon. I agree with you about never figuring goats out.

 

[Faith Hope]

Well, I have pictures. We will see if I am able to post them!

 

[goatboy1973]

Congrats!!!